Tonya Pinkins: Biography, Facts and Career
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Tonya Pinkins is an American actress and filmmaker.
She is known for her portrayal of Livia Frye on the soap opera All My Children and for her roles on Broadway. She has been nominated for three Tony Awards (winning one), and has won Obie, Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, AUDELCO, Garland, L.A. Drama Critics Circle, Clarence Derwent, and NAACP Theater Awards. She has been nominated for the Olivier, Helen Hayes, Noel, Joseph Jefferson, NAACP Image, Soap Opera Digest, and Ovation Awards. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Jelly's Last Jam. Her award-winning debut feature film Red Pill was an official selection at the 2021 Pan African Film Festival, won the Best Black Lives Matter Feature and Best First Feature at The Mykonos International Film Festival, Best First Feature at the Luléa Film Festival, and was nominated for awards in numerous festivals around the globe. Her web-series The Red Pilling of America can be heard on her podcast "You Can't Say That!"
Quick facts about Tonya Pinkins
- Full name: Tonya Pinkins
- Born: 1962-05-30
- Nationality: United States
- Known as: Actor
- Wikidata ID: Q44036
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Tonya Pinkins is an American actress and filmmaker.
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Tonya Pinkins was born on 1962-05-30.
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