Tonya Pinkins
- Birthday
- May 30, 1962
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bio: 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.… More Bio: 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.
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Filmography
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Newlyweeds (2013)
- Actor
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Premium (2006)
- Actor
- 100%
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Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)
- Actor
- 70%
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Romance and Cigarettes (2005)
- Female Medic
- 53%
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ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2005)
- Actor
- 88%
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Tonya Pinkins Videos
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
2 minute
Above The Rim
1 minutes 2 seconds
Romance & Cigarettes
2 minute
Showbusiness: The Road To Broadway
2 minutes 25 seconds
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
3 minutes 11 seconds
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