Liliane Klein

Liliane Klein is an American actress who works in theater and television, and she is a singer and a plus-size model. Born in New Hyde Park, New York, she trained at Boston University's College of Fine Arts and graduated with a BFA in acting in 2002, the year she began plus-size modeling. Her best known stage role is Helen in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig, and on television she played Terry the Turtle on the PBS series Kid Fitness. She performs with Connecticut Free Shakespeare and belongs to The Players. Her stage credits include Scrooge, The Musical and the national tour of Titanic, and she was the vocal guide for Rose on a Stage Stars karaoke release of Gypsy. Her work as Helen brought nominations for an Elliot Norton Award in 2007, an IRNE Award in 2008 and a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award in 2010, after a 2006 New York Innovative Theatre Award nomination for I Wanna Be Rosie.