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BIO

Broadway credits include Present Laughter, You Can't Take It With You, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Spring Awakening, The Green Bird, Jackie, and The Iceman Cometh (1986). Off-Broadway credits include A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur; Taylor Mac's Hir; How I Spent Last Summer; Omnium Gatherum; Our Leading Lady; The Killer; Dog Opera (Obie Award); and Christopher Durang'fs Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them; Miss Witherspoon; and Betty's Summer Vacation (Obie). Nielsen has worked regionally all over the country, including at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe, Goodman Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Folger Theatre (D.C.), and most recently at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton in Durang's Turning Off the Morning News. Television: "Happyish," "Elementary," "Political Animals," NBC's "The Sound of Music Live," Amazon's "Z: The Beginning of Everything." Film: Trouble, Morning Glory, The Savages, Small Time Crooks. Nielsen is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Yale School of Drama.

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STAGE CREDITS

Infinite Life Infinite Life
[Off-Broadway]
Atlantic Theater Company Off-Broadway Premiere Production, 2023
Ginnie
Regretfully, So the Birds Are Regretfully, So the Birds Are
[Off-Broadway]
Playwrights Horizons and WP Theater Off-Broadway Premiere Production, 2023
Elinore
The Young Man From Atlanta The Young Man From Atlanta
[Off-Broadway]
Signature Theatre Company Off-Broadway Revival, 2019
Lily Dale
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2019
Janice
A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur
[Off-Broadway]
La Femme Productions Off-Broadway Revival, 2018
Performer
The Way of the World The Way of the World
[Washington, DC (Regional)]
Folger Theatre Production, 2018
Rene
A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream
[Off-Broadway]
Shakespeare in the Park Revival, 2017
Puck
Present Laughter Present Laughter
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival Production, 2017
Monica Reed
The Way of the World The Way of the World
[Off-Broadway]
Red Bull Theater Revelation Reading, 2017
Performer
Hir Hir
[Off-Broadway]
Playwrights Horizons Original Off-Broadway Production, 2015
Paige
You Can't Take It with You You Can't Take It with You
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2014
Penelope Sycamore
The Sound of Music Live! The Sound of Music Live!
[Motion Picture]
NBC Live Televised Production, 2013
Frau Schmidt
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2013
Performer
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2010
The Storyteller
Love, Loss, and What I Wore Love, Loss, and What I Wore
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2009
Performer [Replacement]
To Be or Not To Be To Be or Not To Be
[Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Production, 2008
Anna
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Les Liaisons Dangereuses
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2008
Madame de Volanges
Die Mommie Die!
[Off-Broadway]
2007
Bootsie Carp
Die Mommie Die!
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2007
Bootsie Carp
Crazy Mary
[Off-Broadway]
2007
Mary
Our Leading Lady
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2007
Verbena Morris
Spring Awakening Spring Awakening
[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2006
The Adult Women [Replacement]
Based on a Totally True Story
[Off-Broadway]
2006
Mary Ellen
Miss Witherspoon
[Off-Broadway]
2005
Veronica
A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2005
Eunice Hubbell
Omnium Gatherum
[Off-Broadway]
2003
Suzie
The Underpants
[Off-Broadway]
2002
Performer
Wonder of the World
[Off-Broadway]
2001
Lois Coleman
Comic Potential
[Off-Broadway]
2000
Carla Pepperbloom
The Green Bird
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2000
Ninetta
Space
[Off-Broadway]
1999
Joan Bailey
Betty's Summer Vacation
[Off-Broadway]
1999
Mrs. Siezmagraff
Jackie
[Broadway]
1997
Marilyn Monroe
Martha Bartlett
Rose Kennedy
Sander Vanocer
As Bees in Honey Drown
[Off-Broadway]
1997
Alexa Vere de Vere [Replacement]
Second-Hand Smoke
[Off-Broadway]
1997
Performer
Henry V
[Off-Broadway]
1996
Alice
The Green Bird
[Off-Broadway]
1996
Ninetta
Measure for Measure
[Off-Broadway]
1996
Francisca/Mariana
Dog Opera
[Off-Broadway]
1995
Madeline Newell
Loose Knit
[Off-Broadway]
1993
Gina
The Holy Terror
[Off-Broadway]
1992
Gladys Powers
Love and Anger
[Off-Broadway]
1990
Eleanor Downey
Machinal
[Off-Broadway]
1990
Telephone Girl/Neighbor/Court Stenographer
Maids of Honor
[Off-Broadway]
1990
Pat Weinhardt
Neddy
[Off-Broadway]
1990
Elizabeth
Ubu
[Off-Broadway]
1989
Queen Rosamund
The Palace of Amateurs
[Off-Broadway]
1988
Kitty O'Rourke
The Merchant of Venice
[Off-Broadway]
1986
Nerissa
The Iceman Cometh
[Broadway]
1985
Pearl
Henry V
[Off-Broadway]
1984
Hostess Quickly/Queen of France

Movies

Advice from a Caterpillar
[ 1999 ] Barbara
Small Time Crooks
[ 2000 ] Emily Bailey
The Savages
[ 2007 ] Nurse
Morning Glory
[ 2010 ] Fan
That's What She Said
[ 2012 ] Judith
Son
[ 2021 ] Mrs. Naegle

TV Shows

Z: The Beginning of Everything
Minnie Sayre

Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Kristine Nielsen, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Drama League Awards - 2016 - Distinguished Performance Award

Kristine Nielsen, Hir


winner
- 2013 - Legend of Off Broadway Honoree

Kristine Nielsen

Drama League Awards - 2013 - Distinguished Performance Award

Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Kristine Nielsen, Why Torture is Wrong

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Kristine Nielsen, the People Who Love Them

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1999 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Kristine Nielsen, Betty's Summer Vacation


winner
Obie Awards - 1995 - Performance

Kristine Nielsen, Dog Opera

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Kristine Nielsen been in?

Kristine Nielsen has appeared on Broadway in 13 shows.

How many West End shows has Kristine Nielsen been in?

Kristine Nielsen has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Kristine Nielsen been nominated for?

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Hir, Legend of Off Broadway Honoree () for , Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Why Torture is Wrong, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for the People Who Love Them, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Betty's Summer Vacation and Performance (Obie Awards) for Dog Opera.

What awards has Kristine Nielsen won?

Kristine Nielsen has received the following awards: Legend of Off Broadway Honoree and an Obie Award for Performance for Dog Opera.

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