| Chanté Adams | |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education: | Carnegie Mellon University (BFA) |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2009–present |
| Notable Works: | Roxanne Roxanne |
Chanté Adams (born December 16, 1994)[1] [2] is an American actress. She starred in the 2017 biopic Roxanne Roxanne, for which she received the Sundance Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance.[3]
Adams was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan.[4] She began acting as a student at Cass Technical High School. She received her bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, after which she moved to New York to pursue an acting career.[1] [5]
One month after moving to New York, Adams was invited to audition for the lead role in a biopic about rapper Roxanne Shanté. She was cast in the role and filming began eight days later. For her performance in Roxanne Roxanne, Adams received the Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance at 2017 Sundance.[6]
Adams has appeared in the films Monsters and Men (2018),[7] Bad Hair (2020), and The Photograph (2020).[8]
In 2021, Adams starred opposite Michael B. Jordan in the romantic drama A Journal for Jordan, directed by Denzel Washington.[9] In 2022, she co-starred in A League of Their Own, the Amazon television adaptation of the 1992 film of the same name, along with D'Arcy Carden, Abbi Jacobson, Roberta Colindrez, Kelly McCormack, and Priscilla Delgado.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Roxanne Roxanne | Roxanne Shanté | Won Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance (2017) | |
| 2018 | Monsters and Men | Zoe | ||
| Good Girls Get High | Ashanti | [10] | ||
| 2020 | Bad Hair | Linda Bludso | ||
| The Photograph | Young Christine Eames | |||
| 2021 | Voyagers | Phoebe | [11] | |
| A Journal for Jordan | Dana Canedy |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | A League of Their Own | Maxine "Max" Chapman | Main role | ||
| 2024 | A Man in Full | Jill Hensley | Miniseries | [12] |
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundance Film Festival | 2017 | Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance | Roxanne, Roxanne | |||
| 2022 | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Skeleton Crew |