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Karen Ziemba (born November 12, 1957) is an American actress, singer and dancer, best known for her work in musical theatre. In 2000, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in ''Contact''. ==Life and career== Ziemba was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, the daughter of Barbara Marie (Heidt) and Oscar Hugo Ziemba, an investment broker. Her grandmother, Winifred Heidt, was an opera singer.〔http://www.filmreference.com/film/19/Karen-Ziemba.html〕 Ziemba attended the University of Akron (in Ohio), where she studied dance. In 1977 she danced with the Ohio Ballet.〔 ("Karen Ziemba" ) tcm.com, accessed October 23, 2013〕 Her Broadway debut was in ''A Chorus Line'' as Diana Morales.〔 Later, she played the lead of Peggy Sawyer in ''42nd Street''. While appearing in ''42nd Street'', she was featured in the October 1984 issue of Playboy in the article "Babes of Broadway", in which she posed partially nude. Ziemba appeared Off-Broadway in the Kander and Ebb revue ''And The World Goes 'Round'' (1991)〔(" 'And The World Goes 'Round' Listing" ) lortel.org, accessed October 23, 2013〕and won the Drama Desk Award.〔("'And The World Goes 'Round' Listing" ) rationalmagic.com, accessed October 23, 2013〕 She received a Drama Desk nomination (Best Actress in a Musical) for ''I Do! I Do!'' (1996).〔("Karen Ziemba, 1996" ) dramadesk.org, accessed October 23, 2013〕 The next year, she was nominated for another Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Actress in a Musical)and a Tony Award (Actress in a Musical) for her role in ''Steel Pier''.〔(''Steel Pier'' ) playbillvault.com, accessed October 25, 2013〕 In 2000, Ziemba won the Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Susan Stroman's ''Contact''.〔Lefkowitz, David and McBride, Murdoch, and Simonson, Robert. (" 'Contact' And 'Copenhagen' Win Top 1999-2000 Tony Awards" ) playbill.com, June 5, 2000〕 in 2004 she received another Tony nomination (Best Featured Actress in a Musical) for ''Never Gonna Dance''.〔Jones, Kenneth. ("'Wife', 'Avenue Q', 'Assassins', 'Henry IV' Are 2004 Tony Award Winners; Mays, Menzel, Jackman, Rashad Golden" ) playbill.com, June 6, 2004〕 In 2007, she portrayed the heartwarming lyricist Georgia Hendricks in ''Curtains'', earning her fourth Tony award nomination.〔Gans, Andrew. (2006-2007 Tony Nominations Announced; Spring Awakening Garners 11 Noms" ) playbill.com, May 15, 2007〕 Ziemba's other Broadway roles include Polly Baker in ''Crazy for You'',〔(Crazy for You' Closing" ) ''The New York Times'' (webcache.googleusercontent.com), January 3, 1996〕Roxie Hart in ''Chicago'' (1998), 〔Lefkowitz, David and Paller, Rebecca and Ku, Andrew. ("Karen Ziemba Back on B'way as Chicago's Roxie, Mar. 24" ) playbill.com, March 24, 1998〕 and Belle Hagner in ''Teddy & Alice'' (1987).〔(" ''Teddy and Alice'' Listing" ) playbillvault.com, accessed October 24, 2013〕 In addition, she has performed with the New York City Opera in ''110 in the Shade'' (1992) and ''The Most Happy Fella''.〔Collins, Glenn. ("When Homeliness Is in the Eye of the Beholder" ) ''The New York Times'' (webcache.googleusercontent.com), July 30, 1992〕 She has appeared in several New York City Center Encores! staged musicals, including ''The Pajama Game'' in 2002 (Babe Williams),〔("Karen Ziemba to Head 'Pajama Game' at Encores; Barrett Sought" ) playbill.com, January 28, 2002〕 ''Bye Bye Birdie'' in 2004〔Gans, Andrew and Hernandez, Ernio. ("Encores! 'Bye Bye Birdie' to Star Ziemba, Roberts, Bobbie and Jenkins" ) playbill.com, April 1, 2004〕and ''On Your Toes'' in 2013 (Lil Dolan).〔Gans, Andrew. ("Christine Baranski, Kelli Barrett, Walter Bobbie, Randy Skinner, Karen Ziemba Cast in Encores! 'On Your Toes'" ) playbill.com, April 15, 2013〕 She also starred in the staged reading of Vincent Crapelli's ''Otherwise'', with Beth Leavel and Laura Bonarrigo-Koffman. Ziemba appeared as "Dolly Gallagher Levi" in ''Hello, Dolly!'' at the Drury Lane Theatre, Oak Brook, Illinois, in 2013.〔Gans, Andrew. ("Tony Winner Karen Ziemba Is a Musical Matchmaker in Drury Lane Theatre's 'Hello, Dolly!', Opening Oct. 24" ) playbill.com, October 23, 2013〕 She returned to Broadway in March 2014, in the new musical adaptation of Woody Allen's ''Bullets Over Broadway'' as the character "Eden Brent", directed by Susan Stroman.〔Hetrick, Adam. ("Karen Ziemba Joins Woody Allen's 'Bullets Over Broadway'; Casting Now Complete" ) playbill.com, January 9, 2014〕 On television she has appeared on ''Law & Order'' and on film in ''The Producers (2005)''〔 and the ill-fated, never released remake of the classic ''The Devil and Daniel Webster''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karen Ziemba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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