Tina Andrews(I)
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Tina Andrews
Biography
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Tina Andrews is an international, multiple award-winning author, screenwriter, playwright, director, and producer who stands as a transformative figure in contemporary storytelling, weaving together threads of history, culture, and personal triumph across stage, screen, and book page. Her body of work is marked by an unwavering commitment to illuminating untold stories, challenging conventions, and celebrating the richness of lived experience.
She has adapted her current novel, "Queen Charlotte Sophia: A Royal Affair" (Jacaranda Books), based on Britain's Queen Charlotte, who was of Moorish descent, into a play, and Whoopi Goldberg featured her book on "The View" as a "Hot Summer Read." The audio book of the novel is narrated by British actress Adjoa Andoh, who plays "Lady Danbury" on Netflix's "Bridgerton."
Andrews wrote and Executive Produced the #1, award-winning 4-hour CBS Limited Series "Sally Hemings: An American Scandal", about the relationship between the third United States president, President Thomas Jefferson, and his enslaved mistress Sally Hemings. It was based on her play, "The Mistress of Monticello". For it, she garnered the Writers Guild of America Award for "Outstanding Television Long Form" (the first person of color to win) and an NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding TV Movie, Miniseries or Special." Also, her nonfiction book "Sally Hemings: An American Scandal", won the NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Literary Nonfiction" and the Literary Award of Excellence from the Memphis Writers Conference. Andrews' award-winning contribution to film and television led her to be honored with a Proclamation from the City Council of New York.
In theater, Andrews has directed not only her own plays, Frankie, Buckingham, and The Mistress of Monticello, but Bruce Norris' "Clybourne Park," "'night, Mother" by Marsha Norman, and "Venus in Fur" by David Ives for Guild Hall and the Southampton Cultural Center in New York.
Known as a "Historical Griot" in film, television, and theatre, Miss Andrews was also the writer and Executive Producer of the 4-hour CBS miniseries, "Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis"; and wrote the Warner Bros. film, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" starring Halle Berry. She has written four books (two novels and two nonfiction), and has an essay in the book, "The First Time I Got Paid for It: Writers Tales from the Hollywood Trenches." She has also published essays in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Written By, Contents, and Creative Screenwriting magazines.
As an actress, Andrews has performed in over 75 film/television roles including "Conrack", starring Jon Voight; "Carny" starring Jodie Foster, and her pivotal role as "Valerie Grant" on "Days of our Lives" in daytime television's first interracial romance. But the role of Kunta Kinte's friend in the acclaimed ABC miniseries "Roots" led to an incredible collaboration with her literary mentor, author Alex Haley on the PBS series: "Alex Haley's Great Men of African Descent", leading Andrews to her first sale at Columbia Pictures.
As a writer named one of 50 To Watch by Hollywood Daily Variety, Andrews' creative pursuits have continually bridged the gap between art and social discourse, making her a sought-after voice in international literary and entertainment circles.
She lives in New York and in London.
She has adapted her current novel, "Queen Charlotte Sophia: A Royal Affair" (Jacaranda Books), based on Britain's Queen Charlotte, who was of Moorish descent, into a play, and Whoopi Goldberg featured her book on "The View" as a "Hot Summer Read." The audio book of the novel is narrated by British actress Adjoa Andoh, who plays "Lady Danbury" on Netflix's "Bridgerton."
Andrews wrote and Executive Produced the #1, award-winning 4-hour CBS Limited Series "Sally Hemings: An American Scandal", about the relationship between the third United States president, President Thomas Jefferson, and his enslaved mistress Sally Hemings. It was based on her play, "The Mistress of Monticello". For it, she garnered the Writers Guild of America Award for "Outstanding Television Long Form" (the first person of color to win) and an NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding TV Movie, Miniseries or Special." Also, her nonfiction book "Sally Hemings: An American Scandal", won the NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Literary Nonfiction" and the Literary Award of Excellence from the Memphis Writers Conference. Andrews' award-winning contribution to film and television led her to be honored with a Proclamation from the City Council of New York.
In theater, Andrews has directed not only her own plays, Frankie, Buckingham, and The Mistress of Monticello, but Bruce Norris' "Clybourne Park," "'night, Mother" by Marsha Norman, and "Venus in Fur" by David Ives for Guild Hall and the Southampton Cultural Center in New York.
Known as a "Historical Griot" in film, television, and theatre, Miss Andrews was also the writer and Executive Producer of the 4-hour CBS miniseries, "Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis"; and wrote the Warner Bros. film, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" starring Halle Berry. She has written four books (two novels and two nonfiction), and has an essay in the book, "The First Time I Got Paid for It: Writers Tales from the Hollywood Trenches." She has also published essays in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Written By, Contents, and Creative Screenwriting magazines.
As an actress, Andrews has performed in over 75 film/television roles including "Conrack", starring Jon Voight; "Carny" starring Jodie Foster, and her pivotal role as "Valerie Grant" on "Days of our Lives" in daytime television's first interracial romance. But the role of Kunta Kinte's friend in the acclaimed ABC miniseries "Roots" led to an incredible collaboration with her literary mentor, author Alex Haley on the PBS series: "Alex Haley's Great Men of African Descent", leading Andrews to her first sale at Columbia Pictures.
As a writer named one of 50 To Watch by Hollywood Daily Variety, Andrews' creative pursuits have continually bridged the gap between art and social discourse, making her a sought-after voice in international literary and entertainment circles.
She lives in New York and in London.
