Anika Noni Rose
Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American singer and actress known for her Tony Award-winning performance in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change and her starring role as Lorrell Robinson in the 2006 film Dreamgirls. She also starred as Tiana, an African American princess in Walt Disney Pictures' 2009 animated film The Princess and the Frog. In 2014 Rose played the role of Beneatha Younger in the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She was named a Disney Legend in 2011.
Early life
Rose was born in Bloomfield, Connecticut. In her high school freshman year, she appeared in a school production and caught the acting bug. She then attended Florida A&M University where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in theatre, and started studying drama at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, California.
Career
Rose moved to New York without a job. After three months, she secured the role of Rusty in Broadway's Footloose. She followed Footloose with numerous workshops and two musicals using pre-existing song catalogs, Eli's Comin' Off-Broadway and Me and Mrs. Jones with Lou Rawls in Philadelphia. Both of the full-scale tuners were rumored for transfers, but neither made it anywhere after their limited engagements ended. Rose's big Broadway break was getting cast as Emmie Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change. In 2004, she was awarded the Theatre World Award, the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress, and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Caroline, or Change. In 2014, Rose returned to Broadway in a revival of A Raisin in the Sun and later received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
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ALBUMS
- Now That's What I Call Disney! released: 2013
- Disney Princesses released: 2011
- For Colored Girls: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture released: 2010
- Dreamgirls Remixed released: 2007
- Bambi II released: 2006
- Disney Princess Fairy Tale Songs released:
Now That's What I Call Disney!
Released 2013- When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)
- Circle of Life (The Lion King)
- Kiss the Girl (The Little Mermaid)
- Colours of the Wind (Pocahontas)
- The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)
- You've Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story)
- That's How You Know (Enchanted)
- Hakuna Matata (The Lion King)
- Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid)
- Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
- A Whole New World (Aladdin)
- He's a Pirate (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
- A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella)
- Friend Like Me (Aladdin)
- I Just Can't Wait to Be King (The Lion King)
- I Won't Say (I'm in Love) (Hercules)
- Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty)
- Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid)
- Zero to Hero (Hercules)
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Mary Poppins)
- Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat (The Aristocats)
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King)
Disney Princesses
Released 2011- When Will My Life Begin - Tangled
- Almost There - The Princess and the Frog
- Part of Your World - Little Mermaid
- A Whole New World - Aladdin
- Reflection - Mulan
- Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast
- Every Girl Can Be a Princess - Disney Princess
- Some Day My Prince Will Come - Snow White
- A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes - Cinderella
- Once Upon a Dream - Sleeping Beauty
- Something There - Beauty and the Beast
- Happy Working Song - Enchanted
- Under the Sea - The Little Mermaid
- Just Around the Riverbend - Pocahontas
- So This Is Love - Cinderella
- These Moments We Share - Disney Princess
- If I Can't Love Her - Beauty and the Beast
- If You Can Dream - Disney Princess
- I See the Light - Tangled
- Kiss the Girl - The Little Mermaid
- True Love's Kiss - Enchanted
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Lorrell Loves Jimmy - Family (reprise)
by: Anika Noni Rose[JIMMY:]
Where you goin'? You can't leave me, girl, I love you.
[LORRELL:]
And Lorrell loves Jimmy, Lorrell loves Jimmy, Lorrell loves Jimmy, it's true.
But Lorrell and Jimmy are through. I got a show to do, remember, baby? Oh baby, I got a show to do.
[ANNOUNCER:]
And now, please welcome the brightest star in the Rainbow Constellation, Deena Jones and the incredible Dreams!
[DEENA:]
I, I
Hello, America. What a wonderful evening. I love you all. Curtis, baby, this is for you.
[DREAMS:]
We are a family
Like a giant tree
Branching out toward the sky
We are a family
We are so much more
More than just you and I
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