Birth Place: Dallas, Texas, USA
Victoria Clark won the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance as Margaret Johnson in The Light in the Piazza. Additional Broadway credits include Sister Act (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Cinderella (Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Snow Geese at Manhattan Theatre Club, Titanic, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (with Matthew Broderick), Urinetown, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls (Dir. Jerry Zaks), A Grand Night for Singing, and Sunday in the Park with George. She starred in the Encores! Productions of Follies, Juno, and Bye Bye Birdie. Off-Broadway, Ms. Clark earned a Drama Desk nomination for When The Rain Stops Falling, and starred in A Prayer for My Enemy, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, The Agony and the Agony, and Marathon Dancing. Ms. Clark starred as Sally Durant Plummer in Follies (Ahmanson Theatre, LA). Film: Harvest, The Happening, Tickling Leo, Main Street, Cradle Will Rock, and Archaeology of a Woman. Ms. Clark has performed with orchestras all over the country including the New York Philharmonic and the San Francisco Orchestra and enjoyed playing Carnegie Hall several times, as Katisha in The Mikado, Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, and Not The Messiah with Eric Idle. Victoria is currently the Artist in Residence for musical theater at Pace School of Performing Arts and directed The Light in the Piazza there this past fall. She served on the faculty at Yale University, and has taught master classes all over the world. She has directed productions for The Philadelphia Opera, Texas Opera Theater, and Goodspeed Opera House. Board member: New York City Center and Kurt Weill Foundation. Most recently seen as Carrie Mathison's mother Ellen on Showtime’s Homeland. All these roles pale when compared to her favorite: Proud mama of Thomas Luke.
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Victoria Clark, Gigi
Victoria Clark, Gigi
Victoria Clark, Cinderella
Victoria Clark, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Victoria Clark, Sister Act
Victoria Clark, Sister Act
Victoria Clark, Sister Act
Victoria Clark, When the Rain Stops Falling
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
Victoria Clark has appeared on Broadway in 12 shows.
Victoria Clark has not appeared in the West End.
Victoria Clark has received several nominations for her performances, including: - Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo - Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo - Distinguished Performance Awards (Drama League Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo - Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Gigi - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Gigi - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Cinderella - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Sister Act - Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Sister Act - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Sister Act - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for When the Rain Stops Falling - Best Leading Actress in a Musical (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Light in the Piazza - Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The Light in the Piazza - Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Light in the Piazza - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Light in the Piazza
Victoria Clark has won several prestigious awards, including: Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for Kimberly Akimbo; Best Leading Actress in a Musical at the BroadwayWorld Awards for The Light in the Piazza; Outstanding Actress in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for The Light in the Piazza; Outstanding Actress in a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for The Light in the Piazza; and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for The Light in the Piazza.
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