Karen Ziemba

Karen Ziemba

Infobox actor
name = Karen Ziemba



imagesize = 180px
caption =
birthname =
birthdate = Birth date and age|1957|11|12|mf=y
birthplace = St. Joseph, Michigan, USA
yearsactive = 1980s-present
spouse = Bill Tatum (1984-present)
website = http://www.karenziemba.com
tonyawards = Best Featured Actress in a Musical
2000 "Contact"

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".

External links

* [http://www.karenziemba.com/ Karen Ziemba official site]
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###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
years=1999-2000
for "Contact"
before=Kristin Chenoweth
for "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"
after=Cady Huffman
for "The Producers"
succession box
title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
years=1990-1991
for "And The World Goes 'Round"
before=Randy Graff
for "City of Angels"
after=Barbara Walsh
for "Falsettos"


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