A critically acclaimed singer/actress lauded for her show-stopping performance as "Alice's Daughter" in BIG RIVER on Broadway (singing a song written for her by Roger Miller), the original "Crystal" in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, the Lincoln Center cast of MARIE CHRISTINE and was featured on the Grammy Award nominated albums of those shows.
She sang on the "Stephen Schwartz Album," in
the Stephen Schwartz Upright Cabaret Concert at the Ford Amphitheatre, THE
MAGIC OF MOTOWN (Stevie Wonder & Smokey Robinson) and THE EDUCATION OF
RANDY NEWMAN.
She was the original title character in both ABYSSINIA at
Cleveland Playhouse and Chan Poling’s VENUS in Minneapolis. For REPRISE, she
starred in KISMET, THE MOST HAPPY FELLOW and stopped the show as Shelia in
HAIR. She proudly performed in LINDA BROWN at the Museum of Tolerance and in
Sir Peter Hall’s Shakespeare Rep at the Ahmanson.
Jennifer performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall honoring Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Marcia Gaye Harden. She opened for Steve Tyrell at the Americana at Brand and starred as the fairy Godmother in the Lythgoe family’s premiere production of the British Panto “Cinderella” in Los Angeles.
In Japan, she re-created her BIG RIVER role (in Japanese) and sang with Al Jarreau in Denmark (televised LIVE throughout Europe).
Feature films: Valentine’s Day, The Other Sister, Dear God, Grace of my Heart, The Crossing Guard, Sour Grapes. TV: Lipstick jungle, Dirt, ER, Scrubs, The Game, Touched by an Angel, All my Children, with OK GO - The Tonight Show (Conan O’Brien), Craig Ferguson & Jimmy Kimmel.
An OVATION AWARD winner, a GARLAND AWARD winner, Dartmouth College ARTS AWARD recipient and NAACP AWARD nominee, her show DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: the songs of Dame Shirley Bassey premiered in 2011 at the Renberg Theatre directed by Richard Jay-Alexander
(Barbra Streisand, Bernadette Peters, Donny & Marie etc.).Charities that Jennifer lends her support include: "The GO Campaign" (www.gocampaign.org), "What a Pair foundation" (www.whatapair.org) and "The Trevor Project"(www.thetrevorproject.org). (www.jenniferleighwarren.com).
