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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]
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Chanté Adams is known for Roxanne Roxanne (2017), The Photograph (2020) and Bad Hair (2020).
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- Chanté Plays Max in ‘A League of Their Own’.
- She’S from Michigan.
- Her Breakout Role Was in ‘Roxanne Roxanne’.
- She Was in A Michael B. Jordan Movie.
- She’S Been on Broadway.
Chanté stars as Maxine “Max” Chapman in the upcoming series. Max is the pitcher for the Rockford Peaches who wants to make a big impact on the team. In an interview with Essence, Chanté talked about how the show highlights Black women who broke grounds in pro sports. “There were Black women there that tried to get on those teams and couldn’t. And w...
Chanté was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She attended Cass Technical High School in Midtown Detroit. She moved to Pittsburg for college to attend Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, where she received her bachelor’s degree. From there, Chanté headed to New York and then Los Angeles to pursue acting. But she still has love for her ...
Chanté played rapper Roxanne Shante in the 2017 musical drama biopic Roxanne Roxanne. She starred alongside Mahershala Ali and Nia Long. The film was considered Chanté’s breakout role and she won the Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
Chanté’s other most memorable film is A Journal For Jordan, where she co-starred with Michael B. Jordan. The 2021 film was based on a true story about the relationship between 1st Sergeant Charles Monroe King (Michael) and Dana Canedy (Chanté). Denzel Washington directed the movie.
In early 2022, Chanté appeared in the limited run of the Broadway production Skeleton Crew. She played Shanita and was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.
- Eric Todisco
Aug 12, 2022 · Chanté Adams Won’t Be Slowing Down Anytime Soon. The A League of Their Own star reflects on playing the queer, Black baseball player the original film was missing. by Brooke LaMantia.
- Brooke Lamantia
Jun 20, 2022 · In the series, Adams stars as Max, a Black woman feeling trapped and confined in her hometown of Rockford, Illinois. Jacobson stars as Carson, an Iowa housewife torn between tradition and the future. The first two episodes of “ A League of Their Own ” debuted at the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), which ran from June 15 to June 19, 2022.
Feb 7, 2022 · There's no word yet as to whether Adams' character will be reinventing history (since back in the 1940s, Black baseball players had to play on their own segregated teams). Ahead of the series' debut, here's everything else to know about this rising star.
Aug 12, 2022 · Chanté Adams stars as Max Chapman in A League of Their Own, the new series based in part on the hit 1992 film.
