[1] Warren studied at Marymount Manhattan College, and while there joined a rock band and performed with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

She received critical praise for her performance as Turner and a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical nomination.

[3] In October 2020, it was announced that Warren was cast in her first television leading role in the ABC limited series Women of the Movement playing activist Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till.

[7] In December 2020, Warren narrated the audiobook of Tina Turner's memoir Happiness Becomes You, which was released by the Simon & Schuster imprint Atria Books.

Inspired by true events from the 18th and 19th centuries Kingdom of Dahomey in Africa, Warren plays a warrior.