Adrienne Warren’s (Ma) talent as a singer, actress, and dancer has established her as
a dynamic triple threat. Warren is perhaps most well known for her Tony Award®-
winning performance as Tina Turner in Broadway’s Tina: The Tina Turner
Musical. Warren originated the role in numerous workshops of the show, working
together with Tina Turner herself to embody the titular role. Warren transferred the role
to Broadway following the 2018 West End production, for which she earned 2019
Olivier, Evening Standard and Joe Allen Award nominations. Warren’s performance
in the Broadway run has been heralded as “extraordinary” (The Hollywood Reporter),
“electrifying” (Rolling Stone) and “star-making” (The New York Times). In addition to the
Tony Award, she also received a Chita Rivera nomination and the Drama Desk,
Antonyo, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her iconic performance. Warren can
currently be seen in TriStar Pictures’ The Woman King. The film is directed by Gina
Prince-Bythewood and also stars Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, and John
Boyega. It is a historical epic inspired by true events that took place in the Kingdom of
Dahomey, one of the most powerful states in Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Most recently, Warren starred as Mamie Till-Mobley in the six-episode limited series for
ABC-entitled “Women of the Movement.” The series, created/written by Marissa Jo
Cerar and produced by Jay-Z, Will Smith, and Aaron Kaplan, premiered on January 6,
2022. The series centers on Mamie Till-Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice
for her son Emmett Till. It was also recently announced that Warren signed a one-year
development deal with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, which produced “Women
of the Movement.” Under the pact, Warren will collaborate exclusively with Kapital on
the development of ongoing and limited series. Warren previously earned a Tony
nomination for her performance as Gertrude Saunders/Florence Mills in the Broadway
production of Shuffle Along opposite Audra McDonald. In addition to her Tony
nomination, she was also nominated for a Chita Rivera Award (formerly Fred & Adele
Astaire Award). Warren made her Broadway debut in 2012 in Bring It On: The Musical.
She previously appeared onstage in The Wiz (Encores! City Center) and Dreamgirls
(NAACP Theatre Award nomination, The Apollo). She made her Carnegie Hall debut in
2017 with the New York Pops and continues to perform around the world. Her television
and film credits include “Paws & Fury: The Legend of Hank,” “Helpsters,” “Quantico,”
“Black Box,” “Blue Bloods” and “Orange is the New Black.” Upcoming, she can be seen
in the highly anticipated Netflix feature film, Rustin. Warren is also a co-founder of the
Broadway Advocacy Coalition (BAC), which unites artists, experts, students, and
community leaders to use storytelling and artistry to combat systemic racism.
BAC received a special Tony Award in 2021. She is a graduate of Marymount
Manhattan College and the Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk, Virginia. Warren’s
voice can also be heard as the iconic spokesperson for Maybelline Cosmetics.
Upcoming, she will star as Benny in Hulu’s highly anticipated series, “Black Cake,”
based on the best-selling book by Charmaine Wilkerson. This marks a reunion for
Warren with Cerar, Kapital Entertainment, and Disney following their collaboration
on “Women of the Movement.”