Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for voicing Tiana in The Princess and the Frog (2009). She was named a Disney Legend in 2011. Rose starred as Lorrell Robinson in the Academy Award-winning film Dreamgirls (2006). Her contribution to the film's soundtrack earned her a nomination for a Grammy Award. She is also known for her performances in theatre, particularly for starring 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anika Noni Rose, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Eyes of Wakanda — The Intruder / Black Panther (voice)
• 2025LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite — Tiana (voice)
• The Mighty Nein — Marion (voice)
• 2025Zootopia 2 — Squeal of Fortune (voice)
• 2024Mufasa: The Lion King — Afia (voice)
• 2023Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest — Tiana (voice)
• 2023Once Upon a Studio — Tiana (voice)
• 2023Outlaw Johnny Black — Jessie Lee
• Let the Right One In — Naomi Cole
• Pantheon — Nicole / Side-Pony (voice), Facility Manager / Side-Pony (voice), Ballet Teacher / News Anchor / Nurse (voice), Joey Coupet (voice)
• 2021Injustice — Selina Kyle / Catwoman (voice)
• Maid — Regina
• Star Wars: Visions — Eureka / Mother (voice)
• 2021The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain — Candace Wade
• Them — Ella Mae Johnson
• 2020Body Cam — Taneesha Branz
• 2020Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey — Jessica
• Little Fires Everywhere — Pauline Hawthorne
• Amphibia — Dr. Jan (voice)
• 2018Assassination Nation — Nancey Lacey
• 2018Ralph Breaks the Internet — Tiana (voice)
• 2017Everything, Everything — Dr. Pauline Whittier
• 2017Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart — Lorraine Hansberry (voice)
• The Quad — Dr. Eva Fletcher
• 2017Vixen: The Movie — Kuasa (voice)
• 2016Grace for President — Narrator
• Roots — Kizzy
• 2016The Blue Mauritius — Makeda
• 2015Sofia the First: Dear Sofia...A Royal Collection — Princess Tiana (voice)
• Vixen — Kuasa (voice)
• 2014A Day Late and a Dollar Short — Paris
• 2014Imperial Dreams — Miss Price
• Power — LaVerne "Jukebox" Ganner
• 2013As Cool as I Am — Frances
• Bates Motel — Liz Babbit
• 2013Half of a Yellow Sun — Kainene
• 2013Khumba — Lungisa (voice)
• Marvel's Avengers — Yemandi (voice)
• Sofia the First — Princess Tiana (voice)
• 2013The Watsons Go to Birmingham — Wilona
• Elementary — Dr. Carrie Dwyer
• Bag of Bones — Sara Tidwell
• 2011Company — Marta
• 2011Have a Little Faith — Annette
• 2011LA Phil Live — Juliet
• 2010For Colored Girls — Yasmine / Yellow
• The Good Wife — Wendy Scott-Carr
• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency — Grace Makutsi
• 2009The Princess and the Frog — Tiana (voice)
• 2008Just Add Water — R'ch'lle
• Private Practice — Corinne Bennett
• The Starter Wife — Lavender
• 2006Dreamgirls — Lorrell Robinson
• 2004Leonard Bernstein: Mass At The Vatican City
• 2004Surviving Christmas — Choir
• 2003From Justin to Kelly — Kaya
• Hack
• 100 Centre Street
• 1999King of the Bingo Game — Film Noir Female
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Miriam Deng
• Third Watch — Monay
• The Simpsons — Rita LaFleur (voice)
• Limbo
• Shadow Dance — Jemma Jordan

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2026Disney Princess Concert: Celebrating 70 Years of Disneyland — Self
• 2026Disney Princess: The Ultimate Concert Celebration — Self
• 2024Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade — Self
• 2024The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular — Self - Performer
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• Bottomless Brunch at Colman's — Self
• 2020The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II — Self
• 2010Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess — Self
• 2009Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade — Self
• 2007ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway — Self
• The View — Self
• GMTV — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self, Self - Guest
• Tony Awards — Self - Performer