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Directors didn't know what to do with me in college. I didn't really sound like a belter. I didn't look like a soprano. But in New York, I was in the right place at the right time, where my unusualness fit the bill.

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Growing up, I never felt like the pretty girl.

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Some of the best actors think they're terrible; that's what keeps you connected to a vulnerability that makes it possible for people to empathize with you.

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My first professional gig was 'Once Upon a Mattress' at the Drury Lane Oakbrook... I was in the ensemble. I was one of the ladies in waiting, and I covered Winnifred.

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I didn't really start performing until high school. My whole family is actually in the business, and started in the business in Chicago, so I was going to shows when I was a teeny-tiny kid, but I didn't really start performing until high school.

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I always thought moving to New York would mean starting over in theater, because I had great work in Chicago and didn't want to become a waitress here.

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I always loved playing the sidekick, and that's what I expected - I didn't think I was pretty enough or diva enough to play the lead.

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The important thing is the storytelling and having a script that makes you feel you're living and breathing through the characters.

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I went to Syracuse University.

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I'd been acting in Chicago since I came back after University, and I got a call from my agent saying, 'They're doing this revival of 'On a Clear Day,' and I actually auditioned when the team came through Chicago for the 'American Idiot' tour.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: Unknown

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