The Tony Award winner celebrates her birthday August 7.
Tony Award winner Karen Olivocelebrates her birthday August 7.
Olivo made her Broadway debut in the original Broadway production of Rent, joining the company as ta swing and understudy for Mimi Marquez and Maureen Johnson. The actor would return to the Main Stem in the 2004 production of Brooklyn as Faith before originating the role of Vanessa in Lin-Manuel Miranda's In The Heights in 2008. Olivo would collaborate with Miranda again in the 2009 revival of West Side Story, earning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Anita.
Karen Olivo is currently starring as Satine in the musical adaptation of Moulin Rouge! at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
Flip through photos of her career below:
From Vanessa to Satine: Look Back at Karen Olivo on the Stage
From Vanessa to Satine: Look Back at Karen Olivo on the Stage
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Karen Olivo in BrooklynPhoto by Joan Marcus
Eden Espinosa (front), Ramona Keller, Kevin Anderson, Karen Olivo, and Cleavant Derricks in BrooklynJoan Marcus
Robin de Jesús, Karen Olivo, and Lin-Manuel Miranda in In the HeightsJoan Marcus
Andréa Burns, Robin de Jesús, Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olivo, and cast in In the HeightsJoan Marcus
Andréa Burns, Karen Olivo, Mandy Gonzalez, and Janet Dacal in In the HeightsJoan Marcus
Karen Olivo and company in West Side StoryJoan Marcus
Karen Olivo and cast in West Side StoryPhoto by Joan Marcus
Karen Olivo, George Akram, and company in West Side Story
Karen Olivo and David Garrison in By the Way, Meet Vera StarkJoan Marcus
Karen Olivo in By the Way, Meet Vera StarkJoan Marcus
In honor of the artists navigating the pandemic, the popular platform reunited over 90 performers to the theatre district in its portrait series with Michaelah Reynolds.
