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Chanté Adams
Image of actress Chanté Adams. She has brown skin, long curly hair, and is wearing a black hat.
Adams at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival
Born (1994-12-16) December 16, 1994 (age 29)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Education Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupation Actress
Years active 2009–present
Notable work
Roxanne Roxanne

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

Life and career

Adams was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She began acting as a student at Cass Technical High School. 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.

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

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

In 2021, Adams starred opposite Michael B. Jordan in the romantic drama A Journal for Jordan, directed by Denzel Washington. 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.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 Roxanne Roxanne Roxanne Shanté Won Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance (2017)
2018 Monsters and Men Zoe
Good Girls Get High Ashanti
2020 Bad Hair Linda Bludso
The Photograph Young Christine Eames
2021 Voyagers Phoebe
A Journal for Jordan Dana Canedy

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 A League of Their Own Maxine "Max" Chapman Main role
2024 A Man in Full Jill Hensley Miniseries

Broadway

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 Skeleton Crew Shanita Nominated for Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Sundance Film Festival 2017 Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance Roxanne, Roxanne Won
Outer Critics Circle Award 2022 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Skeleton Crew Nominated

See also

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