• #26 - Adrienne C. Moore - Award Winning Actress Sentenced to 7 Seasons on Orange is the New Black

  • Jul 24 2024
  • Length: 55 mins
  • Podcast

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#26 - Adrienne C. Moore - Award Winning Actress Sentenced to 7 Seasons on Orange is the New Black

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  • Adrienne C Moore drops by to discuss Orange is the New Black, Theater and the moment she made it as a New York Actress. Eila & Bruce also discuss Lin Manuel Miranda’s Tony win for Best Book of Musical for Hamilton. Emmy Nomination standouts Carol Burnett and Aja Naomi King as well as Cher’s first appearance on Will & Grace opposite Sean Hayes. Adrienne C. Moore is an accomplished television, film, voice over and theater artist. She is best known for her seven seasons starring as 'Black Cindy' on the ground-breaking hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black. Her work on the series earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination (Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series) as well as the Vanguard Award at Essence Magazine's Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon. She and the cast share three SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Additional TV credits include Law and Order: SVU, Homeland, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and 30 Rock. Films include New Line’s Shaft sequel, The Lennon Report and the recent indie Modern Persuasion. Most recent animation work includes voicing ‘Etta Candy’ in DC’s animated feature Wonder Woman: Bloodlines and the upcoming Netflix interactive choose-your-own-adventure special We Lost our Human. Additional animated projects include Curious George and Doug Unplugged. It was also her distinct honor to be chosen by Ann Druyan for the audiobook narration of Carl Sagan’s The Varieties of Scientific Experience. She has completed numerous voice campaigns for brands such as Vaseline, General Mills, and Jergens. Often calling it her 'gym,' Adrienne is just at home on a stage as she is on camera. She most recently starred in The Public Theater’s critically acclaimed and award-winning revival of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf. She worked with Phyllida Lloyd on Shakespeare in the Park's The Taming of the Shrew and introduced the world to the timid ‘Keera’ in Kirsten Greenidge's Milk Like Sugar (LaJolla Playhouse & Playwrights Horizons), earning award nominations along the way. Other productions include Dot (Actor’s Theatre of Louisville), Ethel Sings (Dir. Will Pomerantz) and Suzan Lori-Parks' 365 Plays/365 Days (The Public Theatre.) A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Adrienne was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her B.A. in Psychology, History and Religion from Northwestern University and an MFA from The New School University. She is most proud of and passionate about her advocacy work with rescue animals and enjoys volunteering with the 52nd Street Project in New York. Make sure to check out Eila's book, "The Tony Awards", and all her other amazing books: https://amzn.to/43WMu5Y. Connect with Eila and Bruce: Instagram @behind_the_awards Eila @eilamell Bruce @cominghomewithbruce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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