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Chanté Adams

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Chanté Adams
Image of actress Chanté Adams. She has brown skin, long curly hair, and is wearing a black hat.
Adams at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival
Born (1994-12-16) December 16, 1994 (age 29)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
EducationCarnegie Mellon University (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
Notable workRoxanne Roxanne

Chanté Adams (born December 16, 1994)[1][2] is an American actress. She starred in the 2017 biopic Roxanne Roxanne, for which she received the Sundance Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance.[3]

Life and career

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Adams was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan.[4][5] She began acting as a student at Cass Technical High School.[4] She received her bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, after which she moved to New York to pursue an acting career.[1][6]

One month after moving to New York, Adams was invited to audition for the lead role in a biopic about rapper Roxanne Shanté.[6] She was cast in the role and filming began eight days later.[5] For her performance in Roxanne Roxanne, Adams received the Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance at 2017 Sundance.[4]

Adams has appeared in the films Monsters and Men (2018),[7] Bad Hair (2020),[8] and The Photograph (2020).[8]

In 2021, Adams starred opposite Michael B. Jordan in the romantic drama A Journal for Jordan, directed by Denzel Washington.[9] In 2022, she co-starred in A League of Their Own, the Amazon television adaptation of the 1992 film of the same name, along with D'Arcy Carden, Abbi Jacobson, Roberta Colindrez, Kelly McCormack, and Priscilla Delgado.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 Roxanne Roxanne Roxanne Shanté Won Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance (2017) [2]
2018 Monsters and Men Zoe [7]
Good Girls Get High Ashanti [10]
2020 Bad Hair Linda Bludso [8]
The Photograph Young Christine Eames [8]
2021 Voyagers Phoebe [11]
A Journal for Jordan Dana Canedy [9]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 A League of Their Own Maxine "Max" Chapman Main role [8]
2024 A Man in Full Jill Hensley Miniseries [12]

Broadway

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 Skeleton Crew Shanita Nominated for Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play [13]

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Sundance Film Festival 2017 Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance Roxanne, Roxanne Won [4]
Outer Critics Circle Award 2022 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Skeleton Crew Nominated [13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "'Roxanne Roxanne' Star Chanté Adams Would Never Rap Again Without a Ghostwriter". Complex. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Roxanne Roxanne: How Chanté Adams Took On Netflix's Hip-Hop Epic". Vibe. April 3, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Q&A: Meet 'Roxanne, Roxanne' breakout Chante Adams". The Seattle Times. January 22, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Fluegel, Alexandra. "Detroit native Chanté Adams stars in upcoming Netflix film". Detroit Metro Times. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Harris, Hunter (March 24, 2018). "Meet Chanté Adams, Roxanne Roxanne's Magnetic Newcomer". Vulture. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Williams, Janice (March 23, 2018). "'Roxanne Roxanne' on Netflix tells the story of hip-hop's first leading lady". Newsweek. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "3 Ways Of Looking At A Police Shooting In The Powerful 'Monsters And Men'". NPR.org. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Petski, Denise (February 14, 2020). "'A League Of Their Own' Adds Chanté Adams, Roberta Colindrez, Melanie Field As Amazon Firms Up Pilot Cast". Deadline. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Jackson, Angelique (December 23, 2021). "Michael B. Jordan and Chanté Adams on 'A Journal for Jordan's' Real-Life Romance and That Bare Butt Moment". Variety. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  10. ^ Nolfi, Joey (October 2, 2019). "Exclusive: Wild 'Good Girls Get High' trailer serves trippy 'Booksmart' vibes". EW.com. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  11. ^ "Voyagers 2021". Rotten Tomatoes.
  12. ^ Otterson, Joe (August 2, 2022). "Netflix Limited Series 'A Man in Full' Rounds Out Main Cast With Six Additions". Variety. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Skeleton Crew 2022". Playbill.
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