Sutton Foster Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended Carnegie Mellon University for one year, but left to pursue a full-time career
• Married to actor and singer Christian Borle from 2006 until 2010
• Sister of fellow theater actor, Hunter Foster
• After touring the country with The Will Rogers Follies at 18-years-old, she would earn her first Broadway gig in '96 as an understudy for Grease
• Quote: "You can watch someone sing, but if they don't know what they are singing about, then you're like, 'Okay, that is interesting, but I feel nothing․'․ It really is about interpretation of lyrics․"
• Quote: "You do have to work hard, you have to never stop working and you have to be incredibly creative․"
• After earning numerous Tony nominations for her work in Little Women, Shrek the Musical and several others, she would transition to film and television by the early 2010s
• Began teaching courses at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts as well as Ball State University in 2010
• Released her debut musical album in 2009 under Ghostlight Records
• Despite being an unknown name, she earned her first starring role while working as an understudy in the pre-Broadway rehearsals for the $10 million production of Thoroughly Modern Millie, replacing Erin Dilly
• Prior to booking her first gig as an adult, she auditioned for "Star Search" and "The Mickey Mouse Club"