Katrina Lenk Biography
Katrina Lenk is an American actress, singer, dancer, musician and songwriter. Lenk originated the role of Dina in the Broadway musical The Band’s Visit, a performance for which she won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
How old is Katrina Lenk? – Age
She is 49 years old as of November 2023. The musician was born on November 26, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Katrina Lenk Height
The dancer stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Katrina Lenk Early Life
The actress was born to a family of Eastern European descent. She attended Barrington High School in Barrington, Illinois. Katrina has not disclosed any information concerning her parents yet. She graduated from the School of Music at Northwestern University in 1997, majoring in Viola performance and studying voice and musical theatre.
Katrina Lenk Career
Lenk appeared as Yitzak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Broadway Theatre, Chicago, in May 2001. She performed as Linda Lovelace in the musical Lovelace: A Rock Musical in 2008 at the Hayworth Theatre, Los Angeles, about which the L.A. She made her Broadway debut in The Miracle Worker in March 2010 as the understudy for the roles of Annie Sullivan and Kate Keller. She joined the cast of the Broadway musical Once in May 2013, in the role of Reza, the violinist.
In 2015 she appeared in the Yale Repertory Theatre world premiere of Indecent by Paula Vogel. She then appeared in the 2016 Off-Broadway production at the Vineyard Theatre, followed by the Broadway production at the Cort Theatre in 2017. For her performance she received the 2017 Theatre World Award Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence.
She appeared on Broadway as Dina in the 2017 musical The Band’s Visit , for which she won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She is the creator of musical persona and stage act Moxy Phinx. Lenk starred in the lead role of Bobbie, opposite Patti Lupone as Joanne, in a gender-swapped revival of Stephen Soundheim’s Company, which started previews on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on March 2 and was scheduled to open on March 22, 2020 until delayed by the COVID-19 Pandemic. The production resumed previewed on November 15, 2021, for an opening date of December 9, 2021. She also appeared in the final season of Ozark, playing the role of Clare.
Katrina Lenk Movie
2003 – The Acedia Thing
2004 – Liar!
2005 – Space Daze
2007 – Crime Fiction
2009 – White Widow
2010 – Happy, Thank You, More Please
2013 – One for My Baby
2015 – FracKtured
2016 – Elan Vital
2019 – Love Is Blind
Katrina Lenk TV Shows
2003 – Will & Grace
2005 – Studio House
2014 – The Blacklist
2015 – Elementary
2016 – Miss Teri
2017 – The Get Down
207 – Indecent
2019 – The Village
2020 – Little Voice
2022 – Ozark
2024 – Apples Never Fall
