Ankia Noni Rose, first African American Disney princess

Ankia Noni Rose born September 6, 1972. Anika began performing in school plays in high school and studied theater at Florida A&M University. She played Lorrell Robinson in the Academy Award-winning Dream Girgls (2006) and has had a successful musical career, including winning her award-winning performance in Caroline of Change. She is best known for voicing the first ever African American Disney princess: Tiana in The Princess and the Frog (2009).