For the past four decades, Faith Prince has dazzled audiences on both stage and screen in a variety of memorable comedic and dramatic roles. She quickly rose to Broadway fame after winning a Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls directed by Jerry Zaks, and has remained one of the most prolific leading ladies working in the American musical theater. For her Broadway debut in Jerome Robbins Broadway, Ms. Prince was nominated for her first Tony Award and Drama Desk Award, and has since starred in over a dozen Broadway shows: Nick & Nora (Outer Critics Circle nomination), Guys and Dolls, What's Wrong With This Picture, The King and I, Little Me, James Joyce's The Dead, Bells Are Ringing (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics nominations), Noises Off, Disney's The Little Mermaid, A Catered Affair (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics nominations), Annie, and Disaster. Also in New York, she originated the role of Trina in William Finn and James Lapine's Falsettoland and can be heard on the cast recording. Equally present on screen, Ms. Prince made her television debut guest starring opposite Pierce Brosnan on the hit series "Remington Steele" followed by playing Angela Virago in the 1985 film The Last Dragon. She has appeared in numerous films including: Dave with Kevin Kline, My Father the Hero with Gerard Depardieu, Picture Perfect with Jennifer Aniston, Our Very Own, It Had to Be You, Material Girls, and Disney's TinkerBell and the Great Fairy Rescue. Faith is perhaps more widely recognized for the many colorful characters she has created on television including recently: Nellie Cantrell on the 2022 Fox series "Monarch" and Judith Robertson in "Emily in Paris", as well as Kristy Swenson in "Scream Queens", Elaine Bingum in "Drop Dead Diva", Claudia in "Spin City", Kelly Knippers in "Huff", "Modern Family", "CSI", "Ugly Betty", "Grey's Anatomy", "Monk", "House", "Now and Again" and television movies including most recently "Dear Christmas" for Lifetime. Audiences can now stream her many live appearances, including performances from The Tony Awards, "My Favorite Broadway" at Carnegie Hall, and An Evening At The Pops: A Tribute to Jerry Herman" (PBS). In addition to the original cast recordings, she has two solo albums "A Leap of Faith" (DRG, 2000) and "Total Faith" (Broadway Records, 2013).Faith can frequently be seen in concert and her symphony appearances include Boston Pops, Utah Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Cincinnati Pops, and Philly Pops, and Sydney Opera House and the Adelaide Music Festival with Anthony Warlow. Born in Georgia and raised in Virginia, Faith received a BFA in musical theater from University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music before moving to New York and making her professional debut in Scrambled Feet. a revue at The Village Gate Theater. She then succeeded Ellen Greene as Audrey in the original New York and Los Angeles productions of Little Shop of Horrors. In 2009, Ms. Prince was honored by her alma mater with an Honorary Doctorate of Performing Arts.

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Ed Begley Jr., Faith Prince, and Nicky Whelan in Dear Christmas (2020)

Mary McDonnell, Jean Smart, and Faith Prince in High Society (1995)

Justin Deeley, Brooke Elliott, and Faith Prince in Drop Dead Diva (2009)

Taimak and Vanity in The Last Dragon (1985)

Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver in Dave (1993)

Claudia / Claudia Lassiter / Claudia Sachs

Michael J. Fox, Barry Bostwick, Alan Ruck, Michael Boatman, Connie Britton, Alexander Chaplin, and Richard Kind in Spin City (1996)

Jennifer Aniston in Picture Perfect (1997)

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