Tonya Pinkins's biography
Tonya Latricha Pinkins is 60 years old television actor born at Chicago. Tonya was born on Wednesday 30th of May 1962. She is often nicknamed as Onixyapimantolama. According to year of birth 1962 Tonya belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 30th of May means she is Gemini. Gemini is a dual sign of Zodiac Belt. One born with this rising sign is very dual and creative in nature with lots of verbosity. They are the most expressive people as they love talking.
She is native english speaker. She is black american. Tonya is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be television actor. You can know her also as film actor, stage actor. Tonya is recently known as actor.
Tonya Pinkins's schools
We found 4 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Columbia College Chicago, California Western School of Law, William Esper Studio.
Detailed informations about Tonya´s schools
She studied high school - Whitney Young Magnet High School.
She studied university - Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia College Chicago (BA), California Western School of Law.
Tonya Pinkins's career
Tonya´s main focus is to be television actor. She is famous thanks to All My Children, Above the Rim.
Is Tonya Pinkins gay ?
Tonya is known to be straight.
Awards and competitions
Tonya Pinkins's Awards
- Won Broadway's 1992 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "Jelly's Last Jam." Subsequently, she was twice Tony-nominated as Best Actress (Musical): in 1997 for "Play On!" and in 2004 for "Caroline, or Change."
- Won the 2005 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for her performance in "Caroline, or Change" in 2004.
- She was nominated for a 1998 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Play On!", at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- She was awarded the 2004 Back Stage Garland Award for Outstanding Performance for "Caroline, or Change," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- She was awarded the 2004 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Lead Performance for "Caroline, or Change," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- She was awarded the 1992 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Actress in a Musical for "Jelly's Last Jam" on Broadway in New York City.
- She was awarded the 1993 New York Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for "Jelly's Last Jam" on Broadway in New York City.
What else you don't know about Tonya Pinkins ?
Her middle name is Latricha.
Tonya Pinkins's height, weight, body shape, eye color
Lets describe how Tonya Pinkins looks. We will focus on her height, weight, body shape, eye color and hair color. She is tall as 5' 7" (170 cm). Tonya weights 132lbs (60 kg). Body build is slim. Her eyes are tinted black. Her hair is shade of black.