Anika Noni Rose
Also Known As: 阿妮卡·諾尼·羅斯
Biography: Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for voicing Tiana, Disney's first African-American princess, as seen in The Princess and the Frog (2009). She was named a Disney Legend in 2011. She is also known for her starring role as Lorrell Robinson in the Academy Award-winning film Dreamgirls (2006) and for playing LaVerne "Jukebox" Ganner in the Starz series Power. She is also known for her performances in theatre, particularly for her starring roles as Emmie Thibodeaux in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change (2004), for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, and Beneatha Younger in the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun (2014), for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA
Birthday: September 06, 1972
Adult: No
Gender: Female
TMDb-Id: 15563
IMDb-Id: nm0741242
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Dreamgirls
Overview: A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-25
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The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Overview: Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-17
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The Princess and the Frog
Overview: A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Genres: Animation Romance Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-08
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Outlaw Johnny Black
Overview: Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.
Genres: Action Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-15
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Just Add Water
Overview: An offbeat romantic comedy about a decent guy, Ray Tuckby, with a dead-end life in the dead-end town of Trona, CA. After encouragement from a stranger whom he happens upon, Ray begins to dream again. He sheds the parasites in his life, musters the nerve to pursue his childhood love, and finally takes back his community by toppling the local teenage Meth-baron.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-18
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For Colored Girls
Overview: About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-05
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As Cool as I Am
Overview: A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-21
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Have a Little Faith
Overview: At age 82, Mitch Albom's former rabbi Albert Lewis wants the famous Detroit sportswriter to give his eulogy when the time comes. Albom makes a visit to his former home town in New Jersey, where Rabbi Lewis has served a congregation for about 50 years. Albom doesn't feel worthy, especially since he is no longer a practicing Jew and, in fact, he has married a Christian (who apparently isn't active either). Nevertheless, Rabbi Lewis says he is the one to do the job, and over the next eight years, Albom makes several visits back home and even attends some Sabbath services, where the good rabbi is determined to continue working and inspiring his flock even as his health declines.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-27
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Company
Overview: Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual bachelor questioning his single state and his enthusiastically married, slightly envious friends.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-15
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LEGO Disney Princess: The Castle Quest
Overview: Tiana, Moana, Snow White, Rapunzel, and Ariel are off on an adventure as they are each unexpectedly transported to a mysterious castle. Shortly after arriving, they soon discover that Gaston has hatched an evil plan to take over all their kingdoms! The Princess characters must work together to solve challenges hidden deep within the castle walls and try to save their kingdoms from Gaston. Will bravery, quick-thinking, and teamwork prevail?
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-18
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Khumba
Overview: A half-striped zebra is blamed for the drought and leaves his herd in search of his missing stripes. He is joined on his quest by an overprotective wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich; they defeat the tyrannical leopard and save his herd.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-18
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Overview: An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up in the turbulence of war.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-08
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Surviving Christmas
Overview: A wealthy executive, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) has no close relationships and becomes nostalgic for his childhood home as Christmas approaches. When he visits the house and finds another family living there, he offers the residents, Tom Valco (James Gandolfini) and his wife, Christine (Catherine O'Hara), a large sum of money to pretend they are his parents. Soon Drew tests the couple's patience, and, when their daughter, Alicia (Christina Applegate), arrives, things get increasingly tense.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-21
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Overview: In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no nonsense approach in Birmingham, Alabama. So the Watsons load up their 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber and head South. When they finally make it to Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert and discover that life is very different there than in Flint. During that historic summer, the Watsons find themselves caught up in something far bigger than Byron’s antics; something that will change their lives and country forever.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-20
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Once Upon a Studio
Overview: Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-24
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From Justin to Kelly
Overview: A waitress from Texas and a college student from Pennsylvania meet during spring break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and come together through their shared love of singing.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-20
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The Blue Mauritius
Overview: Five international thieves meet in Cape Town to steal the most valuable stamp in the world.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Leonard Bernstein: Mass At The Vatican City
Overview: Timeless traditions and contemporary anxieties clash musically and theatrically in Leonard Bernstein's powerful but rather neglected "Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers," The dancers are omitted in this semi-staged performance, produced for the Vatican's Jubilee 2000 celebration, but the show's eclectic musical brilliance, its adept mingling and clash of musical styles, its contrasts of hope and anxiety, faith and unbelief, ancient serenity and modern dissatisfaction are all brilliantly conveyed. More than 30 years after its premiere, for the opening of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Mass still has the impact of this morning's newspaper headlines.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-31
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Mufasa: The Lion King
Overview: Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.
Genres: Adventure Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-18
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Everything, Everything
Overview: A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-18
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ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Overview: ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is an American documentary film, directed by Dori Berinstein, a Broadway Producer, Writer and Filmmaker. Berinstein filmed each principal musical on Broadway for her project during the 2003-2004 season, for about 600 hours of initial film footage. She focused the film on four musicals, through the difficulties of pre-production, their openings, attendant publicity around the shows, and their reviews, through the 2004 Tony Award competition. The four musicals documented for the film were: Wicked, Taboo, Caroline or Change, Avenue Q.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-19
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Assassination Nation
Overview: After an anonymous hacker begins leaking the private data of thousands living in a small American town, the townspeople spiral into madness, with four high school seniors at the center of the maelstrom.
Genres: Thriller Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-21
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Vixen: The Movie
Overview: Originally from Africa, Mari McCabe grew up an orphan after her parents were killed by local greed, corruption and wanton violence. But Mari refuses to succumb to the terrors surrounding her. Inheriting her family's Anansi Totem, Mari can access the powers of animals - anything from the super-strength of a gorilla to the speed of a cheetah. As Vixen, she fights valiantly to protect the world from threats like those that claimed her family.
Genres: Action Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-08
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Throne of Elves
Overview: In the mythical Elven world of Altera, an epic battle unfolds between the beautiful Princess Liya and the Dark Elf Elena, who has gained possession of a jewel so powerful it allows its holder complete authority over all Alterans.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-07-31
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Ralph Breaks the Internet
Overview: Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet — the netizens — to help navigate their way, including an entrepreneur named Yesss, who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site BuzzzTube.
Genres: Family Animation Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-20
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Imperial Dreams
Overview: A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-20
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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Overview: On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters and unprecedented subject matter. The play attracted record crowds and earned the coveted top prize from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. While the play is seen as a groundbreaking work of art, the timely story of Hansberry’s life is far less known.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-14
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A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Overview: When irascible matriarch Viola Price learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-19
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Body Cam
Overview: As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-19
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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Overview: An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
Genres: Family Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-06
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Grace for President
Overview: When Grace's teacher reveals that the United States has never had a female president, Grace decides to be the first. And she immediately starts off her political career as a candidate in the school's mock election!
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-22
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The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Overview: Ryan Seacrest hosts the second Disney Family Singalong featuring celebrities and their families as they take on their favorite Disney tunes from their homes. Special guests include John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Shakira, and Katy Perry.
Genres: Family Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-10
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Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
Overview: Featurette on the making of Disney's Princess and the Frog
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-10
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Limbo
Overview: The protagonist is forced to protect her loved ones while also finding a way back to her body before it's too late.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
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Injustice
Overview: When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-09
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The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular
Overview: Hosted by Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro, The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular returns for its dazzling ninth year. This festive celebration features an enchanting lineup of new musical performances, filmed against the magical backdrops of Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, Disneyland Resort in California, and Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in Ko’Olina, Hawaiʻi.
Genres: Family TV Movie Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-01
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Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
Overview: Welcome to the Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade! Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro take over Main Street, USA to celebrate the Holidays! See performances from Carly Pearce, Seventeen, The Cast of Descendants: The Rise of Red, Anika Noni Rose, Pentatonix, Disney on Broadway, John Legend, Andy Grammer, and Elton John!
Genres: Music Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-25
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