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Encyclopedia > Tonya Pinkins
Tonya Pinkins, in a still from the opening sequence of All My Children.
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Tonya Pinkins, in a still from the opening sequence of All My Children.

Tonya Pinkins (born May 30, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. Image File history File links AMC_21_Olivia. ... Image File history File links AMC_21_Olivia. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, The City of Big Shoulders The 312 Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 0 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...


She is probably best known for playing the character of Livia Frye on the soap opera All My Children -- a role she originated in 1991. After leaving the show in 1995 she made a return in 2003, and was later put on contract with the show from March 2004 until June 2006, when she was downgraded to recurring status. The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... All My Children is an American soap opera that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC TV network since January 5, 1970. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Pinkins is a Tony Award winner for her performance as Sweet Anita in Jelly's Last Jam and nominated for her role in Play On. Her additional Broadway credits include The Wild Party, House of Flowers and most recently playing the title role in Caroline, or Change'," for which she was again nominated for a Best Leading Actress in a Musical Tony. What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Jellys Last Jam is a Broadway musical based on the life of jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... // Original Text The Wild Party, a classic epic poem, is Joseph Moncure Marchs first published work. ... The Tito Memorial - The House of Flowers in the upscale district of Dedinje, Belgrade. ... Caroline, or Change is a sung-through Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Tony Kushner and score by Jeanine Tesori, originally directed by George C. Wolfe. ...


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Although her father was a police officer and insurance salesman and her mother, a postal worker and now a CTA driver, Pinkins always saw herself as an artist.
Similar to “Caroline,” Pinkins is also a devoted single mother of four, starting her own family early at age 25.
Pinkins is also a strong champion of positive thinking and “making things happen.” She is an activist for and co-creator of Operation Z, an organization that stands for zero tolerance of violence against women and children.
Tonya Pinkins is ready for success. She wants more than just finding the humanity in the bad guys she plays -- and ... (1641 words)
Pinkins disowns any involvement in the salary rift and insists that it was a matter of her agent doing his job.
Pinkins, who had completed a year of college at Carnegie Mellon before she was cast in "Merrily," whipped through an undergraduate degree program in two semesters and enrolled in a San Diego law school.
Pinkins was still on welfare when her "Jelly's Last Jam" and "Wild Party" director, George C. Wolfe, invited her to an early reading of "Caroline." Pinkins knew immediately that the lead role was meant to be hers.
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