Film & TV NewsTony Winner Anika Noni Rose Joins Hulu’s Little Fires EverywhereThe stage and screen star joins Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon in the upcoming series.
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Adam Hetrick
September 27, 2019
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Caroline, or Change Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose has signed on for Hulu’s upcoming TV adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere, Variety reports.
Based on the novel by Celeste Ng, the series stars Kerry Washington (Race, American Son) and Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde, Big Little Lies). Rose will appear in a flashback episode playing an art professional who mentors a younger version of Mia. (Tiffany Boone will play the younger version of Washington’s character in flashback.)
Rose starred as Lorell Robinson in the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls and earned a Grammy nomination for the soundtrack. Her screen credits also include The Good Wife, Private Practice, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, and Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.
Little Fires Everywhere also features recent Children of a Lesser God star Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott, Lexi Underwood, and Huang Lu.
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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Anika Noni Rose
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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
Tiana in The Princess and the Frog
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
Kevin Kline, Jonathan Groff, Martin Short, Anika Noni Rose, Glenn Close, Eric Idle and the company
Kevin Kline, Jonathan Groff, Martin Short, Anika Noni Rose and Eric Idle
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Anika Noni Rose and Raul Esparza
Anika Noni Rose
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
Joan Marcus
Anika Noni Rose and Tramell Tillman
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Clifton Duncan and Anika Noni Rose
Anika Noni Rose in Jingle Jangle
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Madalen Mills and Anika Noni Rose in Jingle Jangle