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Sutton Foster is an American actress, singer, and dancer.

Foster was born in Statesboro, Georgia, on March 18, 1975. At the age of fifteen, she was a contestant on the television show Star Search and also auditioned for the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. She attended Carnegie Mellon University for one year, then left to pursue a theatrical career full-time.

Her big break was reminiscent of 42nd Street when, during the pre-Broadway run of Thoroughly Modern Millie
at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, she was pulled from the chorus to replace the leading lady. Any apprehension about an unknown playing the lead in a nearly $10 million Broadway production was proven unfounded when she opened to primarily rave reviews. Foster went on to win a Tony Award in 2002 for the Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Foster recently completed her starring role of "Jo March" in the musical stage version of the Louisa May Alcott classic Little Women in 2005, a show for which she was nominated for another Tony Award.

In early November 2005, while rehearsing the musical The Drowsy Chaperone, which is scheduled to open November 18 at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre, Foster fell and broke her arm. The show will go on, although Foster will have to modify her performance until her arm heals.

Her brother is Hunter Foster, who is also a theatrical performer. He was nominated for a Tony Award for the revival of Little Shop of Horrors in 2004. Hunter also starred in the musical Urinetown on Broadway in 2002, the same year as Thoroughly Modern Millie debuted. Both shows were nominated for Best Musical of the year, and the victor was the latter.

Broadway shows

The Drowsy Chaperone (2006)
Little Women (2005)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(2002)
Annie
(1997)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
(1997)
Grease (1996)

National tours

The Will Rogers Follies
Les Misérables
Grease

Regional shows

Me and My Girl (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera)
What the World Needs Now (Old Globe)
Dorian (Goodspeed Opera House)
The Three Musketeers (San Jose Musical Theatre)
South Pacific
(Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera)

Films

p.s. (2004)

Recordings

Little Women (Original Cast Recording) (2005)
The Maury Yeston Songbook (2003)
Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Cast Recording) (2002)

Awards & Nominations

2005 Tony Award Nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Musical (Little Women)
2002 Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
2002 Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
2002 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
2002 Fred Astaire
Award for Best Actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie)

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