Kristen Vigard

Kristen Vigard is an American actress and singer who was the first to play Annie before the musical reached Broadway. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, she moved to New York City as a child and began acting at age six. On television she spent two years as Morgan Richards on Guiding Light from 1980 to 1981 and two years on One Life to Live from 1984 to 1985. Her screen work includes The Black Stallion (1979) and The Survivors (1983), plus the TV movie License to Kill (1984). As a singer, she released her debut album in 1988 and God, Loves and Angels in 2004, sang backup for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone, and sang lead vocals for Illeana Douglas in Grace of My Heart (1996), including God Give Me Strength, which received a Best Original Song nomination at the 1st Golden Satellite Awards. She was a founding member of New White Trash.