Krysta Rodriguez

Biography

Krysta Rodriguez is an American actress and singer who grew up in Orange County, California and started dance lessons at 13, adding singing and acting training after seeing Broadway shows in New York. Her Broadway debut came in Good Vibrations, a short-lived jukebox musical from 2005, and she later appeared in A Chorus Line, Spring Awakening and In the Heights, and originated Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family. On television she played Ana Vargas in Smash, Summer Henderson in Trial & Error, Maxine Griffin in Quantico and Ms. Crumble in Daybreak, and her film work includes The Virginity Hit (2010), My Bakery in Brooklyn (2016) and Just One Kiss (2022). In 2022 she played Cinderella in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods, and the Spring Awakening revival she joined earned three Tony Award nominations.

42years old

Turns 43 on July 23in 283 days

Born July 23, 1984Orange
Star sign: LeoFirst day of the sign, on the Cancer cusp
Also credited as Krysta Anne Rodriguez

Movie Career

Films: 4
Career span: 12 years2010 to 2022

Every film, newest first

2022Just One KissIMDb rating 6.8
2022Spring Awakening: Those You've KnownIMDb rating 7.9
2016My Bakery in BrooklynIMDb rating 4.6
2010The Virginity HitIMDb rating 4.5

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A first
Rodriguez was the first to play Wednesday Addams in the Chicago try-out run of The Addams Family, a Broadway-bound musical based on Charles Addams' cartoons. She stayed over a year, then left on March 8, 2011, replaced by Rachel Potter.
Early training
Rodriguez started dance lessons when she was 13, after cheerleading in middle school. After a New York trip where she saw eight Broadway shows, she understood performers also had to sing and act, so she began singing and acting lessons.
A role that slipped away
Rodriguez was cast in the planned CBS sitcom How I Met Your Dad, a spinoff of How I Met Your Mother, but exited the pilot in March 2014 and the show was never picked up.
Early training
At Orange County High School of the Arts, Rodriguez took the lead in Gidget: The Musical, which Francis Ford Coppola co-wrote and directed. Students from the school starred in its tryouts in 2000, which did not succeed.
Beyond film
In September 2019, Rodriguez performed her first solo show at Feinstein's/54 Below, with Ben Rauhala directing and guests such as Kathryn Gallagher, Andy Mientus and Joe Iconis.