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Ariana DeBose

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Ariana DeBose
Actress Ariana DeBose won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 'West Side Story.' Take a closer look at the various roles this actress and dancer has played throughout her career.
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Ariana DeBose is an American actress, dancer, and singer. Known for her performances on stage and screen, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2022, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

DeBose made her television debut competing on the sixth season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2009, where she finished in the top 20. She then made her Broadway debut in Bring It On: The Musical in 2011 and continued her work on Broadway with roles in Motown: The Musical (2013) and Pippin (2014). From 2015 to 2016, she originated the role of The Bullet in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical Hamilton, and appeared as Jane in A Bronx Tale (2016-2017). In 2018, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Donna Summer in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. In 2022, she hosted the 75th Tony Awards.

DeBose appeared in the Netflix musical film The Prom (2020) and the Apple TV+ musical comedy series Schmigadoon! (2021), before gaining widespread recognition for her role as Anita in Steven Spielberg's musical West Side Story (2021). For her performance, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first queer woman of color to receive an Oscar in an acting category.
BornJanuary 25, 1991
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BornJanuary 25, 1991
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  • Won 1 Oscar

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David Alvarez and Ariana DeBose in West Side Story (2021)
Ariana DeBose in Saturday Night Live (1975)
Ariana DeBose in West Side Story (2021)
Ariana DeBose, Ana Isabelle, and Ilda Mason in West Side Story (2021)
Ariana DeBose, Ana Isabelle, and Ilda Mason in West Side Story (2021)
David Alvarez and Ariana DeBose in West Side Story (2021)
David Alvarez, Ariana DeBose, Mike Faist, Maddie Ziegler, Paloma Garcia-Lee, and Talia Ryder in West Side Story (2021)
Jo Ellen Pellman and Ariana DeBose in The Prom (2020)
Kerry Washington and Ariana DeBose in The Prom (2020)
Tracey Ullman, Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana DeBose, Nico Greetham, Logan Riley, and Sofia Deler in The Prom (2020)
Seth Stewart, Thayne Jasperson, Jon Rua, Ephraim Sykes, Ariana DeBose, Elizabeth Judd, Austin Smith, Daveed Diggs, Sasha Hutchings, Sydney James Harcourt, and Carleigh Bettiol in Hamilton (2020)
Ariana DeBose in West Side Story (2021)

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Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort in West Side Story (2021)
West Side Story
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  • Anita
  • 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton (2020)
Hamilton
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  • Ensemble
  • 2020
Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, James Corden, Andrew Rannells, Kerry Washington, and Keegan-Michael Key in The Prom (2020)
The Prom
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  • Alyssa Greene
  • 2020
Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong in Schmigadoon! (2021)
Schmigadoon!
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TV Series
  • Emcee
  • Emma Tate

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  • Kraven the Hunter
    • Post-production
  • Wish
    • (voice)
    • In Production
  • Argylle
    • Post-production
  • I.S.S
    • Post-production
  • Stealing Jokes
    • In Production
  • House of Spoils
    • In Production
  • Fraggle Rock (2022)
    Fraggle Rock
  • Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong in Schmigadoon! (2021)
    Schmigadoon!
  • Tino Insana, Jelani Imani, Jacob Bertrand, Brianna Gentilella, and Teddy Walsh in Bubble Guppies (2011)
    Bubble Guppies
    • (voice)
  • Westworld (2016)
    Westworld
  • David Thewlis, Rosie Perez, Maria Bamford, Hugh Jackman, Maya Rudolph, Nick Kroll, Tim Robinson, Ali Wong, and Aidy Bryant in Human Resources (2022)
    Human Resources
    • (voice)
  • Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort in West Side Story (2021)
    West Side Story
  • Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, James Corden, Andrew Rannells, Kerry Washington, and Keegan-Michael Key in The Prom (2020)
    The Prom
  • Bibhu Mohapatra: Spring/Summer 2021 NYFW (2020)
    Bibhu Mohapatra: Spring/Summer 2021 NYFW
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton (2020)
    Hamilton
  • Fragile (2019)
    Fragile
  • Ariana DeBose, Steffanie Leigh, and Matt Shingledecker in Seaside (2018)
    Seaside
  • Jimmy Fallon in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
  • Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, Donnie Wahlberg, and Will Estes in Blue Bloods (2010)
    Blue Bloods
  • WERQ: The Labor Day Song (2013)
    WERQ: The Labor Day Song
  • Company (2011)
    Company

Director

  • Hot Stuff: Backstage at 'Summer' with Ariana DeBose (2018)
    Hot Stuff: Backstage at 'Summer' with Ariana DeBose
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  • Bronx Bullet: Backstage at 'A Bronx Tale' with Ariana DeBose (2016)
    Bronx Bullet: Backstage at 'A Bronx Tale' with Ariana DeBose
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  • Hot Stuff: Backstage at 'Summer' with Ariana DeBose (2018)
    Hot Stuff: Backstage at 'Summer' with Ariana DeBose
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  • Bronx Bullet: Backstage at 'A Bronx Tale' with Ariana DeBose (2016)
    Bronx Bullet: Backstage at 'A Bronx Tale' with Ariana DeBose
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    • January 25, 1991
    • Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
  • Other works
    Stage musical: Pippin - playing understudy / Player / Noble / Leading Player, at the Music Box Theatre, Broadway, New York NY, USA.
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    Her father is of Afro-Puerto Rican descent, and her mother, whose family is from North Carolina, has French, English, and Scottish ancestry.

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