Angela Christian is an American actress and singer.

Career

Christian trained at the Boston Conservatory. In 2000, she made her Broadway debut as Lily in Richard Nelson's '' James Joyce's The Dead''. In 2004, she made her West End debut creating the title role in

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's '' The Woman in White'', directed by Trevor Nunn, which she then reprised on Broadway. Also on Broadway she created the role of Miss Dorothy Brown in ''

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'', for which she was nominated for an

Outer Critics Circle Award The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. They are presented by the Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of New York theater writers for out-of-town newspa ...

. On television, Christian has appeared in episodes of ''

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'', '' House of Cards'', and ''

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''. In 2017, Christian was set to co-produce the film ''Silver Wings'' with author Katherine Sharp Landdeck. The film was to be directed by her then partner

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. In 2019, Christian played a

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officer in '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker''.

Personal life

Christian was born in Alabama and raised in San Antonio, Texas. She began a relationship with director

in 2006; they divorced in 2019.

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * American women singers American stage actresses Living people Singers from Birmingham, Alabama Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumni Actresses from Birmingham, Alabama Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{US-theat-actor-stub