Adrienne Warren (born May 6, 1987) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She made her Broadway debut in the 2012 musical '' Bring It On'', and in 2016 received a

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical has been presented since 1950. The award was not given at the first three Tony Award ceremonies. Nominees were not announced publicly until 1956. Winners and nominees 1950s ...

nomination for her performance in '' Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed''. She was also praised for her role as

Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss retired singer and actress. Widely referred to as the " Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before ...

in the West End production of '' Tina'' in 2018, and for the same role in the Broadway production, for which she received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2020.

Early life

Warren was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. She is the daughter of two high school coaches. She began her performance career in church. She attended high school at the Governor’s School for the Arts. Warren graduated from

Marymount Manhattan College Marymount Manhattan College is a private college on the Upper East Side of New York City. As of 2020, enrollment consists of 1,571 undergraduates with women making up 80.1% and men 19.9% of student enrollment. The college was founded in 1936. Hi ...

in 2009. She performed with the groups The Dream Engine and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. She was a vocalist for the non-profit Magic-The State Of The Art.

Career

Warren began her career performing in musicals ''

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'' and '' Dreamgirls'' before making her Broadway debut in the musical '' Bring It On'' in 2012. In 2016, she starred in '' Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed'', for which she received

nomination. Warren also appeared in a number of television series, including '' Blue Bloods'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2018, Warren was cast as

in the West End production of '' Tina''. She received critical praise for her performance as Turner and a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical nomination. The following year, she performed in the Broadway production, winning the 2020 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2021. In October 2020, it was announced that Warren was cast in her first television leading role in the ABC limited series '' Women of the Movement'' playing activist

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, the mother of

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. In December 2020, Warren narrated the audiobook of Tina Turner's memoir ''Happiness Becomes You'', which was released by the

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imprint Atria Books. In September 2021, Warren was cast in the epic film ''

The Woman King ''The Woman King'' is a 2022 American historical action drama film about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit that protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey during the 17th to 19th centuries. Set in the 1820s, the film stars Viola Davi ...

'' starring

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. Inspired by true events from the 18th and 19th centuries Kingdom of Dahomey in Africa, Warren plays a warrior.

Work

Theatre

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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