Anika Noni Rose is an actress known for her role in "Dream Girls" and as the voice of Tiana, in Disney's "The Princess and the Frog." She is the first African American Disney princess. See more about Anika Noni Rose here.
Actress Anika Noni-Rose visits the Duracell Smart Power Lab in Times Square on December 10, 2009 in New York City. (Getty Images) more pics » Anika Noni Rose is the voice of Tiana in the Disney animated movie The Princess and the Frog , which opens in wide release in theaters today. Princess Tiana is the first African American Disney princess, and the family flick is being screened for children from the Boys & Girls Club at Walmart stores in multiple states, according to CNN. Anika Noni Rose... Read Full Story
The actress who has lent her voice to Disney’s first ever black princess says she was honoured to take the role as the movie becomes a US box office smash.
Anika Noni Rose plays Princess Tiana in The Princess and the Frog, which made $25 million in its opening weekend.
Noni Rose tells Essence, a US magazine aimed at black women: “I feel fantastic. I’ve always wanted to do a Disney voice. I didn’t realise what a big deal it was going to be.”
The Princess and the Frog is a modern-day... Read Full Story
Anika Noni Rose is thrilled to provide a voice to Princess Tiana, Disney's first black princess, in the acclaimed new animated flick The Princess and the Frog . It sounds as though the Dreamgirls actress will have a couple of big fans in Angelina Jolie and her 4 1/2-year-old daughter Zahara .
Speaking to OK! last year, mom-of-six Angelina noted, "There still isn't a Disney princess that's African and it's very difficult because our daughter's getting into princesses right now and it upsets... Read Full Story
Disney's new animated feature 'The Princess and the Frog' was tops at the box office over the weekend. The new film, which opened nationwide Dec. 11, brought in $25 million at the domestic box office, making it the highest-grossing start ever for an animated movie in December. According to studio estimates, its worldwide total is currently $32 million. FOLLOW The Newswire On TWITTER
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A new take on the Grimm Brothers' classic fairy tale... Read Full Story
Anika Noni Rose shot to international acclaim in Dreamgirls , and she returns to the silver screen as the voice and inspiration for Disney’s first black princess in The Princess and the Frog , which is in theaters now.
Angelina Jolie has spoken about how she’s ecstatic that her four-year-old daughter Zahara will have a role model thanks to the barrier being broken.
What’s her response?
“It’s wonderful,” Anika , 37, tells me at NYC’s Le Parker Meridien Hotel. “I think every little girl... Read Full Story
Different ‘Princess,’ same dilemma In the year of America’s first black president, it makes sense that Disney would introduce its first black princess. On the surface, this feels revolutionary. Her name isn’t Ariel or Belle. It’s Tiana. And she and all the black characters in “The Princess and the Frog’’ have been drawn, by hand, with an appreciable degree of love and care – wide noses and full lips realistically scaled for each bright, brown face. Even the somewhat stereotypical voodoo man... Read Full Story
The animated musical comedy The Princess and the Frog takes place in New Orleans, where a beautiful girl named Tiana ( Anika Noni Rose ), and a frog prince ( Bruno Campos ), who desperately wants to be human again, engage in a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.
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At a recent press conference, Anika Noni Rose and Terrence Howard talked about... Read Full Story
Prince Naveen and Tiana in The Princess and the Frog
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With The Princess and the Frog Disney returns to 2-D hand-drawn animation and before I even saw a frame of this film the fact we are heading back to what I believe to be the truest form of animation was enough to get me in a seat. Unfortunately this latest installment in the Disney Princess franchise isn't the absolute knockout I wanted it to be, but I would still recommend everyone go see it and judge... Read Full Story
ESSENCE.com exclusive with star of ‘The Princess
and the Frog’, actress Anika Noni Rose. Rose provides great detail about
the great social impact of her role as the first black Disney Princess
character. by Regina R. Robertson For decades, our images were rarely featured in mainstream fairytales,
but a new day has come. This holiday season, Anika Noni Rose makes
history when she's crowned as Disney's first, Black Princess--Tiana--in
'The Princess and the Frog.' With credits spanning... Read Full Story
ESSENCE.com exclusive with star of ‘The Princess and the Frog’ , actress Anika Noni Rose. Rose chatted it up with Essence.com about landing her dream job, seeing herself in animation and how she hopes to switch things up for her next, big role. For decades, our images were rarely featured in mainstream fairytales, but a new day has come. This holiday season, Anika Noni Rose makes history when she's crowned as Disney's first, Black Princess--Tiana--in 'The Princess and the Frog.' With credits... Read Full Story
