By Okla Jones ·Updated October 19, 2021
Since her entry into the entertainment industry, 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