Adrienne C. Moore is an American actress. She is known for her role as Cindy "Black Cindy" Hayes in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''

Orange Is the New Black ''Orange Is the New Black'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''OITNB'') is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Wo ...

'' (2013–2019).

Life and career

Moore was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up in Nashville and Georgia. Adrienne attended

Benjamin Elijah Mays High School Benjamin E. Mays High School is a public school located in southwest Atlanta, Georgia, United States, serving grades 9-12. It is a part of the Atlanta Public School System and is a Georgia School of Excellence. The school was established in the ...

and graduated in 1999. She has a fraternal twin sister, Annette Moore, and an older brother, Wayne Moore, Jr. In 2003, Moore graduated with a B.A. from Northwestern University, where she studied psychology, history, and religion. She began her career on stage, appearing in Off-Broadway productions. On television, she had small parts in '' Blue Bloods'' and ''

30 Rock ''30 Rock'' is an American satirical sitcom television series created by Tina Fey that originally aired on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013. The series, based on Fey's experiences as head writer for ''Saturday Night Live'', takes ...

'', before her role on ''Orange Is the New Black''. Moore is known for her role as Cindy "Black Cindy" Hayes in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''

''. She was a recurring cast member in the first two seasons and was promoted to series regular for season 3. In 2014, Moore received her first

NAACP Image Award The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. Similar to ...

nomination for her performance in the series. Moore also co-starred in the film ''

The Lennon Report ''The Lennon Report of the century'' is a 2017 American biographical film written by Walter Vincent and directed by Jeremy Profe, about the night John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980. The film is produced by Gabriel Francisco and R ...

'', about true events concerning the night John Lennon was shot and killed in 1980. In 2021 Moore began starring as Detective Kelly Duff in the

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police comedy-drama series, '' Pretty Hard Cases''. The series ended in 2023, after three seasons. For her performance, she received Canadian Screen Award for Best Leading Performance in a Drama Series nomination in 2023.

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