--- description: Find out why Ariana DeBose is one of the 100 most influential people of 2022. title: Ariana DeBose: The 100 Most Influential People of 2022 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8506826ba67a3ab/698a320886f68e55436f13f0/Ariana-DeBose-time100-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- May 23, 2022 # Ariana DeBose by Kristin Chenoweth  Jingyu Lin—Trunk Archive [Ariana DeBose](https://time.com/6107408/west-side-story-latino-representation/ "undefined") is what I call a quadruple threat: she’s not only a dancer, an actress, and a singer, but also kind. I first became aware of her when I saw her as the Bullet in [_Hamilton_](https://time.com/5861263/hamilton-movie-behind-the-scenes/ "undefined")_._ The role requires her to move in slow motion—and so creative was she! It took such physical strength. I leapt. I could barely leave the theater: I wanted to see her slow-motion movement again. More recently, we were both cast in the TV show _Schmigadoon!_ I got to know the woman: silly, funny, not afraid of what anyone thinks. No fear. She inspired me to be the best I could be at my role. As the first openly queer woman of color to [win an Oscar](https://time.com/6161452/2022-oscars-review/ "undefined") for acting, for _West Side Story,_ she’s a trailblazer. I think she’ll one day win an EGOT. Ariana’s as authentic as they come, and whatever she does next, I will be cheering from fifth-row center. They’ll have to throw me out for screaming for her and clapping so loud. So go for it, baby girl! _Chenoweth is a Tony- and Emmy Award–winning actor_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177788/ariana-debose/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177788/ariana-debose/"},"headline":"Ariana DeBose","datePublished":"2022-05-23T10:25:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:09.274Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177788/ariana-debose/","keywords":["TIME 100","franchise","TIME100 2022"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8506826ba67a3ab/698a320886f68e55436f13f0/Ariana-DeBose-time100-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8506826ba67a3ab/698a320886f68e55436f13f0/Ariana-DeBose-time100-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177788/ariana-debose/","name":"Ariana DeBose"}}]}] ```