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Tonya Pinkins
Age: 47
Height: 5' 7"
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: May. 30th, 1962
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BIOGRAPHY: Pinkins attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she studied theater, music, and dance. Leaving school, she moved to New York after landing a role in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, then went on to appear in An Ounce Of Prevention, Just Say No, Caucasian Chalk Circle, and Little Shop of Horrors on the New York stage. Pinkins' portrayal of Sweet Anita in the Broadway musical Jelly's Last Jam earned her a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, and the Clarence Derwent Award. In the summer of 1994, during a hiatus from All My Children, she starred as Mistress Ford in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Pinkins, who is divorced, is the mother of four children.
TRIVIA:
- Won Broadway's 1992 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "Jelly's Last Jam." Subsequently, she was twice Tony-nominated as Best Actress (Musical): in 1997 for "Play On!" and in 2004 for "Caroline, or Change."
- She was nominated for a 1998 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Play On!" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- Won the 2005 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for her performance in "Caroline, or Change" in 2004.
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