Melissa Errico
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Melissa Errico (born March 23, 1970) is an American actress and singer.
Born in Manhattan, Errico moved to Manhasset on Long Island at an early age. As a child, she studied ballet and gymnastics but was sidelined by a knee injury. Her interest in theater was sparked when she appeared in a Girl Scouts musical production and was cemented by a summer spent at an arts camp.
During her freshman year at Yale, Errico was cast as Cosette in the first national touring company of Les Miserables. She interrupted her studies for three semesters but eventually went back to New Haven and received her degree. From there she went to Oxford to study acting in programs dedicated to Shakespeare and Chekhov. She returned to Yale's graduate school but withdrew to make her Broadway debut in a musical adaptation of Anna Karenina at Circle in the Square in 1992.
Additional stage credits include the 1993 revival of My Fair Lady, High Society, Amour, and Dracula, the Musical.
Errico was a regular on the 1995 television series Central Park West and has guested on Law and Order, Miss Match, and Ed. Most of her screen work has been in independent films; her one mainstream movie was Life or Something Like It with Angelina Jolie.
Errico has a close working relationship with film/jazz/pop composer Michel Legrand, with whom she collaborated on her latest CD, Another Life, her follow-up to her debut solo release, Blue Like That. She has appeared in concert at Joe's Pub, the Kennedy Center, and Avery Fisher Hall, among other venues.
Errico's brother Mike is a singer-songwriter. She is married to her childhood sweetheart, tennis pro Patrick McEnroe, and is the sister-in-law of John McEnroe.
[edit] Theater nominations
- 2003 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Amour)
- 1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (High Society)
- 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (The Importance of Being Earnest)
- 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (My Fair Lady)
