Lesli Margherita

Lesli Margherita is an American stage and screen actress. In 2009, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her performance as Inez in Helen Edmundson's musical, Zorro.[1]

Lesli Margherita
Born
California
Alma materUCLA
OccupationActress
Websiteleslimargherita.com

Biography

Margherita was born and raised in California and graduated from UCLA.[2]

Screen

Margherita's film credits include Boogeyman 2, Lucky Stiff, Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, and Opening Night.[1]

Upon graduation she appeared in the TV show Fame L.A.. Her television credits include NYPD Blue, Charmed, The District, On the Lot, The Suite Life on Deck, Major Crimes and Donny!.[1][2]

Theatre

Margherita played Inez in Helen Edmundson's musical Zorro in the West End in 2008, winning the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical.[3] The Guardian reviewer wrote: "...the most flamboyant display of personality comes from Lesli Margherita who as Inez flashes her eyes and other parts of her anatomy with the gayest abandon."[4]

She appeared as Mrs. Wormwood in the Broadway production of Matilda the Musical, from March 2013 to September 2015 and again starting in September 2016.[5]

She played the role of Mona Kent in the Broadway premiere of Dames at Sea which opened in October 2015.[6] The USA review noted: "the actress plays the tyrannical vamp with infectious relish."[7]

She appeared as Cindy Lou Who in the Off-Broadway one person Who's Holiday! in November and December 2017.[2][8] She was nominated for the 2018 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Solo Performance; 2018 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Solo Show; and 2018 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Solo Performance.[9]

In regional theatre, she appeared in Spamalot at the Sacramento Music Circus as The Lady of the Lake in 2010.[10][11] She appeared as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at La Mirada Theatre, La Mirada, California, in April to May 2011.[12] In July to September 2011 she appeared at the Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut in Show Boat as Julie.[13] She appears in the new musical The Flamingo Kid at the Hartford Stage, Connecticut, in May to June 2019. The Variety reviewer wrote: "Also standing out is Lesli Margherita as Phyllis, Phil’s long-suffering snob of a wife, who gets every laugh effortlessly with her deadpan delivery. She also nails her second act number, a good song with a terrible title..."[14] From January 19, 2020 to March 19, 2020, Lesli will star as "Princess" in Emojiland at Duke on 42nd Street theater in New York City.[15]

Concerts

She performed her concert/cabaret act at The Green Room 42 in New York City in December 2018.[2]

References
  1. "AUDIO: Dames At Sea's Lesli Margherita Guests on CAN I PET YOUR DOG? Podcast" broadwayworld.com, October 13, 2015
  2. "Lesli Margherita Brings 'Yule Your Kingdom' to The Green Room 42 This Holiday Season" broadwayworld.com, December 11, 2018
  3. "Olivier Awards 2009" officiallondontheatre.com, retrieved May 28, 2019
  4. Billington, Michael. Zorro The Guardian, July 16, 2008
  5. Viagas, Robert. "Lesli Margherita Returning to Broadway's 'Matilda'" Playbill, August 8, 2016
  6. Staff. "The Verdict: Read Reviews of 'Dames at Sea' Starring Lesli Margherita, Eloise Kropp and Mara Davi" Playbill, October 2015
  7. "Review" USA Today, October 22, 2015
  8. Hetrick, Adam. "What Did Critics Think of Lesli Margherita in 'Who’s Holiday!' Off-Broadway?" Playbill, December 5, 2017
  9. Who's Holiday! Internet Off-Broadway database, retrieved May 28, 2019
  10. Spamalot ovrtur.com, retrieved May 28, 2019
  11. " 'Joseph' Plays Sacramento Music Circus 2010 Season, 7/20-25" broadwayworld.com, July 20, 2010
  12. Jones, Kenneth. " 'Little Shop', With Lesli Margherita, Bob Amaral, Brett Ryback, Sprouts in CA April 15" Playbill, April 15, 2011
  13. Probst, Andy. "Sarah Uriarte Berry, Ben Davis, Lesli Margherita, et al. Set for Goodspeed's Show Boat'" theatermania.com, June 7, 2011
  14. Rizzo, Frank. "Connecticut Theater Review: ‘The Flamingo Kid’" Variety, May 29, 2019
  15. https://www.emojiland.com/#about
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