Welcome to the Tonya Pinkins

Tonya is working on a web series satire of her experiences in Los Angeles Family Court. Tune in to THE POPCICLES COURT.Tonya Pinkins will appear in BLACK PEARL sings at the Fords Theater in DC September 25th through October 18th, She will also sing in the final two episodes of this seasons ARMY WIVES.

Tonya Pinkins will appear at Broadway backwards a benefit for Broadway cares Equity Fights Aids on February 22nd at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Tonya is a Tony award winning actress. Who has been nominated for the Tonya for her roles in Caroline or Change, Play On and Jelly’s Last Jam. She won for Jelly. In addition to the Tony award, Tonya has received the Obie, Drama Critic’s Circle, Clarence Derwent, Lortel, Garland, Black theater Alliance and Audelco awards, She has been nominated for the Olivier, Joseph Jefferson, NAACP Theater Award, Soap opera Digest, La drama critics and Ovation nominations. She has appeared on Television in 24, Law and Order, The Closer, Criminal Minds, Cold case, All My Children. As the World Turns and many others. Her film credits include Disney’s ENCHANTED and Noah’s Arc: Jumping The Broom. She is the author of Hyperion’s GET OVER YOURSELF: How to drop the Drama and Claim the life you Deserve. Tonya is married with six children.

Oprah describes Tonya Pinkins as one of the "Ten Women in America Who Will Take Your Breath Away in 2004." This Tony Award winning actress and modern day Renaissance woman is the star of Tony Kushner's ("Angels in America") critically acclaimed, hit Broadway musical "Caroline, or Change." For her portrayal of "Caroline," Pinkins has been nominated for the "Best Actress in a Musical" Tony again this year. A single mother of four who also plays "'Livia Frye Cudahy" on the ABC daytime drama, "All My Children," Pinkins made her mark on stage as "Sweet Anita" in "Jelly's Last Jam," for which she received a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle and Clarence Derwent Award and starred in "Play On!" and "The Wild Party." Additionally, Pinkins starred in the Jeff Pollack/Benny Medina feature film ABOVE THE RIM alongside Bernie Mac, Tupac Shakur and Marlon Wayans. And this fall, Pinkins can be seen in John Turturro's film ROMANCE AND CIGARETTES with James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet and Mandy Moore, among others. Pinkins not only has a recording deal in the works, she is also working titled GET OVER YOURSELF: How To Drop The Drama And Claim Thje LIfe You Deserve due out in fall 2005 by Hyperion Publishing. She teaches a workshop called "Tonya Pinkins: The Actorpreneur Attitude."

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20 Questions With... Tonya Pinkins
American actress Tonya Pinkins - who has been nominated for a Whatsonstage.com Award for her title performance in Caroline, or Change - explains why the Tony Kushner musical has become a family affair & notes how small changes affect the world.

Award-winning American actress Tonya Pinkins grew up in Chicago and studied musical theatre before moving to New York when she landed a role in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, aged just 19.

She received the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Derwent Awards for Jelly’s Last Jam, and also appeared in The Wild Party, Play On, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold on Broadway, as well as Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s 2004 Broadway musical Caroline, or Change, for which she received the Obie, Lortel and LA Drama Critics Awards and was nominated for a Tony Award.