Megan McGinnis

Megan McGinnis
McGinnis and Paul Alexander Nolan in Daddy Long Legs
Occupation	Actress/Singer
Years active	1998-present

Megan McGinnis is an American Broadway Actress, who recently performed in the role of Éponine, in the revival of Les Misérables (musical). She is currently starring as Jerusha Abbott in the Off-Broadway production of Daddy Long Legs.

Broadway career

McGinnis and Robert Adelman Hancock in Daddy Long Legs

McGinnis made her Broadway debut in Diary of Anne Frank as Margot Frank, in 1998. She had her next big role in The Sound of Music on the national tour as Liesl. She returned to Broadway in 2002 to play the role of Lucille in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and was also a member of the ensemble.

McGinnis break-out role was Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast in 2003. Still today, she has been recognized as one of the best Belles in the production which closed on July 29, 2007.. She began her run as Belle from April 15, 2003 and left the production on February 10, 2004. She was replaced by Christy Carlson Romano

McGinnis on the poster of Daddy Long Legs

McGinnis' next big project was the musical Little Women, in which she played the role of Beth from workshops to Broadway.^[1] Following Little Women, McGinnis began understudying the role of Éponine in the revival of Les Misérables (musical) under Celia Keenan-Bolger and Mandy Bruno. Even though Bruno was the lead in this role, McGinnis often played Éponine, as Bruno was involved in a television soap-opera. After Bruno left, McGinnis took over the role of Éponine regularly from June 23, 2007 - January 6, 2008. From 2009 to 2012 McGinnis played Jerusha Abbott in the stage adaption of the 1912 novel Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster.^[2] In 2015, McGinnis is again playing the role of Jerusha Abbott in Daddy Long Legs. ^[3]

Theatre Credits

• Trojan Women
• The Sound of Music, Liesl, US Tour
• Annie
• 1940's Radio Hour
• Babes in Toyland
• The Diary of Anne Frank, Miep Gies (u/s)/Margot Frank (u/s), Broadway, 1998
• Parade, Ensemble/Assistant (u/s)/Essie (u/s)/Iola Stover (u/s)/Lizzie Phagan (u/s)/Monteen (u/s)/Monteeni (u/s)/Nurse (u/s)/Ensemble (u/s), Broadway, 1998
• The Dead, Lily, US Tour
• The Robber Bridegroom, workshop
• Beauty and the Beast, Belle (replacement), Broadway
• Thoroughly Modern Millie, Lucille/Miss Dorothy Brown (u/s) (replacement), Broadway, 2003-04
• Little Mary Sunshine, Ensemble, reading, 2003
• Good Vibrations, Performer, workshop, 2004
• Dangerous Beauty, Performer, workshop, 2005
• Little Women, Beth March/Rodrigo Too, Broadway, 2005
• Triangle, Performer, reading, 2006
• Les Miserables, Female worker/whore/Eponine (u/s), Broadway, 2006-07
• Les Miserables, Eponine, Broadway, 2007-08
• Daddy Long Legs, Jerusha Abbott, West End, 2012
• Daddy Long Legs, Jerusha Abbott, off-Broadway, 2015

Awards and nominations

Ovation Awards

• 2010: Won the award for Lead Actress in a Musical for the role of Jerusha in the Rubicon Theatre Company production of "Daddy Long Legs"^[4]

References

1. A Tomboy With Gumption (and Her Sisters)
2. Musical Daddy Long Legs Will Again Star Megan McGinnis and Rob Hancock
3. http://www.daddylonglegsmusical.com/
4. "2009/2010 Ovation Award Winners.". 17 January 2011.

External links

• Megan McGinnis at the Internet Movie Database