1. Eden Erica Espinosa was born on February 2,1978 and is an American actress and singer who is best known for her performances as Elphaba for the Broadway, Los Angeles, and San Francisco productions of the musical Wicked.
42 Facts About Eden Espinosa
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In 2024, Espinosa received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Lempicka.
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Eden Espinosa began singing at the age of three, performing at age five, and recording at the age of ten.
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Eden Espinosa was part of the successful performing group The Young Americans, which is based in Southern California and performs in front of audiences worldwide.
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Eden Espinosa made her Broadway debut as a member of the original Broadway cast of Stephen Schwartz's musical Wicked, which opened on October 30,2003.
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Eden Espinosa started the production as standby for Idina Menzel in the role of Elphaba.
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Eden Espinosa was an understudy for the role of Nessarose.
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Eden Espinosa performed the role of Elphaba for a month continuously during the summer of 2004, while Menzel was filming Ask the Dust.
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Eden Espinosa left Wicked on September 5,2004, to originate the lead for the Broadway debut of Brooklyn.
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Eden Espinosa replaced Stephanie J Block while Block recovered from an injury.
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On January 10,2006, Eden Espinosa returned to perform in the lead role of Elphaba for the Broadway production of Wicked, taking over the role from Shoshana Bean.
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Eden Espinosa performed for the Wicked celebration of its 1,000th performance on Broadway, on March 21,2006.
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Eden Espinosa left the Broadway production on October 8,2006, and was replaced by Ana Gasteyer.
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Eden Espinosa originated the role of Elphaba for the third US production of Wicked in Los Angeles, which opened on February 21,2007, playing the role until December 30,2007.
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Eden Espinosa returned on October 31,2008 and stayed with the production until its closing night on January 11,2009.
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On March 2,2010 until June 26,2010, Eden Espinosa played Elphaba in the San Francisco production of Wicked.
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Eden Espinosa originated and workshopped the title role in Brooklyn the Musical over the course of two years.
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Eden Espinosa opened in Brooklyn on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre on October 21,2004, and stayed with the musical until it closed on June 26,2005.
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Eden Espinosa was nominated for a 2005 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance for her performance.
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Eden Espinosa was featured on the original Broadway cast recording of Brooklyn the Musical.
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On May 30,2008, Eden Espinosa joined the Broadway cast of Rent at the Nederlander Theatre and stayed with the production until it closed on September 7,2008.
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Eden Espinosa made appearances on Good Morning America and at the 2008 Tony Awards.
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Eden Espinosa performed as Miranda in the one-night staging of Howard Ashman's previously unproduced musical Dreamstuff on June 23,2008, at the Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles, directed by Michael Urie.
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Eden Espinosa played the Fairy Godmother in the 2011 Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert version of Cinderella on April 15,2011, alongside Wicked alum Alli Mauzey, who played the title character.
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Eden Espinosa headlined the world premiere of the new musical Rain by Michael John LaChiusa as Sadie, at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego from March 24 to May 1,2016.
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Eden Espinosa played the lead role in Studio Tenn's production of Evita in Nashville, Tennessee, from September 9 to 18,2016.
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In 2018, Eden Espinosa played the role of Daniella in the concert version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights.
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On February 17,2020, Eden Espinosa appeared as one of The Narrators in the 50th Anniversary concert of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Lincoln Center.
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Eden Espinosa starred in The Gardens of Anuncia, a musical by Michael John LaChiusa about the life of Graciela Daniele, portraying her mother.
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Eden Espinosa starred as the titular character in Lempicka at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2018 and later the La Jolla Playhouse from 2019 to 2020.
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On October 22,2005, Eden Espinosa made her solo concert debut with a co-headlining show with Tony Award nominee Euan Morton at Town Hall in New York City part of the venue's Cabaret Festival.
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In March 2009, Eden Espinosa performed her solo show entitled "Me" at Joe's Pub in New York City, directed by Billy Porter.
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Eden Espinosa returned to Southern California with her show on Friday, July 24,2009, at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.
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Eden Espinosa was featured as a soloist for Disneyland's new firework spectacular "Magical" premiering in the summer of 2009, where she sang Magical's theme song as well as Disney songs such as "Baby Mine".
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When live performances started to resume during the spring of 2021, Eden Espinosa returned and completed the last two shows of the residency.
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On November 13,2021, Eden Espinosa performed a one night only concert in Holmdel, NJ at the Holmdel Theatre Company.
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Eden Espinosa brought her concert overseas to London at Cadogan Hall on April 8,2022.
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On July 25,2015, Eden Espinosa announced she was in the early development process of her sophomore studio album.
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Eden Espinosa had a recurring role in 2009 as the voice of Sasha Caylo on the super robot animated series Titan Maximum, an original show developed for Adult Swim.
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Eden Espinosa has appeared on the Today Show in 2004, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade TV broadcast in 2004, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2007, and as a performer on the 2008 Tony Awards.
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Eden Espinosa sang vocals in the musical number titled "TRUCKS" in the episode of the same name of Cars on the Road.
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Eden Espinosa married managing producer Joseph Abate on October 16,2010.