Adrienne
Encyclopedia
Adrienne is the French
feminine form of the male name Adrien
. Its meaning is literally "dark one."
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
feminine form of the male name Adrien
Adrien
Adrien is the given name and French spelling for the name Adrian. It is also the masculine form of the feminine name Adrienne.Adrien may refer to:* Adrien Auzout, French astronomer* Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic...
. Its meaning is literally "dark one."
People named Adrienne
- Adrienne AlbertAdrienne AlbertAdrienne Albert is an American composer living and working in Santa Monica, California. Although relatively new to composition, Albert is established in the field with a recent NEA grant for a “symphony” about Homer, Alaska, now complete, and various other commissions, artist in residencies, and...
(born (1941), composer - Adrienne AmesAdrienne AmesAdrienne Ames was an American film actress.-Life and career:Born Adrienne Ruth McClure in Fort Worth, Texas, Ames began her film career in 1927 as a stand-in for Pola Negri. Ames was soon cast in small film roles in silent films.With the advent of talking pictures, Ames' popularity grew and she...
(1907-1947), American actress - Adrienne ArsenaultAdrienne ArsenaultAdrienne Arsenault is a foreign correspondent with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation .Arsenault joined the CBC in 1991, as an editorial assistant and night assignment editor for CBC Toronto. She has had numerous other positions with the CBC. She spent three years as the foreign correspondent...
(born 1967), Canadian journalist - Adrienne BailonAdrienne BailonAdrienne Eliza Bailon is an American actress, singer-songwriter, dancer, and television personality. She was a member of former girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls, and is also known for her roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name and latter sequels which brought the group to...
(born 1983), member of girl group The Cheetah Girls - Adrienne BarbeauAdrienne BarbeauAdrienne Jo Barbeau is an American actress and the author of three books. Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay in the sitcom Maude...
(born 1945), American actress - Adrienne BeamesAdrienne BeamesAdrienne Beames is an Australian long-distance runner frequently credited as the first woman to break the 3-hour barrier in the marathon...
(born 1942), Australian long-distance runner - Adrienne BollandAdrienne BollandAdrienne Bolland was a French test pilot and the first woman to fly over the Andes.Bolland flew across the English Channel on 25 August 1920....
(1896-1975), French test pilot and first woman to fly over the Andes - Adrienne ClarkeAdrienne ClarkeAdrienne Elizabeth Clarke AC is a Professor of Botany at University of Melbourne since 1985 and director of the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre since 1982.-Biography:...
(born 1938), Australian botanist and former Lieutenant Governor of Victoria - Adrienne ClarksonAdrienne ClarksonAdrienne Louise Clarkson is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation....
(born 1939), Canadian journalist and former Governor General of Canada - Adrienne CorriAdrienne CorriAdrienne Corri is an actress of Italian parentage.She is probably best known for her role as the rape victim Mrs. Alexander in the 1971 Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange, and for her appearances as Valerie in Jean Renoir's The River and as Lara's mother in David Lean's Dr. Zhivago...
(born 1933), Scottish actress - Adrienne Dixon, American critical race theoristCritical race theoryCritical Race Theory is an academic discipline focused upon the intersection of race, law and power.Although no set of canonical doctrines or methodologies defines CRT, the movement is loosely unified by two common areas of inquiry...
- Adrienne FazanAdrienne FazanAdrienne Fazan was an American film editor.She first started cutting films in 1933. She worked on many MGM films, including The Tell-Tale Heart , Anchors Aweigh , and Kismet...
(1906-1986), American Academy Award-winning film editor - Adrienne FrantzAdrienne FrantzAdrienne Danielle Frantz is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is known for her role as Amber Moore in The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless .-Career:First breaking into the soap opera genre in 1997 as Tiffany Thorne on Sunset Beach, Frantz left the show...
(born 1978), American actress and singer-songwriter - Adrienne GoodsonAdrienne GoodsonAdrienne Goodson also known as “Goodie” or “Goody” is a former basketball player, a 6-foot forward noted for her exceptional rebounding ability, especially on the offensive glass...
(born 1966), American former professional basketball player - Adrienne KennedyAdrienne KennedyAdrienne Kennedy is an African-American playwright and was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. She is best known for her first major play Funnyhouse of a Negro....
(born 1931), African-American playwright - Adrienne KrauszAdrienne KrauszAdrienne Krausz is a Hungarian pianist, b. 1967The winner of the 1989 Cincinnati World Competition while a student at the Ferenc Liszt Academy, she took part at the 1992 and 1993 Montecarlo Masters, reaching the finals. Soon afterwards she was engaged by Georg Solti for a European tour with the...
(born 1967), Hungarian pianist - Adrienne de La FayetteAdrienne de La FayetteMarie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles, marquise de La Fayette , the daughter of Jean de Noailles, and Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau, married Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette....
(1759-1807), wife of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette - Adrienne LauAdrienne LauAdrienne Lau is a singer, actress born on September 7. She is the first Chinese American female artist to have two singles in the US Pop Billboard Single Sales charts in the top 20. In early 2007, her single “Magic Tricks” hit number 7 on the US Pop Billboard Single sales charts. In late 2006, her...
, American singer and actress - Adrienne LecouvreurAdrienne LecouvreurAdrienne Lecouvreur was a French actress.Born in Damery, she first appeared professionally on the stage in Lille...
(1692-1730), French actress - Adrianne PalickiAdrianne PalickiAdrianne Palicki is an American actress best known for her role as Tyra Collette on the NBC television series Friday Night Lights.-Early life:...
(born 1983), American actress - Adrienne PostaAdrienne PostaAdrienne Posta is an English film and television actress and singer, prominent during the 1960s and 1970s. She adopted the surname Posta in 1966. She recorded a number of singles. She is now semi-retired and works as a teacher in the Midlands and at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts...
(born 1948), English actress - Adrienne RichAdrienne RichAdrienne Cecile Rich is an American poet, essayist and feminist. She has been called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century."-Early life:...
(born 1929), American poet and essayist - Adrienne RoyAdrienne RoyAdrienne Roy was a comic book color artist who worked mostly for DC Comics. She was largely responsible for coloring the Batman line - throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.-Biography:...
(born 1953), comic book colorist - Adrienne ShellyAdrienne ShellyAdrienne Shelly , was an American actress, director and screenwriter. Making her name in independent films such as 1989's The Unbelievable Truth and 1990's Trust, Shelly transitioned to a writing and directing career in subsequent years...
(1966-2006), Russian-American filmmaker and actress - Adrienne Du VivierAdrienne Du VivierAdrienne Du Vivier was a French pioneer and one of the first white women to settle in the colony of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She and her husband are often referred to as "Montreal's First Citizens."-Arrival in Montreal:...
(1626-1706), one of the first white women settlers in Montreal - Adrienne de Wignacourt (died 1697), Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Fictional characters
- Adrienne FrostAdrienne FrostAdrienne Frost is a fictional character of the Marvel Universe, the older sister of Emma Frost and Cordelia Frost. Not much is known about her. She first appeared in Generation X #48 . The issue was scripted by Jay Faerber and drawn by Terry Dodson.-Early years:Adrienne was the first child born to...
, Marvel Comics character - Adrienne Johnson KiriakisAdrienne Johnson KiriakisAdrienne Josephine Johnson Kiriakis is a fictional character on NBC's daytime drama Days of our Lives. She has been portrayed by Judi Evans Luciano from 1986 to February 1991, from May 2007 to January 2008, and again since March 23, 2010....
, from the soap opera Days of our Lives