Krysta Anne Rodriguez was born on July 23,1984 and is an American actress and singer.
26 Facts About Krysta Rodriguez
2.
Krysta Rodriguez began taking dance lessons at the age of 13, after being involved with cheerleading in middle school.
3.
Krysta Rodriguez was a cast member of the Christian television show Colby's Clubhouse from 1995 to 2000.
4.
Krysta Rodriguez attended Orange County High School of the Arts where she played many lead roles including Marian in The Music Man, as well as the lead role in Gidget: The Musical, a musical co-written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, that starred Orange County High School of the Arts students during its tryouts in 2000.
5.
Krysta Rodriguez attended New York University for a few years, but began working soon after enrolling.
6.
Krysta Rodriguez made her Broadway debut in the short-lived 2005 jukebox musical Good Vibrations.
7.
Krysta Rodriguez later became a replacement for the role of Bebe in the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line in 2007.
8.
Krysta Rodriguez has played numerous ensemble and understudy parts in the Broadway productions of Spring Awakening and In the Heights, as well as a regional production of The Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews.
9.
Krysta Rodriguez made her feature film debut in the role of Krysta in the 2010 film The Virginity Hit.
10.
Krysta Rodriguez's first television role was a guest appearance as the character Jordan Steele in Gossip Girl.
11.
In 2011, Krysta Rodriguez starred in the television movie Iceland as Rose, one of a group of friends who reunite to heal and nurture each other after the death of one of their own.
12.
In 2012, Krysta Rodriguez starred in another television movie Shadow of Fear as Lauren.
13.
Krysta Rodriguez joined the cast of the NBC series Smash for its second, and final, season in 2013, playing the role of Ana Vargas, an aspiring Broadway performer and the new roommate of Katharine McPhee's character Karen.
14.
In July 2013, Krysta Rodriguez returned to Broadway playing Casey in First Date, co-starring with Zachary Levi.
15.
Krysta Rodriguez was scheduled to have a major role in the planned CBS sitcom How I Met Your Dad; a spinoff and successor to the long-running sitcom How I Met Your Mother, but on March 25,2014, it was announced that Krysta Rodriguez had exited the pilot.
16.
Krysta Rodriguez guest starred on Married in 2014, as Kim, a friend of a couple desperately trying to save their marriage.
17.
Additionally, Krysta Rodriguez starred in the Lifetime holiday movie entitled Wishin' and Hopin' in the role of Annette Funicello, a teen idol, movie actress and Mickey Mouse Club Mousekteer.
18.
Also, in the fall of 2014 Krysta Rodriguez was diagnosed with breast cancer.
19.
In 2015, Krysta Rodriguez was cast as Vanessa, a straight talking, no-nonsense cancer patient ready to share her truth, in a multi-episode arc in the second season of the ABC Family television show Chasing Life.
20.
Krysta Rodriguez starred in the 2016 film Bakery in Brooklyn as Chloe, one of the lead characters.
21.
Krysta Rodriguez performed in the Broadway revival from September 8,2015, through its closing on January 24,2016.
22.
Krysta Rodriguez performed in the Off-Broadway production of What We're Up Against, a play about how women are treated in the workplace.
23.
Krysta Rodriguez played "Eliza, a sharp young architect who [was] new to the firm".
24.
In 2018, it was announced that Krysta Rodriguez was cast in the main role of Ms.
25.
In 2021, Krysta Rodriguez appeared in the role of Liza Minnelli in the Netflix miniseries Halston.
26.
In September 2022, Krysta Rodriguez starred as Cinderella in the 2022 Broadway revival of Into the Woods.