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VIDEO: OITNB's Lea Delaria Reveals Her Dream Broadway Role!

By: Jul. 27, 2015
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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK star Lea Delaria's new album, 'House of David', reexamines the work of music icon David Bowie. It is now available in digital formats and in stores. In the PEOPLE exclusive below, the actress and jazz singer reveals her dream Broadway role and her favorite David Bowie cover!

Television, stage and music star Lea Delaria portrays "Carrie 'Big Boo' Black" in the hit Netflix series "Orange is the New Black." The actress holds the distinction of being the first openly gay comic on television in America which led to countless television and film roles portraying Police Lieutenants, PE Teachers and the Lesbian who inappropriately hits on straight women. Selected TV credits include "Awkward," "Clarence," "Californication," "The Oblongs," "One Live to Live," "Law and Order: SVU," "Will and Grace," "Friends" and "Matlock." Selected film credits include: The First Wives Club, Dear Dumb Diary and Edge of Seventeen.

She's received Obie and Theater World Awards, and a Drama Desk nomination for her portrayal as 'Hildy' in the Public Theatre's revival of On The Town, an Ovation nomination for The Boys From Syracuse, and has played both Eddie and Dr. Scott in the gender-bending Broadway musical The Rocky Horror Show. Lea was the featured vocalist at the 50th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, and has performed in some of the most prestigious houses in the world including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Chicago Symphony, Hollywood Bowl, The Royal Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Lea has five records on the Warner Jazz and Classics label and her book Lea's Book of Rules for the World is in its third printing at Bantam Doubleday and Dell.

Source: PEOPLE




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