Katrina Lenk

Katrina Lenk is an American actress, singer, musician, and

Katrina Lenk
songwriter. She is known for originating the role of Dina in the
Broadway musical The Band's Visit, for which she won the 2018
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Her additional stage
credits include roles in the Broadway productions of Spider-Man:
Turn Off the Dark, Once, and Indecent, as well as roles in regional
theater productions.

She currently plays the lead role of Bobbie in the 2020 gender-
switched revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company,[1]
whose November 15, 2021 opening was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Contents
Early life and education
Career Katrina Lenk in 2018

Theatre Born Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Filmography Alma mater Northwestern

Film University
Television Occupation Actress · singer

Awards and nominations Years active 2000–present

References Awards Emmy Award

Grammy Award
External links
Tony Award

Early life and education

Lenk was born in Chicago, Illinois to a family of Eastern European descent.[3][4] She attended Barrington
High School in Barrington, Illinois. She graduated from the School of Music at Northwestern University in
1997, majoring in viola performance and studying voice and musical theatre.[5][6][7][8]

Career
Lenk appeared as Yitzak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Broadway Theatre, Chicago, in May
2001.[9] She performed as Linda Lovelace in the musical Lovelace: A Rock Musical in 2008 at the
Hayworth Theater, Los Angeles, about which the L. A. Weekly wrote: "As Linda, Katrina Lenk is
sensational—she has a dozen nuanced smiles that range from innocent and shattered to grateful, in order to
express whatever passes as kindness when, say, a male co-star (Josh Greene) promises to make their scene
fun."[10]
She made her Broadway debut in The Miracle Worker in March 2010 as the understudy for the roles of
Annie Sullivan and Kate Keller.[11] She joined the cast of the Broadway musical Once in May 2013, in the
role of Réza, the violinist.[12]

In 2015 she appeared in the Yale Repertory Theatre world premiere of Indecent by Paula Vogel.[13] She
then appeared in the 2016 Off-Broadway production at the Vineyard Theatre,[14] followed by the
Broadway production at the Cort Theatre in 2017.[15][16] In her review for Newsday, Linda Winer noted
the "...dancing, singing actors as the earthy, sensual Katrina Lenk."[17] For her performance she received
the 2017 Theatre World Award Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence.[11] A performance of the play was
filmed for television and broadcast on PBS in November 2017.[18]

Lenk appeared on Broadway as Dina in the 2017 musical The Band's Visit, for which she won the 2018
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Craig Nakano of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "For Lenk, the
role is another turning point. After studying music and theater at Northwestern University, Lenk devoted
herself to theater in California.... it’s her poignant, heart-aching turn as Dina that is poised to make her a
star."[19]

She is the creator of musical persona and stage act Moxy Phinx.[20][21]

Lenk starred in the lead role of Bobbie, opposite Patti LuPone as Joanne, in a gender-swapped revival of
Stephen Sondheim's Company,[22] which started previews on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
on March 2 and was scheduled to open on March 22, 2020, until delayed by the COVID-19
pandemic.[23][24] The production resumed previews on November 15, 2021, for an opening date of
December 9, 2021.

Theatre
Year(s) Production Role Location Category
Theatre at the Center,
Gigi Gigi Regional
Munster, Indiana
2000
Theatre at the Center,
Proposals Sammii Regional
Munster, Indiana
Hedwig and
Broadway Theatre,
the Angry Yitzhak Regional
Chicago
2001 Inch
Theatre at the Center,
42nd Street Peggy Sawyer Regional
Munster, Indiana
A Christmas Goodman Theatre,
2002 Fiddler/Ensemble Regional
Carol Chicago, Illinois
Steppenwolf Theatre,
Lost Land Anna Regional
Chicago, Illinois
Geffen Playhouse,
Cat on a Hot Maggie/Mae
Los Angeles, Regional
2005 Tin Roof understudy
California
The South Coast
Caucasian Grusha Repertory, Costa Regional
Chalk Circle Mesa, California
Bard SummerScape,
2006 Camille Camille Regional
New York
Closet Space Theater,
Safety Tanya Los Angeles, Regional[25]
California
Mark Taper Forum,
2007 iWitness Margaret Regional
Los Angeles
Hudson Backstage
Chicago Velma Kelly Theatre, Hollywood, Regional[26]
California
Lovelace: A
Hayworth Theatre, Los
2008 Rock Linda Lovelace Regional
Angeles, California
Musical
Creature
from the Universal Studios, Los
2009 Kay Regional[27]
Black Angeles, California
Lagoon
Lovelace: A Edinburgh Fringe,
International
Rock Linda Lovelace Edinburgh, Scotland,
Festival
Musical UK
Peter Pan,
or The Boy Mrs. The Alley Theatre,
2010 Regional[28]
Who Would Darling/Slightly Houston, Texas
Not Grow Up
Annie Sullivan,
The Miracle Circle in the Square
Kate Keller Broadway
Worker Theatre
(understudy)

Freud Playhouse at
2011 Cabaret Fräulein Kost UCLA, Los Angeles, Regional[29]
California
2012 Cloudlands Caroline South Coast Regional[30]
Repertory Orange
 County, California
South Coast
Elemeno
Pea
Michaela Repertory Orange Regional[31]
County, California
Spider-Man:
2012– Arachne
Turn Off the Lyric Theatre Broadway
2013 (replacement)
Dark
2013– Bernard B. Jacobs
Once Réza (replacement) Broadway
2015 Theatre
Yale Repertory
Theatre, New Haven, Commissioned
2015 Connecticut
Indecent Manke
La Jolla Playhouse,
Regional
San Diego, California
2016 Vineyard Theatre Off-Broadway
2016– The Band's Atlantic Theater
Dina Off-Broadway
2017 Visit Company
2017 Indecent Manke Cort Theatre Broadway
2017– The Band's Ethel Barrymore
Dina Broadway
2019 Visit Theatre
2020 Bernard B. Jacobs
Company Bobbie Broadway
2021 Theatre

Filmography

Film
 Year Title Role Notes
2003 The Acedia Thing Poet
Liar! Moira Short film
2004 Candy patron
Volare Short film
No. 1
2005 Space Daze Elania Hoffman Video
Kiss Me in the
2006 Woman Short film
Dark
Crime Fiction Lauren Short film
2007 The Grand Auditioning
Inquisitor Jesus
White Widow N/A Short film
2009 Preservation Viola/Vera Short film
Love on the Tundra Alexia Short film
Genevieve
Chateau Belvedere Short film
Masolowski
2010
Happy. Thank You. Music Music credit only: "Phosphorescent
More. Please. Performance Green"
Arthur and the
2012 Sara Short film
Bunnies
2013 One for My Baby Actress Short film
Agent
2014 The Vigilante Short film
Stansfield

2015 FracKtured Del Short film[32]

Élan Vital Christine [33]

2016
Evol: The Theory
Yolanda
of Love
2019 Love Is Blind Dr. Shine

Television
 Year Title Role Notes
Marta the Episode: "Fagmalion Part 4: The Guy
2003 Will & Grace
Maid Who Loved Me"
2005 Studio House Starlet TV movie
2006 According to Jim Nurse Episode: "Belaboring the Point"
2009 Ruby & the Rockits Lady No. 2 Episode: "Hot for Spanish Teacher"
Carrie Anne
2014 The Blacklist Episode: "The Front (No. 74)"
Beck
2015 Elementary Sonia Episode: "The Illustrious Client"
Episode: "Pilot" (Web series, co-creator,
2016 Miss Teri Meta
writer)[34][35]
The Get Down Ruby Con Episode: "Gamble Everything"
2017
Indecent Manke TV production of stage play.[36][37][38]
Naftali
The Good Fight Recurring role; 3 episodes[39]
2017– Amato
2018 The Marvelous Mrs. Episodes: "Put That on Your Plate!", "All
Cosma
Maisel Alone"
Claire
2019 The Village Recurring role; 4 episodes[40]
Danville

Tommy Kiley Mills Recurring role; 5 episodes[41]

2020
Episodes: "Sea Change", "Sing What I
Little Voice Mary King
Can't Say"
2022 Ozark Clare Shaw 5 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
Dorothy Loudon Award
Theatre World [42]
for Excellence in the Honoree
Award
Theatre
Outstanding Featured [43]
Indecent Nominated
2017 Outer Critics Circle Actress in a Play
Award Outstanding Actress in
Nominated [43]
a Musical
Outstanding Lead [44]
Lucille Lortel Award Won
Actress in a Musical
Best Actress in a [45]
Tony Award Won
Musical
Drama League Distinguished [46]
Nominated
2018 Award Performance
The
Chita Rivera Award Outstanding Female Band's
for Dance and Dancer in a Broadway Visit Nominated [47]
Choreography Show
Best Musical Theater [48]
Grammy Award Won
Album
Outstanding Musical
2019 Performance in a
Daytime Emmy [49]
Daytime Program (with Won
Award
the cast of The Band's
Visit)

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External links
Official website (http://www.katrinalenk.com/)
Katrina Lenk (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1720069/) at IMDb
Katrina Lenk (https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/486869) at the Internet Broadway
Database
Moxy Phinx (http://www.moxyphinx.com/)

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