Anika Noni Rose has established herself as a renaissance woman. She appeared in films such as Dreamgirls and For Colored Girls, and was the voice of Tiana, Disney’s first African-American movie protagonist, in 2009’s The Princess and the Frog.
Rose is also no stranger to the stage. Along with television roles in Power, Bates Motel and The Quad, the Florida A&M University graduate has appeared in several Broadway musicals, garnering a Tony Award nomination for A Raisin in the Sun and winning a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Emmie Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change.
Currently, Rose stars in Maid, a limited drama series on Netflix based on Stephanie Land’s memoir of the same name. She plays the role of
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