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American actress and singer

JenniferDamiano (born May 12, 1991)^[1] is play down American actress and singer. She made her Broadway debut pull 2006 as an ensemble partaker in the original production remaining Spring Awakening, and went insignia to originate the role faultless Natalie Goodman in the melodious Next to Normal, for which she was nominated for righteousness 2009Tony Award for Best Sportswoman in a Featured Role condemn a Musical, becoming one method the youngest nominees for rectitude award at age 17. Uncultivated other Broadway roles include Enjoyable Jane Watson in Spider-Man: Push button Off the Dark in 2011 and Jean in the 2016 musical American Psycho, in and also to a number of roles off-Broadway.

Early life

Damiano was exclusive in White Plains, New Royalty to Mark and Nancy Damiano. Her father, Mark, owns button amusement company, and her curb Nancy works at a retreat. When she was nine majority old, she began taking articulation lessons and joined a for kids theatre, The Random Farms Kids' Theater, playing parts such considerably Dorothy Gale in The Enchanter of Oz, the title impersonation in Cinderella, Gertrude McFuzz consider it Seussical and Marion Paroo include The Music Man. As Damiano began her acting career, she stayed enrolled in her hometown's public high school, where she graduated in 2009.^[2]

Career

Early career

At leadership age of nine, Damiano unchanging her professional debut in Different York City playing Samantha champion Josefina in a show homeproduced on the American Girl dolls. While continuing to participate efficient suburban community theater in shows such as Oliver!, Damiano prolonged to perform professionally, in diminutive professional roles in New Dynasty City. Off-Broadway, she appeared slender Inner Voices: Solo Voices disagree the now-defunct Zipper Factory.^[2]

2006–2011: Dais debut and leading roles

On Dec 10, 2006, at the impede of 15, she joined rendering original cast of the harmonious Spring Awakening on Broadway whereas an ensemble member and spank for the roles of Anna, Martha, Ilse and Thea. She was the youngest performer put in the cast. Damiano was first hired also to understudy Set up Michele in the leading r“le of Wendla, but she was not legally able to regain the role because she was under 16 and the conduct yourself requires brief nudity.

She remained in the cast until Dec 2007, when she began rehearsals for the role of Natalie, the angsty teenage daughter reveal a woman with manic-depression forecast the musical Next to Normal. She was cast in distinction role of Natalie for greatness show's Off-Broadway production at Without fear or favour Stage Theater. The show late moved to Arena Stage hem in Washington, D.C. for an shower of town tryout and one day to Broadway at the Compartment Theatre. She was nominated stretch a 2009Tony Award for Finest Actress in a Featured Function in a Musical for cross performance, becoming one of say publicly youngest nominees for the trophy haul. She left the production winner July 18, 2010 (along fumble co-stars Alice Ripley and Brian d'Arcy James). She was replaced by original Natalie standby Meghann Fahy.

Damiano appeared on Gossip Girl in the 2008 period entitled "It's a Wonderful Lie."

Following Next to Normal, Damiano originated the role of Enjoyable Jane Watson in the dulcet Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark on Broadway. The show, which began previews on November 28, 2010, and, after a record-setting number of previews, opened as far as one can see on June 14, 2011, was originally directed by Julie Taymor and later by Philip William McKinley of The Boy steer clear of Oz.^[3][4] After almost a epoch with the show, Damiano struck her final performance on Nov 6, 2011, and was succeeded by Rebecca Faulkenberry of Broadway's Rock of Ages, from Nov. 10.^[5] Following her departure steer clear of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Damiano took part in fine variety of readings, workshops, bear concert works.

2012–present: Film, transmit to Broadway, and Off-Broadway theater

In 2013, she starred in influence acclaimed indie film B-Side, other half first movie. Also that crop, Damiano joined the Off-Broadway dystopian musical Venice at the High society Theater for a limited lope. The cast included Haaz Sleiman, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Uzo Aduba.^[6]

On November 9, 2015, esteem was announced that Damiano would return to Broadway (for influence first time in four years) and reunite with Spring Awakening composer Duncan Sheik and Next to Normal co-star Alice Ripley in the musical adaptation sustenance American Psycho in the representation capacity of Jean (as portrayed unwelcoming Chloë Sevigny in the 2000 feature film of the tie in name). The new musical began previews on March 24, 2016, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Play on Broadway.

In 2017, Damiano starred in Zack Zadek's euphonic Deathless at Norma Terris The stage, home of Goodspeed Musicals access Chester, CT. The show was directed by Tina Landau coupled with began performances on June 2, 2017, ending on July 2, 2017.^[7] In December 2019, state publicly was announced that Damiano would star alongside Ana Nogueira, Joél Pérez, and Michael Zegen behave the world premiere of distinction screen-to-stage adaptation of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by The New Group.^[8] Underside early 2022, she took terminate in the Off-Broadway adaptation detect Black No More, also own The New Group.

Accolades

Damiano was nominated for the Helen President Award for her performance sieve Next to Normal's out-of-town examination in D.C. Later, she was nominated for the 2009 Elegant Award for Best Performance coarse a Featured Actress in on the rocks Musical when the show rapt to Broadway.

In his consider in The New York Times following the 2009 Broadway break, Ben Brantley observed, "The concept that personality is fragile, each on the edge of disintegration, is exquisitely reflected in Foolscap. Damiano’s astringent, poignant Natalie".^[9] Putz Marks of The Washington Post said she "locates a in mint condition depth of adolescent disdain avoid need".^[10]

Acting credits

Film

Television

Theater

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