Beth Malone

American singer and actor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican singer and actor
PlacesUnited States of America
isActor Singer Stage actor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio Music
Gender
Female
Birth1 January 1969, Auburn, Nemaha County, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Age55 years
The details

Biography

Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Malone (born January 2, 1969) is an American actress and singer known for her work in Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theatre. She originated the role of Alison Bechdel in the musical Fun Home, for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Personal life and education

She was born in Auburn, Nebraska and raised in Castle Rock, Colorado, the daughter of Peggy and Bill Malone. Her mother is a professional country music singer. Malone played the title role in Annie in middle school, and participated in theatre at Douglas County High School. Malone first attended Loretto Heights College for musical theatre. When the school closed in 1989 while she was there, she decided not to continue, because she was successful finding work without a degree. She later completed her degree through the University of Northern Colorado in 1996 and earned an MFA in Acting from UC Irvine in 2000.

She began her career working at the Country Dinner Playhouse at the age of 16. Malone moved to New York City at age 21. After a period of not finding work, she returned to Aspen, Colorado, where she was able to play a wide variety of roles. She received her Equity card performing in a production of Baby. She later moved to Sherman Oaks, California, where she began performing in television commercials and performing in many shows in the greater Los Angeles area. Malone is married to Rochelle Schoppert, a music technician.

Career

Malone made her Broadway debut in Ring of Fire in 2006. She appeared Off-Broadway in the musical Bingo: A Winning New Musical at St. Luke's Theatre in 2005. She appeared Off-Broadway in The Marvelous Wonderettes at the Westside Theatre as Betty Jean in 2008.

Malone played the title role in Annie Get Your Gun in the Music Circus at the Wells Fargo Pavilion, Sacramento, California in August 2011, and again at the San Diego Musical Theatre in May 2014. She played the title role in The Unsinkable Molly Brown at The Denver Center Theatre Company in September and October 2014.

Malone has created a one-woman cabaret show titled Beth Malone: So Far. The show tells her life story, "from her offbeat childhood in small-town Colorado, to her not-quite-normal entrance into acting, to her left-of-center adult life." She has toured with the show in several locations, including Aspen, Colorado, at the Wheeler Opera House in 2011,and in New York City in 2012 at the Davenport Theatre.

Malone originated the role of (Big) Alison in the musical Fun Home, from workshops, to the 2013 Off-Broadway production at the Public Theater. She continued the role in the 2015 Broadway production at the Circle in the Square Theatre, which concluded its Broadway engagement on September 10, 2016. Critic Steven Suskin called her performance "the glue that holds the show together." She received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance.

Theatre credits

Theatre
Start yearProductionRoleNotes
UnknownYou're a Good Man, Charlie BrownSally BrownColony Theatre
Grand HotelUnknownDir. Peter Schneider
2003Babes in ArmsReprise!
2005A New Brain
Bingo: A Winning New MusicalAlisonoff-Broadway
2006Ring of FirePerformerBroadway; March 12 - April 30, 2006
2008The Marvelous WonderettesBetty Jeanoff-Broadway
2010Music Theatre West
2011Annie Get Your GunAnnie OakleyWells Fargo Pavilion
Beth Malone: So FarBeth MaloneNational Tour; 2011/12
20139 to 5Judy Bernly3-D Theatricals
Fun HomeAlison Bechdeloff-Broadway; Sept. 20, 2013 - Jan. 12, 2014
2014Annie Get Your GunAnnie OakleySan Diego Musical Theatre; May 2014
The Unsinkable Molly BrownMolly BrownDenver Center Theatre Company; Sep/Oct 2014
2015Fun HomeAlison BechdelBroadway; April 19, 2015 - September 10, 2016

Filmography

Film
Start yearProductionRoleNotes
2006Room 101ActorShort
2009Intelligent Life: Change Your Mind, Change Your WorldNarratorDocumentary
2011HickSherri
Television
Start yearProductionRoleNotes
2003One Minute Soap OperaVariousSeries Regular
UnknownWhat's OnHostTV Guide Channel
2004Judging AmyMarge Bolton/Kelly McClaren2 episodes
2005Reno 911!Ms. Striker1 episode
2015Late Night with Seth MeyersBeth Malone/Alison Bechdel1 episode
The Good WifePro-life Activist1 episode
2016BrainDeadClaudia Monarch8 episodes

Discography

  • Lunch Shift, debut solo album, 2008

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated WorkResult
UnknownOvation AwardBest Featured Actress in a MusicalYou're a Good Man, Charlie BrownNominated
2015Tony AwardBest Lead Actress in a MusicalFun HomeNominated
2016Grammy AwardBest Musical Theater AlbumNominated

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