January LaVoy | |
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Alma mater |
Fairfield University, B.A. National Theatre Conservatory, M.F.A. |
Occupation |
Television actress Theater actress Voiceover actress |
Website | http://www.januarylavoy.com |
January LaVoy (born Trumbull, Connecticut) is an American actress, most recognized as Noelle Ortiz on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. LaVoy made her Broadway debut in the Broadway premiere of the play Enron at The Broadhurst Theatre on April 27, 2010.
In the fall of 2012, LaVoy created the character of Lena in the world premiere of Pearl Cleage's What I Learned In Paris at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work has been seen in regional theatres across America, including the Denver Center Theatre Company, Pittsburgh's City Theatre and Public Theater, CATF in Shepherdstown, WV, Philadelphia's Wilma Theater, and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. LaVoy played the character Risa in the 2007 Lucille Lortel Award winning play, Two Trains Running. She received the 2004 Denver Post Ovation Award, as Best Actress, for her portrayal of Portia in the Denver Center Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
LaVoy played the role of Helen Keller in the play, Helen Keller Speaks, performed first on March 14, 2009 at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University. The play was written by Dr. John Orman, a Professor of Politics at Fairfield University and a former teacher of LaVoy's. The play captures the social activist views of Keller based on her documented speeches and letters between 1913 and 1919.