Jenn Colella
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jennifer Lin Colella |
| Born |
September 22, 1974 Summerville, South Carolina, United States |
| Genres | Broadway |
| Occupation(s) | comedian, actress, and singer |
| Years active | 1999—present |
| Labels | Various |
| Website | www |
Jenn Colella (born Jennifer Lin Colella; September 22, 1974) is an Italian American comedian, actress, and singer. She first began her career in Los Angeles as a comedian and later branched out to musical theater. She had her Broadway debut with a 2003 performance as Sissy in Urban Cowboy, which earned her a 2003 Outer Critic's Circle Award nomination. Colella went on to star in High Fidelity and Chaplin. Her off-Broadway credits include Closer Than Ever and Slut! the Musical, and Side Show.
In 2014, she returned to Broadway in Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s If/Then directed by Michael Greif.
Colella was born in Charleston, South Carolina on September 22, 1974 to Lindy Crawford and Mick Colella. She grew up in Summerville, South Carolina and attended Columbia College as an undergraduate, where she graduated with a dual degree in speech and drama. During this time she served as a company member of the Trustus Theater. Colella went on to attend the University of California, Irvine, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts in Acting. After graduate school Colella remained in Los Angeles, during which time she pursued a career into standup comedy and performed at the Laugh Factory and other comedy clubs in the area.
Colella typically works in original productions such as Kiki Baby, where she performed in the lead role and for which she won a 2011 NYMF Award for Outstanding Individual Performance. In 2006 she starred in the world premiere of Twyla Tharp's The Times They Are A-Changin' at the Old Globe Theatre. That same year she also originated the role of Hedda Hopper in Chaplin: The Musical at the La Jolla Playhouse and later carried the role to Broadway. Off-Broadway credits include Don't Quit Your Night Job, Slut! the Musical, and The Great American Trailer Park Musical. In 2011 she performed in Lucky Guy at the Little Shubert Theater.
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