Laura Osnes

Laura Osnes is an American actress and singer who made her name in Broadway musicals. A Minnesota native from Burnsville who grew up in nearby Eagan, she studied musical theater for a year before performing as an apprentice at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. After playing Sandy at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, she won the televised competition Grease: You're the One That I Want! in 2007 and took that role on Broadway. She later starred as Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes, and Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde, earning a Tony nomination for the last. Her title role in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella brought a Drama Desk Award and a second Tony nomination. On screen, she appeared in In the Key of Love (2019), A Homecoming for the Holidays (2019), and One Royal Holiday (2020). She also released the EP On the Other Side, Part 1 in 2022.