Occupation Actress/Singer Partner Freddie Maxwell Role Actress | Name Anika Larsen Years active 1999-Present | |
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Born December 19, 1973 (age 50) ( 1973-12-19 ) Awards Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Similar People Jarrod Spector, Jessie Mueller, Liz Larsen, Jake Epstein, Carole King | ||
Avenue q actress anika larsen on thinktalk s spotlight show
Anika Larsen (born December 19, 1973) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2014 for portraying Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Larsen has made an album of recordings titled Sing You To Sleep.
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- Avenue q actress anika larsen on thinktalk s spotlight show
- 2014 tony awards meet the nominees anika larsen
- Personal life
- Career
- Filmography
- References
2014 tony awards meet the nominees anika larsen
Personal life
Larsen was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts in a blended family of adopted children. She studied theatre at Yale University and performed in the a cappella choir, Shades.
In 2015 she married musician Freddie Maxwell and gave birth to their first child, a son named Kie Larsen Maxwell.
Career
Anika made her Broadway debut in 2000 in the ensemble of Rent. In 2002 she originated the role of Roberta in the cult Off-Broadway musical Zanna, Don't!, for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
In 2005 she again appeared on Broadway in the ensemble of All Shook Up and in 2007 performed in the original Broadway ensemble of Xanadu. She has also performed in Avenue Q playing the role of Lucy the Slut/Kate Monster on National Tour, Broadway, and Off-Broadway.
Larsen is the founder of the Jaradoa Theatre Company, which combines performance with community service. In 2009 a musical based on her own life, titled Shafrika: The White Girl, dealing with her experiences of living with a blended adoptive family, was staged at the Vineyard Theatre.