Laura Darrell is an American actress, singer, and audiobook narrator best known for the recurring roles of Anna in the TV series ''
Dietland
''Dietland'' is the debut novel by Sarai Walker that was first published on May 26, 2015 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The novel explores the beauty industry and society's obsession with weight loss. A television adaptation of the novel by M ...
'' and Sister Lee in the TV series ''
Happy!''. In theater Laura is best known for originating the role of Suze in
John Kander
John Harold Kander (born March 18, 1927) is an American composer, known largely for his work in the musical theater. As part of the songwriting team Kander and Ebb (with lyricist Fred Ebb), Kander wrote the scores for 15 musicals, including ''Cab ...
and Greg Pierce's
Off Broadway musical ''
Kid Victory
''Kid Victory'' is a musical with the story by John Kander and Greg Pierce, and music by John Kander, book and lyrics by Greg Pierce, co-produced by Vineyard Theatre and Signature Theatre.
Production
The musical premiered at the Signature The ...
'' at the
Vineyard Theater and also at
Signature Theatre.
[''Kid Victory'']
at Signature Theatre[''Kid Victory'']
at Vineyard Theatre
The Vineyard Theatre is an Off-Broadway non-profit theatre company, located at 108 East 15th Street in Manhattan, New York City, near Union Square. Its first production was in 1981. It is best known for its productions of the Tony award-winning ...
[Cast of ''Kid Victory'']
at playbill.com She also played the lead role of
Anna
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 12 ...
in the Opening Cast of
''Frozen Live'' at the Hyperion, and performed at New York City Center in Encores!'s The Golden Apple directed by
Michael Berresse
Michael Berresse (born August 15, 1964) is an American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director.
Life and career
Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, but reared primarily in Joliet, Illinois, Berresse's father was a chemical engineer and his moth ...
. In 2019 Laura starred as Medium Alison in the musical ''
Fun Home
''Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic'' is a 2006 Graphic novel, graphic memoir by the American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip ''Dykes to Watch Out For''. It chronicles the author's childhood and youth in rural Pennsylvania, Uni ...
'' at Baltimore's
Center Stage theater.
[''Fun Home'']
at Baltimore's Center Stage theater
Other work
When Laura was 13, Con Fullam of
Maine Radio and Television produced a special starring her, called ''A Very Special Christmas'' for which she was nominated for a
New England Emmy Award. As a teenager, Laura also provided lead vocals for
''A Very Wompkee Christmas'' produced by Deos Animation. In 2016 Darrell played Eileen in Creedmoria. Since around 2015, Laura has also been performing as a narrator of audio books, including the Pepe Novels.
Narrator of ''The Big Chihuahua''
at soundcloud.com
Personal
Darrell was born in Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropo ...
, growing up in the suburb of Yarmouth. She split her undergrad between NYU Tisch School of the Arts
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University.
Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...
and USC School of Theater in Los Angeles. She also received a partial scholarship to attend BADA for a summer intensive in Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
.[''About'']
Laura Darrell at lauradarrell.com[''Bio/Resume'']
of Laura Darrell at lauradarrell.com
References
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American musical theatre actresses
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women