Chanté Adams

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Chanté Adams
Chante Adams, Sundance 2017.png
Born (1994-12-16) December 16, 1994 (age 30)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Education Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
Notable work Roxanne Roxanne

Chanté Adams (born December 16, 1994) [1] [2] is an American actress. She starred in the 2017 biopic Roxanne Roxanne , for which she received the Sundance Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance. [3]

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Life and career

Adams was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. [4] [5] She began acting as a student at Cass Technical High School. [4] She received her bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, after which she moved to New York to pursue an acting career. [1] [6]

One month after moving to New York, Adams was invited to audition for the lead role in a biopic about rapper Roxanne Shanté. [6] She was cast in the role and filming began eight days later. [5] For her performance in Roxanne Roxanne , Adams received the Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance at 2017 Sundance. [4]

Adams has appeared in the films Monsters and Men (2018), [7] Bad Hair (2020), [8] and The Photograph (2020). [8]

In 2021, Adams starred opposite Michael B. Jordan in the romantic drama A Journal for Jordan , directed by Denzel Washington. [9] In 2022, she co-starred in A League of Their Own , the Amazon television adaptation of the 1992 film of the same name, along with D'Arcy Carden, Abbi Jacobson, Roberta Colindrez, Kelly McCormack, and Priscilla Delgado. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017 Roxanne Roxanne Roxanne Shanté Won Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance (2017) [2]
2018 Monsters and Men Zoe [7]
Good Girls Get High Ashanti [10]
2020 Bad Hair Linda Bludso [8]
The Photograph Young Christine Eames [8]
2021 Voyagers Phoebe [11]
A Journal for Jordan Dana Canedy [9]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2022 A League of Their Own Maxine "Max" ChapmanMain role [8]
2024 A Man in Full Jill HensleyMiniseries [12]

Broadway

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2022 Skeleton Crew ShanitaNominated for Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play [13]

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Sundance Film Festival 2017Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance Roxanne, Roxanne Won [4]
Outer Critics Circle Award 2022Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Skeleton Crew Nominated [13]

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