Anika Noni Rose is an American actress, voice actress, and singer. She provided both the speaking and singing voices of Princess Tiana in Disney's 2009 animated feature film The Princess and the Frog.

Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for voicing Tiana in The Princess and the Frog (2009). She was named a Disney Legend in 2011. Rose starred as Lorrell Robinson in the Academy Award-winning film Dreamgirls (2006).

2 days ago · Photo: Getty Images. Anika Noni Rose, who voiced Princess Tiana in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, is speaking out after Disney canceled an upcoming TV series based on the film.. In an Instagram post on Tuesday (March 11), Rose addressed Disney’s move to pull the plug on an animated series called “Tiana” centered around the company’s first Black princess.

3 days ago · Anika Noni Rose addressed Disney's decision to cancel its 'Princess and the Frog' series in a lengthy statement shared to Instagram.

3 days ago · Anika Noni Rose is “deeply disappointed” after Disney scrapped its planned “Princess and the Frog” television series for Disney+ after years in development. The series, titled “Tiana ...

2 days ago · Anika Noni Rose speaks onstage during the Black Excellence Brunch Proudly Supported by Disney on February 08, 2025 in Glendale, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Disney)

4 days ago · After Walt Disney Animation Studios pulled the plug on its Tiana princess series, the film’s original star Anika Noni Rose is speaking out on the decision.. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, the ...

4 days ago · Anika Noni Rose is breaking her silence over Disney’s decision earlier this month not to move forward with Tiana, an animated musical series offshoot of The Princess and the Frog movie set for ...

3 days ago · Disney’s decision to scrap the highly anticipated Tiana animated series has left fans dismayed, but perhaps no one is more disappointed than Anika Noni Rose, the iconic voice behind Princess…

4 days ago · Disney fans received disappointing news earlier this month when the studio announced that its long-gestating Tiana Disney+ series had been shelved.. Initially announced in 2020, Tiana was envisioned as a sequel to 2009’s The Princess and the Frog.Walt Disney Animation Studios was to produce the series, which would have seen Anika Noni Rose reprise her role as the titular princess.