Faith Prince (born August 6, 1957) is an American
actress and singer known primarily for her work on
Broadway
.
She was
born in Augusta,
Georgia
and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia
, where she dabbled in theater at E.C. Glass
High School. She made her Broadway debut in
Jerome Robbins' Broadway
(1989) and followed this with a role in the ill-fated
Nick & Nora. She fully established
herself as a Broadway star with her portrayal of Adelaide in the
1992 revival of
Guys and
Dolls, for which she won both the
Tony and
Drama Desk
Award as Best Actress in a Musical. In 2001, Prince was once
again nominated for Tony and Drama Desk Awards for her portrayal of
Ella Peterson in the 2001 revival of
Bells Are Ringing. Most
recently, Prince was featured in the 2008 Broadway musical
A Catered Affair, for
which she once again received Tony and Drama Desk
nominations.
Prince has appeared in the films
The
Last Dragon (1985),
Dave (1993),
Picture Perfect (1997), and
Our Very Own (2005), among
others.
Her television credits include the short-lived
High Society (1995) opposite
Jean Smart, recurring roles on
Spin City (1997-2000) and
Huff (2004-2005), in
addition to guest appearances on
Remington Steele,
Law & Order,
Monk,
House,
Grey's Anatomy, and
Drop Dead Diva.
A live
recording of her 2005 cabaret debut at
Joe's Pub located in The Public
Theater
complex in lower Manhattan
, entitled A Leap of Faith, was released on
the DRG Records label. She also participated in studio
recordings of the scores from the ill-fated Broadway musical
version of
Breakfast at Tiffany's
and
Jerry Herman's unproduced project,
Miss Spectacular.
Prince is married to
trumpeter Larry
Lunetta.
The couple resides in Los Angeles
with their son Henry. She is related to
neither
Hal Prince nor
Daisy Prince.
On April
7, 2009 she took over the role of Ursula from Heidi Blickenstaff in the Broadway production
of The Little
Mermaid.
Stage productions
References
- http://www.playbill.com/news/article/126361.html
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