Robyn Hurder (born January 1, 1982) is an American

musical theater Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...

actress. She is best known for originating the role of Nini in the stage adaptation of ''

Moulin Rouge! ''Moulin Rouge!'' (, ) is a 2001 jukebox musical romantic drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It follows a young English poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and cour ...

'' on

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, a performance for which she was nominated for the 2020

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical has been presented since 1950. The award was not given at the first three Tony Award ceremonies. Nominees were not announced publicly until 1956. Winners and nominees 1950s ...

. She has performed in the

shows ''Nice Work If You Can Get It'' (2012–2013), ''Grease'' (2007–2008), ''The Wedding Singer'' (2006), and ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' (2005). She has taken part in a number of regional productions and Encores! stagings, and the national tours of ''

A Chorus Line ''A Chorus Line'' is a 1975 musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante. Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers ...

'' (2010), ''

Spamalot ''Spamalot'' (also known as ''Monty Python's Spamalot'') is a musical comedy with music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, and lyrics and book by Idle. It is adapted from the 1975 film ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''. Like the motion pictu ...

'' (2006), and ''

Starlight Express ''Starlight Express'' is a 1984 British musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. It tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern engines in the hope o ...

'' (2003–2004).

Personal life

Born in New Hampshire, Hurder grew up in

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outside of

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. A dancer and singer growing up, she attended the

University of New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, m ...

for two years before moving to New York City to pursue musical theater. She is married to fellow Broadway performer

Clyde Alves Clyde Alves is a Canadians, Canadian dancer, actor and singer. Alves appeared on Broadway theatre, Broadway in ''The Music Man'' in the Susan Stroman revival (2000) as Tommy Djilas, and was nominated for the Fred Astaire Award for Best Male Danc ...

Acting credits

Stage

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

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