Krysta Anne Rodriguez (born July , ) is an American actress and
singer. She is best known for her roles as Ana Vargas in the NBC
series Smash, Summer Henderson in the NBC series Trial & Error, Maxine
Griffin in the ABC series Quantico and Ms. Crumble in the Netflix
comedy series Daybreak.Rodriguez grew up in Orange County, California.
She began taking dance lessons at the age of , after being involved
with cheerleading in middle school. After traveling to New York and
seeing eight Broadway shows, she realized performers had to sing and
act as well as dance, so once she returned home Rodriguez began taking
singing and acting lessons. She was a cast member of the Christian
television show Colby's Clubhouse from to . She attended Orange
County High School of the Arts where she played many lead roles
including Marian in The Music Man, as well as the lead role in Gidget:
The Musical, a musical co-written and directed by Francis Ford
Coppola, that starred Orange County High School of the Arts students
during its (ultimately unsuccessful) tryouts in . She attended New
York University for a few years, but began working soon after
enrolling. Rodriguez said "...[A]lthough I would have loved to finish
I did not get that opportunity because I started working. So…no
degree in musical theater, but so far an okay career."Rodriguez made
her Broadway debut in the short-lived jukebox musical Good
Vibrations. She later became a replacement for the role of Bebe in the
Broadway revival of A Chorus Line in . She has played numerous
ensemble and understudy parts in the Broadway productions of Spring
Awakening and In the Heights, as well as a regional production of The
Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews. She made her feature film debut
in the role of Krysta in the film The Virginity Hit.Beginning
performances in fall , Rodriguez originated the role of Wednesday
Addams in the world premiere Chicago try-out run of the new
Broadway-bound musical The Addams Family, based on the cartoons of
Charles Addams. From March , the show received its planned debut at
New York's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. After playing the role for over a
year and lending her voice to the show's original cast recording,
Rodriguez left the musical on March , and was replaced by Rachel
Potter.
singer. She is best known for her roles as Ana Vargas in the NBC
series Smash, Summer Henderson in the NBC series Trial & Error, Maxine
Griffin in the ABC series Quantico and Ms. Crumble in the Netflix
comedy series Daybreak.Rodriguez grew up in Orange County, California.
She began taking dance lessons at the age of , after being involved
with cheerleading in middle school. After traveling to New York and
seeing eight Broadway shows, she realized performers had to sing and
act as well as dance, so once she returned home Rodriguez began taking
singing and acting lessons. She was a cast member of the Christian
television show Colby's Clubhouse from to . She attended Orange
County High School of the Arts where she played many lead roles
including Marian in The Music Man, as well as the lead role in Gidget:
The Musical, a musical co-written and directed by Francis Ford
Coppola, that starred Orange County High School of the Arts students
during its (ultimately unsuccessful) tryouts in . She attended New
York University for a few years, but began working soon after
enrolling. Rodriguez said "...[A]lthough I would have loved to finish
I did not get that opportunity because I started working. So…no
degree in musical theater, but so far an okay career."Rodriguez made
her Broadway debut in the short-lived jukebox musical Good
Vibrations. She later became a replacement for the role of Bebe in the
Broadway revival of A Chorus Line in . She has played numerous
ensemble and understudy parts in the Broadway productions of Spring
Awakening and In the Heights, as well as a regional production of The
Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews. She made her feature film debut
in the role of Krysta in the film The Virginity Hit.Beginning
performances in fall , Rodriguez originated the role of Wednesday
Addams in the world premiere Chicago try-out run of the new
Broadway-bound musical The Addams Family, based on the cartoons of
Charles Addams. From March , the show received its planned debut at
New York's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. After playing the role for over a
year and lending her voice to the show's original cast recording,
Rodriguez left the musical on March , and was replaced by Rachel
Potter.
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