Jenni Barber
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| Born | July 22, 1983 |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Jenni Barber (born July 22, 1983) is an American actress and singer best known for her performances in musical theatre and for her role as Lisa Heffenbacher on The Electric Company (2009 - 2011).
Early life
[edit | edit source]Barber was born in Mansfield, Ohio.[1] There she took voice lessons from vocal trainer Lori Turner. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan School of Music with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre in 2005, after receiving an Earl V. Moore award.[2][3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Television
[edit | edit source]Barber played Lisa Heffenbacher in The Electric Company 2009 TV series,[4] with guest appearances on Law & Order: SVU, Smash, Elementary, Master of None, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, among other credits.[1]
Stage
[edit | edit source]Barber made her Broadway debut as Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2007, after playing the character in San Francisco and Boston productions.[5][6] In 2008, she appeared in From Up Here at New York City Center; she had a minor role, but The New York Times review called her a scene stealer.[7] In 2010, she played Audrey in As You Like It, in the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Harvey Theatre.[8][9][10]
She starred as Toni Simmons in the 2011 Off-Broadway revival of the play Cactus Flower in the Westside Theatre, receiving mixed reviews comparing her to Goldie Hawn in the 1969 film.[11][12][13] In 2012, she played porn actress Sundown LeMay in The Performers opposite Henry Winkler and Cheyenne Jackson.[14]
In 2013, Barber played stripper Joan opposite Nathan Lane in the award-winning The Nance.[5] The following year, she joined the cast of the Broadway production of Wicked, in the role of Glinda.[15] In early 2015, she played Sibyl in the romance Private Lives at Hartford Stage,[16] followed by Elizabeth, a Mormon wife, in the Encores! revival of Paint Your Wagon.[17]
She was in the 2017 Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George as Celeste #2/Elaine and understudied Annaleigh Ashford.[18]
References
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- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Christine Dwyer, Jenni Barber, Justin Guarini, Mary Testa and P.J. Benjamin Will Join Cast of Broadway's Wicked" Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Playbill.com, February 3, 2014, accessed March 23, 2015
- ^ Auerbach, Mark G. "Hartford Stage presents Noel Coward's Private Lives" Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, The Westfield News, January 15, 2015
- ^ Isherwood, Charles. Paint Your Wagon, Starring Keith Carradine, Opens at Encores!" Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, March 19, 2015
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External links
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- Jenni Barber at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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