Academy Award-Winning Actress, Hamilton & West Side Story
Ariana DeBose: Biography at a Glance
- Ariana DeBose is an Academy Award-winning and Tony-nominated actress, singer, and dancer who plays "Anita" in the Steven Spielberg directed West Side Story.
- Her role as "Anita" earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a historic win as she became the first openly queer woman of color and only the second Latina to win an Oscar.
- She performed in Hamilton off and on Broadway and subsequently went on to play the role of “Disco Donna” in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, where she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Musical at the Tony Awards.
- She starred in Netflix's The Prom, directed by Ryan Murphy alongside Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and James Corden.
- She also can be seen as "Emma" in Schmigadoon!, a musical comedy television series on Apple TV+.
- Ariana launched as “Mary Wilson” in Motown: The Musical on Broadway followed by the musical Pippin.
- Stressing the importance of diversity and representation in media, Ariana was honored as one of TIME 100's Most Influential People and Adweek's Pride Stars.
- Ariana joined the American Film Institute’s board of trustees whose mission is advancing the art of the moving image by empowering storytellers and inspiring audiences.
Media
- IMDb: Ariana DeBose
- Just Jared: Meet Ariana DeBose, The 'Hamilton' Ensemble Member Who Is About to H...
- BELatina: Ariana DeBose, A Promising Afro-Latinx Queer Actress
- PinkNews: Ariana DeBose on smashing sexist theatre tropes and playing a ‘messy’...
- Playbill: Get a Sneak Peek of Ariana DeBose in the Schmigadoon Spotlight
- Vogue: Ariana DeBose On Showing Up For Her Community
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Biography
Ariana DeBose is an Afro-Latina and LGBTQ+ Tony-nominated triple threat actress, singer, and dancer who can be seen as “Anita” in the Steven Spielberg-directed West Side Story. She has received rave reviews for her commanding performance, winning the 2022 Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Ariana can currently be seen as the lead for the 87North and Universal production Love Hurts alongside Ke Huy Quan, which was released in theatres in 2025. Ariana can also be seen in the Bernard Rose-helmed Lear Rex opposite a star-studded cast including Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain, Rachel Brosnahan, Lakeith Stanfield and Peter Dinklage as well as the independent feature Tow alongside Rose Byrne, Octavia Spencer and Dominic Sessa which premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival.
Ariana stars in the Amazon series Scarpetta, based upon the books by the same name alongside Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis.
In 2024, Ariana could be seen as the lead of House of Spoils for Amazon, from Blumhouse and filmmakers Bridget Krudy & Danielle Cole (Blow The Man Down, TIFF 2020), as well as Matthew Vaughn’s newest ensemble Argylle alongside Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L. Jackson and Bryan Cranston. She is also the voice to the lead character 'Asha' in Disney's newest animation film, Wish; and the lead of Gabriela Cowperthwaithe’s space thriller ISS, alongside Chris Messina and Pilou Asbaek. She can be seen as ‘Calypso’ in J.C. Chandor’s Kraven for Marvel/Sony opposite Aaron Taylor Johnson which premiered in 2024.
In 2022, Ariana hosted the January 15th episode of Saturday Night Live. Her additional credits include HBO’s hit series Westworld, Apple’s musical comedy series Schmigadoon Season 1 and 2 with Cecily Strong, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Jane Krakowski and Keegan-Michael Key which Variety lauded as one of 2021’s Best TV Performances as well as Netflix’s The Prom, directed by Ryan Murphy alongside Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington and James Corden.
Prior to that, Ariana starred in the 2020 filmed version of the hit Broadway musical, Hamilton, now on Disney+, in which she performed in 2016 both off and on Broadway. She subsequently went on to play the role of “Disco Donna” in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, where she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Musical at the Tony Awards in 2018. Her first Broadway role was as “Mary Wilson” in Motown on Broadway followed by the musical Pippin.
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