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3	Ariana [=DeBose=] (born January 25, 1991 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.
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5	[=DeBose=] started her career on the stage, accruing ensemble credits as part of the Broadway ensembles of ''Theatre/BringItOn'', ''Motown: The Musical'' and ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''. She's lent this theater background to [[TheFilmOfThePlay film adaptations of stage musicals]] such as ''Film/TheProm'' and Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/{{West Side Story\|2021}}''.
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7	She won the MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActressInASupportingRole for her performance as Anita in ''West Side Story''. The win made her the first openly LGBTQ actor of color to win an Academy Award (she has been out as queer since around 2015) and the third actor to win an Academy Award for playing a character previously played by someone else (in this case, Creator/RitaMoreno in the 1961 ''[[Film/WestSideStory1961 West Side Story]]'') who had also won an Academy Award for playing that role, and the first female actor to do so.[[note]]The first two pairs of actors to achieve this honor are Creator/MarlonBrando and Creator/RobertDeNiro, who played Vito Corleone in ''Film/TheGodfather'' and ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'' respectively; and Creator/HeathLedger and Creator/JoaquinPhoenix, who played ComicBook/TheJoker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/{{Joker\|2019}}'', respectively.[[/note]]
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9	!!Filmography:
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11	* ''Film/TheProm'' (2020) as Alyssa Greene
12	* ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' (2021-) as Emma Tate (season 1), Emcee (season 2)
13	* ''Film/{{West Side Story\|2021}}'' (2021) as Anita Palacio
14	* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' (2022) as Maya
15	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wish\|2023}}'' (2023) as Asha
16	** ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio'' (2023)
17	* ''[[Film/{{ISS}} I.S.S.]]'' (2024) as Dr. Kira Foster
18	* ''Film/{{Argylle}}'' (2024) as Keira
19	* ''Film/{{Kraven the Hunter\|2024}}'' (2024) as Calypso
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21	!!Selected stage credits:
22	* ''Theatre/BringItOn'' (2011-2012) as Nautica
23	* ''Theatre/MotownTheMusical'' (2013) -- Ensemble, [[Music/TheSupremes Mary Wilson]]
24	* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' (2015) -- Ensemble/"The Bullet", also in the filmed version released in 2020 on Creator/DisneyPlus
25	* ''Theatre/ABronxTale'' (2016) as Jane
26	* ''Theatre/SummerTheDonnaSummerMusical'' (2017-2018) as Disco Music/{{Donna\|Summer}}
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28	!!Tropes & Trivia in her works:
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30	* LetsDuet: She sang a duet, "Electric Energy", with [[Music/CultureClub Boy George]] for the soundtrack of ''Film/{{Argylle}}'' ([[DoItYourselfThemeTune in which she has a role]]).

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