Karen Ziemba
Karen Ziemba
Karen Ziemba (born November 12, 1957) is an American actress, singer and dancer best known for her work in musical theatre
Biography
Ziemba was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, and went on to attend the University of Akron, 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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Last updated on Saturday September 06, 2008 at 15:38:09 PDT (GMT -0700)
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