Tina Andrews is an American actress, television producer, screenwriter, author and playwright.
31 Facts About Tina Andrews
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Tina Andrews played Valerie Grant in the series Days of Our Lives from 1975 until 1977.
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In 2001, Tina Andrews was the first African American to win the Writers Guild of America award for Original Long Form, for her script for this miniseries.
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Tina Andrews is one of two children of Eloyce Tina Andrews in Chicago, Illinois.
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Tina Andrews attended Harlan Community Academy High School, where she participated in Modern Dance, Student Council and Drama Club.
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Tina Andrews spent many years acting in such series as Days of Our Lives, where she originated the role of Valerie Grant from 1975 to 1977.
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Tina Andrews's character was part of the first interracial romance shown on daytime television.
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Tina Andrews acted in the TV miniseries Roots as Aurelia, the girlfriend of the character Kunta Kinte.
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Tina Andrews portrayed Valerie on Falcon Crest in 1983 and Josie in the television movie Born Innocent.
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Tina Andrews' had guest appearances as characters on many shows, including The Odd Couple, Love Story, Sanford and Son, Good Times and The Brady Bunch.
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Tina Andrews performed in films such as Conrack and Carny.
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Tina Andrews had been long interested in the story of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson.
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Tina Andrews wrote the play The Mistress of Monticello, which was produced in Chicago in 1985 to good notices.
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About 10 years later, Craig Anderson started working with Tina Andrews on developing it as a script for TV.
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Tina Andrews's play was produced in staged readings at the Southampton Cultural Center in February 2013.
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Tina Andrews worked on the Hemings project for nearly 16 years.
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Tina Andrews concluded that they did have a liaison and children.
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Tina Andrews announced that he believed that Jefferson had a long-term relationship with Hemings and fathered all her children.
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Tina Andrews completed her script, and the team took it to production.
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Tina Andrews has written screenplays, including the movie Why Do Fools Fall in Love.
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In 2019, Tina Andrews joined other WGA writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging.
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Tina Andrews wrote an essay for The First Time I Got Paid for It: Writers Tales from the Hollywood Trenches.
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Tina Andrews is the author of Charlotte Sophia: Myth, Madness, and the Moor, a historical novel about Charlotte of Mecklenburg, wife of King George III of Great Britain.
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Tina Andrews explores the life of the queen, building on a theory that she had a black ancestor in the 13th century.
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Tina Andrews adapted the Charlotte novel as a play titled Buckingham, which premiered at the Southampton Cultural Center in May 2013.
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In 1999, Tina Andrews received a nomination at the Acapulco Black Film Festival for Best Screenplay for the 1998 movie Why Do Fools Fall in Love.
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In 2001, Tina Andrews was the first African American to win the Writers Guild of America award for Original Long Form for her script for the 2000 miniseries Sally Hemings: An American Scandal.
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Tina Andrews shared the award with Phil Alden Robinson and Stanley Weiser, who won for the 2000 movie Freedom Song.
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That year, Tina Andrews won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding TV Movie, Miniseries or Special.
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In 2002, Tina Andrews won two awards for her book about developing the Hemings story as a TV miniseries: the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literary Nonfiction and the Literary Award of Excellence from the Memphis Black Writers Conference.
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Tina Andrews is currently married to theatre and documentary filmmaker Stephen Gaines.