Karen Ziemba
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| Born | November 12, 1957 |
Karen Ziemba is a Tony Award-winning American actress, singer and dancer known for her work in musical theatre, including several Broadway stage productions. In addition to her Tony award in 2000, she has been nominated three other times.
[edit] Biography
Ziemba was born November 12, 1957 in St. Joseph, Michigan, the granddaughter of mezzo-soprano Winifred Heidt. She attended the University of Akron in Ohio, where she studied dance and joined the Ohio Ballet in her sophomore year.
Her Broadway debut was in A Chorus Line as Diana Morales. Later, she played the lead of Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street. Ziemba went on to win a Drama Desk Award for the Kander and Ebb revue And The World Goes 'Round (1991) and receive a Drama Desk nomination for I Do! I Do! (1996). The next year, she was nominated for another Drama Desk Award and a Tony for her role in Steel Pier. In 2000, Ziemba won the Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Susan Stroman's Contact. Four years later, she received another Tony nomination for Never Gonna Dance. In 2007, she received a fourth Tony nomination for Curtains.
Ziemba's other Broadway roles include Polly Baker in Crazy for You, Roxie Hart in Chicago, and Belle Hagner in Teddy & Alice. In addition, she has performed with the New York City Opera in 110 in the Shade and The Most Happy Fella. She has appeared in several New York City Center Encores! musicals-in-concert.
Offstage, she has appeared on Law & Order and in the films The Producers and The Devil and Daniel Webster.
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| Preceded by Kristin Chenoweth for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical 2000 for Contact |
Succeeded by Cady Huffman for The Producers |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Kristin Chenoweth for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical 1999-2000 for Contact |
Succeeded by Cady Huffman for The Producers |
| Preceded by Randy Graff for City of Angels |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical 1990-1991 for And The World Goes 'Round |
Succeeded by Barbara Walsh for Falsettos |
