Anika Noni Rose
Rose in 2016, photo by Joe Seer/www.bigstockphoto.com
Place of Birth: Bloomfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 6, 1972
Ethnicity: African-American
Anika Noni Rose is an American singer and actress. She was one of the stars of the film Dreamgirls (2006).
Her parents are both African-American.
Referring to having taken a DNA test, she has said:
I found out that I’m from the West Coast of Africa… And I am very British and very Irish and some Native American – black foot, Virginia, and one Asian. I expected it, because I know what my people look like. It’s very, very interesting.
“I found out that I m from the West Coast of Africa,” actress Anika Noni Rose, 43, explained. “And I am very British and very Irish and some Native American – black foot, Virginia, and one Asian. I expected it, because I know what my people look like. It’s very, very interesting.”
http://people.com/celebrity/roots-cast-learn-surprising-connections-after-dna-ancestry-tests/