Wicked Actors

1. Annaleigh Ashford

Annaleigh Ashford won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Essie in You Can't Take It With You on Broadway. She starred opposite Jake Gyllenhaal as Dot in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park With George, and played Betty on Showtime's critically ...

2. Gina Beck

Actress | Les Misérables

Gina Beck is an actress, known for Les Misérables (2012), The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011) and Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010).

3. Stephanie J. Block

Actress | Madam Secretary

Stephanie J. Block was born on September 19, 1972 in Brea, California, USA as Stephanie Janette Block. She is an actress, known for Madam Secretary (2014), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Homeland (2011). She has been married to Sebastian Arcelus since October 25, 2007. They have one child.

4. Caroline Bowman

Actress | Theatre School Dropouts

Caroline Bowman is an American theatre actress who has performed in multiple Broadway musicals, including Fame, Grease, Spamalot, Evita, Wicked, and Kinky Boots. She was born on May 10th, 1988 in Howard County, Maryland. She graduated from Glenelg High School in 2006. Bowman attended Penn State ...

5. Jackie Burns

Actress | Set It Up

Jackie Burns is known for her work on Set It Up (2018), In the Heights (2021) and A Killer Party: A Murder Mystery Musical (2020).

6. Norbert Leo Butz

Actor | Dan in Real Life

Norbert Leo Butz was born on January 30, 1967, in St. Louis, MO, the seventh child of Elaine and Norbert A. Butz. He has German, French, and Irish ancestry. Norbert went to audition for the Alabama Shakespeare festival in 1993 without using his middle name, but because people kept getting him ...

7. Kevin Chamberlin

Actor | Road to Perdition

Kevin Chamberlin is one of the few Broadway actors who has been nominated for the Tony Award in three out of four acting categories. Best Actor in a Play (Dirty Blonde), Best Actor in a Musical (Seussical) and Best Featured Actor in a Musical (The Addams Family). He also received Drama Desk ...

8. Kristin Chenoweth

Actress | Pushing Daisies

Kristin Chenoweth is an American stage, screen and television actress, though, depending on who you ask, Cheno fans may disagree on what her most famous roles are. Since Chenoweth began her career, she has been credited with roles in musicals and plays on and off-Broadway, on various television ...

9. Katie Rose Clarke

Actress | George Takei's Allegiance

Katie Rose Clarke was born on August 25, 1984 in Friendswood, Texas, USA as Katherine Rose Clarke. She is an actress, known for George Takei's Allegiance (2016), Maybe There's a Tree and Live from Lincoln Center (1976).

10. Amanda Jane Cooper

Actress | Smart People

Amanda Jane Cooper was born on June 15, 1988 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Smart People (2008), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).

11. Helen Dallimore

Actress | Here Come the Habibs!

Helen Dallimore was born on October 31, 1971 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for Here Come the Habibs! (2016), Into the Woods (2011) and Mr. Accident (2000). She was previously married to Abe Forsythe.

12. Taye Diggs

Actor | Chicago

Taye Diggs was born in Newark, New Jersey, and was raised in Rochester, New York. He is the son of Marcia (Berry), a teacher and actress, and Andre Young, a visual artist. When he was a child, his mother married Jeffries Diggs, whose surname Taye took. He received a BFA degree in musical theater ...

13. Jennifer DiNoia

Actress | Artists Unite

Jennifer DiNoia is an actress, known for Artists Unite (2020), Character Study (2011) and Broadway.com #LiveatFive (2015).

14. Patty Duke

Actress | Valley of the Dolls

Patty Duke was born Anna Marie Duke on December 14, 1946 in Elmhurst, New York, to Frances Margaret (McMahon), a cashier, and John Patrick Duke, a cab driver and handyman. She is of Irish, and one eighth German, descent. Her acting career began when she was introduced to her brother Ray Duke's ...

15. Kerry Jane Ellis

Soundtrack | Les Misérables

Kerry Jane Ellis was born on May 6, 1979 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. She is an actress, known for Les Misérables (2012), Great Performances (1971) and Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation (2013). She has been married to James Townsend ...

16. Eden Espinosa

Actress | Tangled: The Series

Eden Espinosa was born on February 2, 1978 in Anaheim, California, USA as Eden Erica Espinosa. She is an actress, known for Tangled: The Series (2017), Tangled: Before Ever After (2017) and Ugly Betty (2006). She was previously married to Joseph Abate.

17. Michelle Federer

Actress | New Amsterdam

Michelle Federer was born on December 5, 1973 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for New Amsterdam (2018). She has been married to Norbert Leo Butz since July 23, 2007. They have one child.

18. Christopher Fitzgerald

Actor | Revolutionary Road

Christopher Fitzgerald was born on November 26, 1972 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA as Christopher Cantwell Fitzgerald. He is an actor, known for Revolutionary Road (2008), Boiler Room (2000) and Girl Most Likely (2012). He has been married to Jessica Stone since August 23, 2003. They have one ...

19. Kathy Fitzgerald

Actress | The Producers

Kathy Fitzgerald is an actress, known for The Producers (2005), The Next Three Days (2010) and Our Idiot Brother (2011).

20. Ana Gasteyer

Actress | Mean Girls

Ana Kristina Gasteyer was born on May 4, 1967 to Marian Roumell-Gasteyer and Phil Gasteyer. Gasteyer began her career at Northwestern University; she initially enrolled as a voice major, but later switched to theater studies when she started to get involved with the campus' improv comedy group. She...

21. Joel Grey

Actor | Cabaret

Joel Grey's father, Mickey Katz, created "Borscht Capades" in the early 1950s. Mickey Katz was a musician -- a clarinetist and a saxophone player -- in bands around the east. Mickey was performing, playing in a band in Cleveland, Ohio, which is where Joel Grey was born. Musician and bandleader ...

22. Megan Hilty

Actress | Smash

Megan Hilty was born on March 29, 1981 in Bellevue, Washington, USA as Megan Kathleen Hilty. She is an actress and producer, known for Smash (2012), Secret of the Wings (2012) and Rules Don't Apply (2016). She has been married to Brian Gallagher since November 2, 2013. They have two children.

23. Carol Kane

Actress | The Princess Bride

American stage, screen and television actress, and comedian Carol Kane (b. Carolyn Laurie Kane, June 18, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio), was born to Elaine Joy (née Fetterman), a jazz singer and pianist, and Michael Myron Kane, an architect. Her family is Jewish (from Russia, Poland, and Austria). Due ...

24. Alexia Khadime

Actress | Les Misérables

Alexia Khadime was born on June 9, 1983 in London. She is an actress, known for Les Misérables (2012), Rocketman (2019) and London Road (2015).

25. Adam Lambert

Soundtrack | 2012

After blowing everyone away on the eighth season of American Idol, Adam Lambert went on to release his debut album 'For Your Entertainment' which included the international hit 'Whatya Want From Me' and earned him a Grammy Award nomination. Adam followed this success with his second album '...

26. Caissie Levy

Actress | Gotham

Caissie Levy was born on April 15, 1981 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as Caissie Shira Levy. She is an actress, known for Gotham (2014), Les Miserables: The Broadway Musical (2014) and The Battery's Down (2008). She has been married to David Aaron Reiser since October 30, 2011.

27. Kara Lindsay

Actress | Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical

Kara Lindsay was born on February 16, 1985 in Rochester, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (2017), Submissions Only (2010) and Think Pink: Backstage at 'Wicked' with Kara Lindsay (2015).

28. Miriam Margolyes

Actress | The Age of Innocence

A veteran of stage and screen, award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. Winner of the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award in 1993 for The Age of Innocence (1993) she also received Best Supporting Actress at the 1989 LA Critics Circle Awards for her ...

29. Ryan McCartan

Actor | The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

Ryan McCartan was born on June 14, 1993 in Excelsior, Minnesota, USA as Ryan Jerome McCartan. He is an actor and producer, known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016), Liv and Maddie: Cali Style (2013) and R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015).

30. Lindsay Mendez

Actress | Elementary

Lindsay Mendez is an actress, known for Elementary (2012), Modern Family (2009) and All Rise (2019). She has been married to Phillip Wakefield since 2016. She was previously married to Michael Borth.

31. Idina Menzel

Soundtrack | Frozen

Idina Menzel was born on May 30, 1971 in New York City as Idina Kim Mentzel. She's an American actress, singer & songwriter. She's best known as Maureen in "Rent", Elphaba in "Wicked" & as the voice of Elsa in Frozen (2013). Her mother, Helene Goldberg, was a therapist & her father, Stuart Mentzel,...

32. Mamie Parris

Actress | State of Affairs

Mamie Parris is an actress, known for State of Affairs (2014), The Blacklist (2013) and A Stand Up Guy (2016).

33. Louise Plowright

Actress | Mack the Knife

Louise Plowright was born on June 1, 1956 in Congleton, Cheshire, England as Louise Catharine Plowright. She was an actress, known for Mack the Knife (1989), Footballers Wive$: Overtime (2005) and EastEnders (1985). She was married to Istvan Nemeth. She died on March 1, 2016 in London, England.

34. Sheryl Lee Ralph

Actress | Oliver & Company

Sheryl Lee Ralph was born December 30, 1956 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. She is known for her roles in Moesha (1996), Its A Living (1980), and Instant Mom (2013). Her Career Began in the late 1970s. She has been Married to Vincent Hughes since July 30, 2005 a Pennsylvania state senator. She was ...

35. Saycon Sengbloh

Actress | Respect

Saycon Sengbloh was born in Atlanta, GA. to an American mother and Liberian father. She has been a featured actress and vocalist in the newest generation of contemporary shows on Broadway and off-Broadway, embracing a new sound of pop, rock, & soul music and production including Rent, Oprah ...

36. Carole Shelley

Actress | Robin Hood

Though English-born, Carole Shelley spent almost her entire award-winning career in the theatre in America, becoming one of Broadway's mainstays and a true pioneer of the American theatre.

Shelley was born in London, England, to Deborah (Bloomstein), an opera singer, and Curtis Shelley, a composer. ...

37. Rachel Tucker

Actress | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Rachel Tucker was born on May 29, 1981 in Belfast, Northern Ireland as Rachel Kelly. She is an actress, known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014), Informer (2018) and Accelerator (2000). She has been married to Guy Retallack since September 24, 2009. They have one child.

38. Ben Vereen

Actor | All That Jazz

Few entertainers today are as accomplished or versatile as Ben Vereen. His legendary performances transcend time and have been woven into the fabric of this country's artistic legacy. His first love and passion is and always will be the stage. "The theater was my first training ground. It taught me...

39. Willemijn Verkaik

Actress | Goede tijden, slechte tijden

Willemijn Verkaik was born on June 16, 1975 in Son en Breugel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990), Landesschau (1957) and Doorbakken (2019).

40. Jessica Vosk

Actress | Company

Jessica Vosk is an actress, known for Company (2011), A Little Sparkle: Backstage at 'Wicked' with Amanda Jane Cooper (2018) and Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration (2020).

41. Teal Wicks

Actress | Evil

Teal Wicks is an American singer and stage actress, best known for her performance as Elphaba in the Broadway, San Francisco, and Los Angeles productions of the musical Wicked. She grew up in Sacramento, California and attended Natomas High School. She graduated from University of California at ...

42. Jo Anne Worley

Actress | A Goofy Movie

This tall, attractive, rubber-faced, tunnel-mouthed comedienne with the trademark bouffant black hair is a one-of-a-kind commodity and certainly no shrinking violet when it comes to entertaining. Unapologetically, she adores the center stage...and vice versa -- the stage loves her. Like several of ...