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'', for which she received the

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Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance.

Life and career

Adams was born and raised in

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, Michigan. She began acting as a student at

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. She received her bachelor's degree from

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's School of Drama, after which she moved to New York to pursue an acting career. One month after moving to

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, Adams was invited to audition for the lead role in a biopic about rapper

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. She was cast in the role and filming began eight days later. For her performance in ''

'', Adams received the Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance at 2017 Sundance. Adams has appeared in the films ''

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'' (2018), '' Bad Hair'' (2020), and '' The Photograph'' (2020). In 2021, Adams starred opposite

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in the romantic drama '' A Journal for Jordan'', directed by

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. In 2022, she co-starred in ''

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'', the

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television adaptation of the 1992 film of the same name, along with

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, Abbi Jacobson,

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, and Priscilla Delgado.

Filmography

Film

Television

Broadway

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Chanté Adams
on IMDb
Official Instagram
1994 births Living people Actresses from Detroit Cass Technical High School alumni Carnegie Mellon University alumni Sundance Film Festival award winners 21st-century African-American actresses 21st-century American actresses Entertainers from Michigan {{US-film-actor-1990s-stub