Anacostia (web series)

Anacostia
Season 1 main title
Created by	Anthony Anderson
Written by	Anthony Anderson
Starring	Anthony Anderson Melan Perez Tamieka Chavis Marion Akpan Pasha Diallo Kena Hodges Christopher Bair William Lash Luis Valdez Tia Dae Darnell Lamont Walker Martha Byrne
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	41
Production
Executive producer(s)	Anthony Anderson
Producer(s)	Martha Byrne (co-exec)
Release
Original network	YouTube
Original release	October 15, 2009 (2009-10-15) – present
External links
Website

Anacostia is a soap opera web series that premiered on October 15, 2009, on YouTube. Created by and starring Anthony Anderson, it chronicles the drama among residents of the titular community in Washington, D. C.

The series was nominated for a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series, and Martha Byrne won a Daytime Emmy the same year for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series for her performance as Alexis Jordan. Elizabeth Hubbard was nominated in 2016 for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for her role as Eva Montgomery.

Cast

Anthony Anderson as Sean (2009–present)
Chanté Bowser as Salina (2009–2012)
Melan Perez as Salina (2014–present)
Tamieka Chavis as Mia (2009–present)
Marion Akpan as Nancy (2009–present)
Pasha Diallo as Dominique (2011–present)
Kena Hodges as Nicole (2011–present)
Christopher Bair as Cliff (2011–present)
William Lash as Scott (2009–present)
Rabon Hutcherson as Andre (2011–2013)
Deidra Taylor as Lashawn "Cherry" Alexander (2011–2013)
Darnell Lamont Walker as Julian (2011–2013)
Tia Dae as Deanna Grayson (2009–present)
Carey Green as Jack (2011–2012)
Antonio Harrison, Jr. as Que (2011–present)
Jermaine McNeal as Andrew (2009–2011)
Giselle Gant as Madison (2011–2013)
Darnerien McCants as Cyrus (2011–present)
Walter Maxfield Jones as Michael (2009)
Tye Frazier as Brian (2011–2012)
Kelvin Terrell as Ray (2011–present)
Tiana Harris as Ashley (2011-2012)
Martha Byrne as Alexis Jordan (2011–present)
India Doy as Jennifer (2011–present)
Tandrea Parrott as Desiree' (2011–present)
Luis Valdez as Eric (2012–present)
Yohance Fleming as Chauncey (2011)
Lauren Dorsey as Donatella
Kareem Petteway as Creeko (2009)
Alexis Robinson Smith as Melissa (2014–present)
Tremayne Norris as Carlos (2014–present)
Ashleigh McGill as April (2014–present)
Rolfini Whidbee as Maurice (2011–present)
Dai Boggan as Tim (2015)
Chris Deloatch as Clay (2015)
Elizabeth Hubbard as Eva Montgomery (2015)

Production

Anacostia was created in 2009 by Anderson, who also writes, executive produces and stars in the series. Byrne serves as co-executive producer, with Lora Lee, Jamie Misiak and Alexis Robinson Smith as line producers; Harold Jackson III, Anne Wells Auer and Nicole Whitmire as consulting producers; and Marion Akpan, Christopher Bair, Kelvin Cook, Tia Dae, Pasha Diallo, India Doy-Young, Antonio Harrison Jr., Kena Hodges, William Lash and Rolfini Whidbee as producers.^[1]^[2]

Byrne joined the series in 2011 as Alexis Jordan.^[3] In September 2015, Soap Opera Digest reported that Byrne's former As the World Turns co-star Elizabeth Hubbard would appear on Anacostia as Eva Montgomery, in scenes directed and co-written by Byrne.^[3]^[4]

Awards and recognition

Anacostia was nominated for a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series,^[1]^[2] and Martha Byrne won a Daytime Emmy the same year for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series for her performance as Alexis Jordan.^[5] Elizabeth Hubbard was nominated in 2016 for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for her role as Eva Montgomery.^[6]^[7]

To date, the series has won seven Indie Series Awards,^[8] and has been nominated for many more.

Year	Award	Category	Individual	Result	Ref.
2010	1st Indie Soap Awards	Best Ensemble		Won	^[8]
2011	2nd Indie Soap Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor	Anthony Anderson	Won	^[8]
2011	2nd Indie Soap Awards	Breakthrough Performance	Pasha Diallo	Won	^[8]
2012	3rd Indie Soap Awards	Best Guest Appearance (Drama)	Martha Byrne	Won	^[8]
2012	3rd Indie Soap Awards	Best Writing (Drama)	Anthony Anderson	Won	^[8]
2013	4th Indie Soap Awards	Best Supporting Actress (Drama)	Pasha Diallo	Won	^[8]
2015	42nd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series		Nominated	^[1]^[2]
	42nd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series	Martha Byrne	Won	^[5]
	6th Indie Series Awards	Best Ensemble (Drama)		Won	^[8]^[9]
2016	43rd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Elizabeth Hubbard	Nominated	^[6]^[7]
	7th Indie Series Awards	Best Lead Actress (Drama)	Tamieka Chavis	Nominated	^[10]
		Best Supporting Actress (Drama)	Tia Dae	Nominated	^[10]
		Best Guest Actress (Drama)	Elizabeth Hubbard	Nominated	^[10]
		Best Ensemble (Drama)		Nominated	^[10]

In December 2010, Anderson was named by We Love Soaps as one of the 15 Most Fascinating People of 2010.^[11]

References

1 2 3 Littleton, Cynthia (March 31, 2015). "General Hospital, Ellen DeGeneres, CBS Lead Daytime Emmy Nominations". Variety. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
1 2 3 Rodriguez, Briana (March 31, 2015). "General Hospital Leads 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations". Backstage. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
1 2 "Exclusive! Elizabeth Hubbard Joins Anacostia". Soap Opera Digest. September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ Giddens, Jamey (September 22, 2015). "Web Series Anacostia is Staging The Mother of All As The World Turns Reunions". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
1 2 "CBS, PBS and The Bold and the Beautiful Lead Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Winners". Variety. April 25, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
1 2 "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy® Award Nominations". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
1 2 "Young & Restless Leads Daytime Emmy Noms But Ceremony Won't Be on TV". Variety. March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Indie Series Awards History and Archive of Past Winners". Indie Series Awards. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
↑ "6th Annual Indie Series Awards: Complete List of Winners". Indie Series Awards. April 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
1 2 3 4 "Nominations Announced For 7th Annual ISAs". Indie Series Awards. February 3, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
↑ Mulcahy, Jr., Kevin (December 22, 2010). "We Love Soaps TV's 15 Most Fascinating People of 2010". We Love Soaps. Retrieved September 30, 2015.

External links

Anacostia's channel on YouTube
Anacostia at the Internet Movie Database
Hilton, Shani (November 22, 2011). "Why Is Anacostia: The Web Series So Brilliant? It's Only Sort of a Race Thing.". Washington City Paper. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
Christian, Aymar Jean (July 31, 2014). "East Los High and 32 Other Web Dramas Upstaging TV With Their Diversity". IndieWire. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
Giddens, Jamey (April 20, 2015). "Anacostia's Anthony Anderson on Daytime Emmy Nods, Faith and His Message For Ron Carlivati". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved October 1, 2015.

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2000s debuts	Spyder Games (2001)

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