Sutton Lenore Foster was born on March 18,1975 and is an American actress, singer and dancer.
49 Facts About Sutton Foster
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Sutton Foster is known for her work on the Broadway stage, for which she has won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical twice, in 2002 for her role as Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and in 2011 for her performance as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, a role which she reprised in 2021 for a production in London and for which she received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
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On television, Foster played the lead role in the short-lived ABC Family comedy-drama Bunheads from 2012 to 2013.
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Sutton Foster was born on March 18,1975 in Statesboro, Georgia, and raised in Troy, Michigan.
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Sutton Foster left Troy High School before graduating to join the national tour of The Will Rogers Follies directed by Tommy Tune.
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Sutton Foster then attended Carnegie Mellon University for one year, but left to pursue a theatrical career full-time.
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Sutton Foster left to appear in the ensemble of the Broadway musical The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1997, and after that closed she returned as the Star to Be in the revival of Annie.
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In 1998, Sutton Foster appeared in What the World Needs Now at the Old Globe Theatre, before she began touring with Les Miserables as Eponine Thenardier.
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Sutton Foster left Les Miserables to join the ensemble of Thoroughly Modern Millie in its pre-Broadway run at the La Jolla Playhouse.
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In May 2005, Sutton Foster co-starred as Jo March opposite Maureen McGovern as Marmee in the musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women, for which she was nominated for her second Tony Award.
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Sutton Foster returned to Broadway at the Marquis Theatre in May 2006 in The Drowsy Chaperone, a spoof of 1920s musicals.
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Sutton Foster played Janet van de Graaff, a famous Broadway starlet who opts to forgo a stage career in favor of married life.
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Sutton Foster left the musical in 2007 and co-starred in Mel Brooks' musical adaptation of his film Young Frankenstein as the Swedish yodeling fraulein Inga, first at the Paramount Theatre and then on Broadway from October 2007 to July 2008.
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In 2007, Sutton Foster guest-starred on the children's musical puppet show Johnny and the Sprites and in a three-episode story arc on the HBO sitcom Flight of the Conchords.
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Sutton Foster left the show to play Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical, which opened on Broadway on December 14,2008.
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Sutton Foster played her final performance on January 3,2010, when the show closed on Broadway.
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Sutton Foster participated in a reading of a work-in-progress new musical, Bonnie and Clyde: A Folktale, in June 2009.
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In 2010, Sutton Foster promoted the album with concert performances in Boston, New York City, Chicago, the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Orange County, California, and Washington, DC.
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Sutton Foster made her Off-Broadway debut in Paul Weitz's comedy Trust with Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale and Ari Graynor which began previews July 23,2010, with an official opening August 12, running through September 12,2010, at Second Stage Theatre.
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Sutton Foster taught a Spring Semester master class at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Undergraduate Department of Drama, beginning in January 2010.
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Sutton Foster taught the master class again in Fall Semester 2010, culminating in another performance at Joe's Pub, "Crazy for Gershwin".
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Sutton Foster is on the faculty of NYU's New Studio on Broadway.
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Sutton Foster taught a week-long master class session at Ball State University in January 2010.
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Sutton Foster continued her relationship with Ball State in September 2010 by working with students in the classroom, teaching master classes, and performing workshops for students of the Department of Theatre and Dance.
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Sutton Foster made a third appearance at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2013, performing for the tribute to Shirley MacLaine.
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Sutton Foster played Reno Sweeney in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes, which began performances on March 10,2011, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre and officially opened on April 7,2011.
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Sutton Foster won her third Outer Critics Circle Award and second Drama Desk Award and Tony Award for her performance.
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Sutton Foster left to film the television comedy-drama Bunheads, which premiered on ABC Family on June 11,2012.
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Sutton Foster played the lead role in this short-lived 2012 ABC Family drama, developed by Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of Gilmore Girls.
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Sutton Foster played former Las Vegas showgirl Michelle, who impulsively marries a man, moves to his small town, and begins teaching ballet lessons at her new mother-in-law's dance studio.
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Sutton Foster won the Gracie Award and received a nomination at the 3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
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Sutton Foster continued her relationship with Ball State in October 2012, performing in the staged reading of The Circus in Winter at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Festival of New Musicals at New World Stages in New York.
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In 2013, Sutton Foster starred as Kerry in Psych actor James Roday's comedic thriller Gravy.
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From March to August 2014, Sutton Foster starred in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of the musical Violet at the American Airlines Theatre.
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Sutton Foster received her sixth Tony Award nomination for her performance.
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Sutton Foster made her Carnegie Hall debut in April 2015, with guest appearances from Joshua Henry and Megan McGinnis.
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Sutton Foster later was cast as the lead character of Liza Miller in the TV Land single-camera comedy-drama pilot Younger, created by Darren Star.
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Sutton Foster appeared in the Off-Broadway revival of Sweet Charity as Charity Hope Valentine at the Pershing Square Signature Center from November 2,2016 to January 8,2017.
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Also in 2016, Sutton Foster played the role of Violet in the miniseries Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life opposite her ex-husband, Christian Borle.
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Sutton Foster appeared on the game show Match Game, broadcast on ABC in June 2016.
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Sutton Foster made guest appearances on The Good Wife and Mad Dogs.
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From July through October 2021, Sutton Foster reprised her role as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre in London, earning rave reviews from British critics.
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Sutton Foster met actor Christian Borle in college, and married him on September 18,2006.
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On September 19,2013, Sutton Foster confirmed that she became engaged to screenwriter Ted Griffin.
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Sutton Foster is a self-proclaimed dog lover and has had three dogs since her Broadway debut: Linus, Mabel, and Brody.
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Sutton Foster makes artwork which she sells online and occasionally at art exhibits.
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Sutton Foster has collaborated with visual artist Julien Havard, who previously worked as her dresser for nine years, beginning with Thoroughly Modern Millie.
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In December 2021, Sutton Foster tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to miss performances of The Music Man.
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Sutton Foster's swing, Kathy Voytko, stepped in for her to prevent the show from shutting down.