This Broadway season Ms. Lopez created the role of Carla in Bess Wohl’s GRAND HORIZONS. Her previous Broadway appearance was in the Tony Award revival of PIPPIN, as Berthe, the trapeze flying Granny, then reuniting with her fellow 1972 PIPPIN alum John Rubinstein, touring the USA and Tokyo,. In Lin Manuel Miranda’s IN THE HEIGHTS, she originated the role of Camila Rosario . She appeared on Broadway in Nilo Cruz's Pulitzer Prize ANNA...read more
This Broadway season Ms. Lopez created the role of Carla in Bess Wohl’s GRAND HORIZONS. Her previous Broadway appearance was in the Tony Award revival of PIPPIN, as Berthe, the trapeze flying Granny, then reuniting with her fellow 1972 PIPPIN alum John Rubinstein, touring the USA and Tokyo,. In Lin Manuel Miranda’s IN THE HEIGHTS, she originated the role of Camila Rosario . She appeared on Broadway in Nilo Cruz's Pulitzer Prize ANNA IN THE TROPICS. She received a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress for her portrayal as Harpo Marx in A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE and her performance as the original Diana Morales in A CHORUS LINE led to an OBIE Award andTony Nomination, where she introduced the songs "Nothing" and "What I Did For Love".
Her Broadway credits include: The Sister's Rosenswieg, Nine the Musical, The Boyfriend, Lysistrata, Pippin (1972), Company, Her First Roman, Henry Sweet Henry, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Off Broadway: Beauty of the Father, The Oldest Profession, newyorkers, Eric Weinberger's Class Mother's 68 (Drama Desk Nomination), The Passion of Frida Kahlo, Antigone in New York, Other People's Money, Extremities, Buck and Your Own Thing. Los Angeles and Regionally: Irma La Douce, Vanities, Death and the Maiden, and Matthew Lopez’s Somewhere. Nilo Cruz’s BATHING IN MOONLIGHT and Sarah Ruhl’s THE CLEAN HOUSE.
Her film credits include MAID IN MANHATTAN"as Jennifer Lopez's mother, CENTER STAGE, REVENGE OF THE NERDS II, TONY 'n' TINA'S WEDDING, MUSICAL CHAIRS,SWIMMING WITH THE FISHES, HUMOR ME and Looks to Kill. She is currently filming Disney Channel’s CHRISTMAS AGAIN due December 2021.
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