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Filmed live at the Barbican in London, this major new 5-star production of the classic musical comedy features an all-star cast. When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love - proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, a comical disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail. This hilarious musical romp across the Atlantic, directed by the multi-award-winning Broadway director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall, features Cole Porter's joyful score, including "I Get A Kick Out of You", "You're the Top" and the show stopping "Anything Goes".
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Sutton Lenore Foster (born March 18, 1975) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is known for her work on the Broadway stage, for which she has received two Tony Awards for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, in 2002 for her role as Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and in 2011 for her performance as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes. Her other Broadway credits include Little Women, The Drowsy Chaperone, Young Frankenstein, Shrek the Musical, and Violet. On television, Foster played the lead role in the short-lived ABC Family comedy-drama Bunheads from 2012 to 2013. Since March 2015, she has starred in the TV Land comedy-drama Younger.

Foster was born in Statesboro, Georgia, and raised in Troy, Michigan. At the age of 15, she was a contestant on the reality competition show Star Search and also auditioned for the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. She left Troy High School before graduating (she received her diploma via correspondence courses) to join the national tour of The Will Rogers Follies directed by Tommy Tune. She then attended Carnegie Mellon University for one year, but left to pursue a theatrical career full-time. In May 2012, she received an honorary doctorate from Ball State University, "in recognition of her outstanding career in theater, television and music and for her contributions to the educational experience and professional growth of Ball State students."

Her older brother is actor Hunter Foster.

Foster met actor Christian Borle in college, and married him on September 18, 2006. During a radio interview in 2010, it was confirmed that Foster and Borle divorced. Foster and Borle still remain friends and continue to support each other's work. On September 19, 2013, Foster confirmed that she became engaged to screenwriter Ted Griffin. She and Griffin married on October 25, 2014. In April 2017, Foster announced that she and her husband adopted a baby girl, Emily Dale Griffin, born March 5, 2017.

Foster is a self-proclaimed dog lover, and has had three dogs since her Broadway debut, Linus, Mabel, and Brody.

She makes artwork which she sells online and occasionally at art exhibits. She has collaborated with visual artist Julien Havard, who previously worked as her dresser for nine years, beginning with Thoroughly Modern Millie.
BornMarch 18, 1975
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Hilary Duff and Sutton Foster in Younger (2015)
Peter Hermann and Sutton Foster in Younger (2015)
Peter Hermann and Sutton Foster in Younger (2015)
Molly Bernard, Hilary Duff, and Sutton Foster in Younger (2015)
Eddie Izzard and Sutton Foster in Sutton Foster/Eddie Izzard/Dave Ross (2019)
Peter Hermann and Sutton Foster in Younger (2015)
Alan Cumming and Sutton Foster in Instinct (2018)
Hilary Duff and Sutton Foster in Younger (2015)
Miriam Shor and Sutton Foster in Younger (2015)
Hilary Duff and Sutton Foster in Younger (2015)
Hilary Duff, Jay Wilkison, and Sutton Foster in Younger (2015)
Christian Borle and Sutton Foster in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)

Known for

Younger (2015)
Younger
7.8
TV Series
  • Liza Miller
Sutton Foster in Bunheads (2012)
Bunheads
7.6
TV Series
  • Michelle Simms
Lothaire Bluteau, James Roday Rodriguez, Sarah Silverman, Jimmi Simpson, Sutton Foster, Lily Cole, and Gabourey Sidibe in Gravy (2015)
Gravy
5.4
  • Kerry
  • 2015
Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, and Melissa Leo in The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
5.7
  • Adela (Tommy's Girlfriend)
  • 2014

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Actress

  • Solar Opposites (2020)
    Solar Opposites
    • (voice)
  • Ridley Jones (2021)
    Ridley Jones
    • (voice)
  • Felicity Kendal, Robert Lindsay, Gary Wilmot, and Sutton Foster in Anything Goes (2021)
    Anything Goes
  • Younger (2015)
    Younger
  • Isabella Crovetti in Vampirina (2017)
    Vampirina
    • (voice)
  • What Would You Do? (2009)
    What Would You Do?
  • Doc McStuffins (2012)
    Doc McStuffins
    • (voice)
  • Romany Malco, Grace Park, James Roday Rodriguez, Stephanie Szostak, David Giuntoli, Christina Moses, Allison Miller, and Floriana Lima in A Million Little Things (2018)
    A Million Little Things
  • Into the Dark (2018)
    Into the Dark
  • Alan Cumming and Bojana Novakovic in Instinct (2018)
    Instinct
  • Younger: Girls (2018)
    Younger: Girls
  • Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
    Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
  • Mired (2016)
    Mired
    • (voice)
  • Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife (2009)
    The Good Wife
  • Mark Povinelli in Mad Dogs (2015)
    Mad Dogs

Soundtrack

  • Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration (2020)
    Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
  • Younger (2015)
    Younger
  • Diminishing Returns (2016)
    Diminishing Returns
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
    • (uncredited)
  • MsMojo (2016)
    MsMojo
  • Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
    Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
  • The 68th Annual Tony Awards (2014)
    The 68th Annual Tony Awards
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
    The 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
  • Sutton Foster in Bunheads (2012)
    Bunheads
    • ...
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
    The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
  • David Letterman, Regis Philbin, Barbara Gaines, Biff Henderson, Alan Kalter, and Paul Shaffer in Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
    Late Show with David Letterman
    • (uncredited)
  • The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011)
    The 65th Annual Tony Awards
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
    The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
  • The 63rd Annual Tony Awards

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The Stars of "Younger" Reveal Their Favorite Memories From Set
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The Stars of "Younger" Reveal Their Favorite Memories From Set
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Season 7 Official Trailer
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Season 7 Official Trailer
Younger | Sneak Peek at this Season
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Younger | Sneak Peek at this Season
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The Last Dance
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The Last Dance
Gravy
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Gravy
Shrek: The Musical
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Shrek: The Musical
Younger: First Look At Younger Season 7
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Younger: First Look At Younger Season 7
Younger: Mid Season Trailer
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Younger: Mid Season Trailer
Younger: Season 7
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Younger: Season 7
Younger: This Season On
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Younger: This Season On

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    • March 18, 1975
    • Statesboro, Georgia, USA
    • Ted GriffinOctober 25, 2014 - present (1 child)
    • Hunter Foster(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Played Millie Dillmount in the Broadway musical production of Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967).
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    Attended Troy High School & Carnegie Mellon University.
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    I wasn't even dancing. I was just stepping backwards, and my feet went forward, and I fell backward and caught myself with my hands." - explaining how she broke her arm during rehearsal of the musical "The Drowsy Chaperone" during the song "I'm an Accident Waiting to Happen.

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