Ariana DeBose
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Ariana DeBose is an American actress and singer who has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for a
DeBose at the 2025 Tribeca Festival
Debose in 2022
Debose in 2025
West Side Story (2021 film)
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West Side Story is a 2021 American musical romantic drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Tony Kushner. The second feature-length adaptation of the 1957 stage music
Ariana DeBose
…and the Apple TV+ musical comedy series Schmigadoon! (2021–2023). She gained wider recognition for her role as Anita in Steven Spielberg's musical film West Side Story (2021), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She provided the voice of Asha in the animated film Wish (2023). Ariana DeBose was born…
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Justin Peck created the film's new choreography while paying homage to the original choreography by Jerome Robbins.
Gustavo Dudamel, pictured here in 2009, conducted the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic during the film's recording sessions.
The film held its Los Angeles premiere at the El Capitan Theatre on December 7, 2021.