Sutton Foster - Biography

Last Editor: malia				Sutton Foster Biography -   Name : Sutton Foster Profession : Actress Height : 5' 10" (1.78 m) Personal quotes : "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." - expla

Sutton Foster Trivia -

Sister of Tony-nominated actor Hunter Foster. In 2002, she won a Tony award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Millie Dillmount in "Thoroughly Modern Millie." She was nominated again in 2005 in the same category for playing Jo March in "Little Women."

Sutton Foster Detailed Biography -

Sutton Foster is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Foster was born in Statesboro, Georgia, on March 18, 1975. At the age of fifteen, she was a contestant on the television show Star Search and also auditioned for the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. She attended Carnegie Mellon University for one year, then left to pursue a theatrical career full-time. Her big break was reminiscent of 42nd Street when, during the pre-Broadway run of Thoroughly Modern Millie at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, she was pulled from the chorus to replace the leading lady. Any apprehension about an unknown playing the lead in a nearly $10 million Broadway production was proven unfounded when she opened to primarily rave reviews. Foster went on to win a Tony Award in 2002 for the Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Foster recently completed her starring role of "Jo March" in the musical stage version of the Louisa May Alcott classic Little Women in 2005, a show for which she was nominated for another Tony Award. In early November 2005, while rehearsing the musical The Drowsy Chaperone, which is scheduled to open November 18 at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre, Foster fell and broke her arm. The show will go on, although Foster will have to modify her performance until her arm heals. Her brother is Hunter Foster, who is also a theatrical performer. He was nominated for a Tony Award for the revival of Little Shop of Horrors in 2004. Hunter also starred in the musical Urinetown on Broadway in 2002, the same year as Thoroughly Modern Millie debuted. Both shows were nominated for Best Musical of the year, and the victor was the latter.