- Born
- Birth nameTonya Latricha Pinkins
- Nickname
- Onixyapimantolama
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Tonya Pinkins has won or been nominated for nearly every award there is in the American theater. She is a Fulbright Specialist. As a producer, writer and director she conceived "Truth and Reconciliation of Womyn; Narrative Stories and Songs for the Soul in ten minutes or less." The women involved in this project span the globe in age, culture and ethnicity.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonya Pinkins
- SpousesEric Blair Winter(July 2009 - 2014) (divorced)Ron Brawer(February 10, 1987 - June 20, 1994) (divorced, 2 children)Hubert Kelly(July 1984 - January 5, 1987) (divorced)
- 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."
- 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 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.
- Won the 2005 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for her performance in "Caroline, or Change" in 2004.
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