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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1991-01-25 ) January 25, 1991 (age 35) , Wilmington, North Carolina , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 2009–present
- Partner
- Sue Makkoo (2017–2023)
- Awards
- Full list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ariana
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wilmington
- Occupation
- dancer
- Educated at
- Western Carolina University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Image
- ArianaDeBose-byPhilipRomano.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1991-01-25
- social media followers
- 60055
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- sexual orientation
- non-heterosexuality
- name in native language
- Ariana DeBose
- Commons category
- Ariana DeBose
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Encyclopedic overview
Ariana DeBose (/ˌɑːriˈɑːnə dəˈboʊz/; born January 25, 1991) is an American actress and singer who has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2022, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
DeBose was a contestant on the sixth season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2009, where she was the first female contestant and in gender overall the first contestant to be eliminated. She made her Broadway debut in Bring It On: The Musical in 2011 and continued her work on Broadway with roles in Motown: The Musical (2013) and Pippin (2014). From 2015 to 2016, she was one of the original ensemble members in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical Hamilton, and appeared as Jane in A Bronx Tale (2016–2017). In 2018, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Donna Summer in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. She has also hosted the Tony Awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ariana DeBose” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.