Sherie Rene Scott

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Sherie Rene Scott

Born February 8, 1969 (1969-02-08) (age 39)
Topeka, Kansas

Sherie Rene Scott (born February 8, 1969) is an American actress and singer who is currently playing Ursula in the Broadway musical, The Little Mermaid to critical acclaim. She has appeared in numerous both Off Broadway and Broadway productions.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Scott was born in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of a nurse and a chiropractor. She attended church services officiated by Fred Phelps during her younger years, but acquired conflicting feelings about the church's teachings when her gay cousin was excommunicated from the church.[1] She studied acting at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater under Sanford Meisner while working as a waitress. Her first role was in the 25th-anniversary production of Hair in 1993 at the United Nations.

[edit] Career

On Broadway, she has starred in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, garnering nominations for a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award, and being named as a Drama League honoree. She starred in the broadway role of Amneris in Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (2000), for which she won the Clarence Derwent Award. Other Broadway credits include as Sally Simpson in Tommy (1993), Marty in Grease (1995-96), Maureen in Rent (1997), and originating the role of Ursula in The Little Mermaid (2007) for which she received her second Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.

Off-Broadway musicals include John Guare’s Landscape of the Body at the Signature Theatre, for which she received a 2006 Obie Award and a Lucille Lortel Award. Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years, and the title role in Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical. Regionally, she has appeared in world premiere productions of Randy Newman's Faust (1995), where she met her future husband, Kurt Deutsch, and Kander and Ebb’s, Over and Over, a musical adaptation of The Skin of Our Teeth, for which Scott was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award.

Along with husband Kurt Deutsch, Scott co-founded Sh-K-Boom Records and Ghostlight Records, labels dedicated to preserving original cast albums and solo recordings by Broadway artists. In just six years, they have released over 40 albums, earning four Grammy Award nominations and a special Drama Desk Award. Their catalogue includes The Drowsy Chaperone, The Last Five Years", and Scott's critically acclaimed solo CD,"Sherie Rene Scott: Men I've Had".

Scott also appears periodically in a solo show entitled You May Now Worship Me,[1] which is explained in press notes as "Scott's collection of deeply personal stories. From her childhood in Topeka to her eventual rise to Broadway semi-star, this is her truth, her whole truth, and nothing but her truth… only better. Featuring songs made famous by such icons as Judy Garland, Rickie Lee Jones, Tom Waits, and Mr. Rogers, You May Now Worship Me reminds us that none of us are in Kansas anymore."[citation needed] The most recent performance of the show was on March 31st, 2008 and benefitted the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund.

Scott also appeared in the 2003 film Marci X as Kirsten Blatt. Television credits include the roles of Dawn in The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery in 1998; and waitress Dori in My Guys in 1996.

She and her husband have a son and live in Putnam County, New York.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Broadway credits

  • The Who's Tommy ....Sally Simpson (Original Broadway Cast, Original Cast Recording)
  • RENT ....Maureen
  • Grease ....Marty
  • Aida ....Amneris (Original Broadway Cast, Original Cast Recording)
  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ....Christine Colgate (Original Broadway Cast, Original Cast Recording, Tony Nomination, Drama Desk Nomination)
  • The Little Mermaid ....Ursula (Original Broadway Cast, Original Cast Recording, Outer Critics Circle Award nomination)

[edit] Other Theatrical credits

[edit] Discography

  • 2008 Disney's The Little Mermaid (Original Broadway Cast Recording) …Disney
  • 2005 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Original Broadway Cast Recording) …Sh-K-Boom Records
  • 2005 Hair (Actors' Fund of America Benefit Recording) …Sh-K-Boom Records
  • 2005 Bright Lights, Big City (Cast Recording Recording) …Sh-K-Boom Records
  • 2002 The Last Five Years (Off-Broadway Cast Recording) …Sh-K-Boom Records
  • 2002 Debbie Does Dallas (Off-Broadway Cast Recording) …Sh-K-Boom Records
  • 2000 Aida (Original Broadway Cast Recording) …Disney
  • 2000 Sherie Rene Scott: Men I’ve Had (Solo CD) …Sh-K-Boom Records

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Galtney, Smith (2008-04-01). Worshipping Broadway Diva Sherie Rene Scott at the Church of Pizza. Broadway.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.

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