What awards has Marva Hicks been nominated for?

Marva Hicks Taha, an award-winning actress and singer who hails from Petersburg, Virginia has died. She was born on May 5, 1975 and died September 17, 2022 at age 47.

Hicks, a three-time Helen Hayes Award winner’s Broadway credits include, “Motown,” “The Lion King,” “Caroline or Change,” and “Lena Horne, The Lady at Her Music.”

What awards has Marva Hicks been nominated for? Aside the Helen Hayes award, Hicks has also been nominated for;

• Regional: Thunder Knocking on the Door (Arena Stage, Helen Hayes Award),
• Arena Stage/Alliance Theatre (Suzi Award, Helen Hayes Nomination), and
• Sophisticated Ladies (Helen Hayes Nomination). Bess (Austin Circle of Theatres B. Iden Payne.

She emerged victorious in the Helen Hayes award, winning;

• Helen Hayes Awards – 2011 – Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical
  Marva HicksDuke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies
• Helen Hayes Awards – 2008 – Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical
  Marva HicksThe Women of Brewster Place and
• Helen Hayes Awards – 1999 – Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical Gold Star
  Marva HicksThunder Knocking on the Door

She notably performed as a background singer for Michael Jackson in a free concert at the Jerudong Park Amphitheatre in Bandar Seri Begawan on July 16, 1996.

The concert was in celebration of the fiftieth birthday of Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei and was attended by the Brunei Royal Family.

As part of the set list, Hicks sang the female part of the duet “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” with Jackson.

In 2013, she appeared on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ album Mosquito, performing as part of Broadway Inspirational Voices on the first single “Sacrilege”.