Film & TV NewsAnika Noni Rose to Star as Ann Wolfe in Beast Mode PilotThe Tony winner will also co-executive produce the new TV show, inspired by the life of the legendary boxer and trainer.
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Olivia Clement
November 05, 2018
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Tony winner Anika Noni Rose is set to star as former boxer and trainer Ann Wolfe in the pilot for Beast Mode. The new show from TNT is inspired by the life of the legendary fighter, who once held world titles in three different weight classes simultaneously.
Beast Mode is written and executive produced by David Schneiderman with executive producers Stefanie Huie, Charles D. King, Kim Roth, and Poppy Hanks. Rose will also serve as a co-executive producer, and Tina Mabry (Pose) is attached to direct.
Rose most recently appeared onstage in Classic Stage Company’s Carmen Jones. She made her Broadway debut in 1998 in Footloose and won a Tony Award for her performance in 2004’s Caroline, or Change. In 2008, she came back to Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and later earned her second Tony nomination for A Raisin in the Sun.
She recently wrapped filming on Body Cam and was last seen in the movie Assassination Nation. She starred alongside Jennifer Hudson and Beyoncé in the film adaptation of Dreamgirls, has appeared on Power, led the TV series The Quad, and is known for voicing Princess Tiana in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog (she brings the character back to life in Ralph Breaks the Internet).
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From Caroline, or Change to Carmen Jones: Look Back at the Performances of Anika Noni Rose
From Caroline, or Change to Carmen Jones: Look Back at the Performances of Anika Noni Rose
Rose is a Tony Award winner for her performance in Caroline, or Change in 2004.
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Ronnell Bey, Mandy Gonzalez, Anika Noni Rose, and Judy Kuhn in Eli's Comin'
Mandy Gonzalez, Judy Kuhn, Anika Noni Rose, and Ronnell Bey in Eli's Comin'
Chandra Wilson, Tonya Pinkins and Anika Noni Rose in Caroline, or Change
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Lillias White (l.) and Anika Noni Rose in a scene from the Encores! production of Purlie
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Anika Noni Rose, Beyoncé Knowles, and Jennifer Hudson in the film version of Dreamgirls
Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose in "Dreamgirls."
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Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, and Anika Noni Rose in the film version of Dreamgirls
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Anika Noni Rose and Terrence Howard in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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Terrence Howard as Brick and Anika Noni Rose in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Terrence Howard as Brick and Anika Noni Rose in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Janet Jackson, Kimberly Elise, Phylicia Rashad, Loretta Devine, Tessa Thompson, and Thandie Newton in For Colored Girls
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Anika Noni Rose and Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris and Anika Noni Rose in the 2011 concert production
Neil Patrick Harris, Jon Cryer, Anika Noni Rose, Christina Hendricks and Chryssie Whitehead
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Kevin Kline, Jonathan Groff, Martin Short, Anika Noni Rose and Eric Idle
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Anika Noni Rose and Raul Esparza
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David Cromer, Bryce Kyle Jenkins, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Denzel Washington and Sophie Okonedo in the 2014 Broadway production A Raisin in the Sun.
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Sophie Okonedo, Denzel Washington and Anika Noni Rose in A Raisin in the Sun, nominated for Best Revival of a Play
Anika Noni Rose, LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Denzel Washington
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Anika Noni Rose and Tramell Tillman
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Anika Noni Rose in Jingle Jangle
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Madalen Mills and Anika Noni Rose in Jingle Jangle
