Sutton Foster

Sutton Foster

Known for
Acting
Born
March 18, 1975 (age 51)
Birthplace
Statesboro, Georgia, USA

Biography

Sutton Lenore Foster (born March 18, 1975) is a two-time Tony Award-winning actress, singer, and dancer who has become a prominent figure on Broadway. She's known for originating roles in multiple Broadway productions, including Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anything Goes, and Violet. Her other Broadway credits include Young Frankenstein, Shrek, Little Women, and Les Misérables. In 2013, Foster played the lead role of Michelle Simms in the ABC Family television show Bunheads, which was cancelled after one season.

Known For

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Filmography

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Broadway: The Next Generation poster

Broadway: The Next Generation

Movie · as Self

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The Best Is Yet to Come

The Best Is Yet to Come

Movie

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Rule of Three

Rule of Three

Movie

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The Wall: A Solar Opposites Story poster

The Wall: A Solar Opposites Story

Movie · as Sister Sisto

2025
Trisha Paytas' Big Broadway Dream poster

Trisha Paytas' Big Broadway Dream

Movie · as Self - Guest Star

2023
Meredith Willson: America's Music Man poster

Meredith Willson: America's Music Man

Movie · as Narrator

2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love poster

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Movie · as Self - Guest

2023
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best poster

Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

Movie · as Self - Host

2021
Anything Goes poster

Anything Goes

Movie · as Reno Sweeney

2021
Bring Me to Light poster

Bring Me to Light

Movie · as Performer

2020
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway poster

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway

Movie · as Self

2020
In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies poster

In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies

Movie · as Soloist

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Self, Self - Special Guest · 1 ep

2020
Solar Opposites poster

Solar Opposites

TV · as Sister Sisto (voice), Sister Sisto / Tracy Johnson (voice), Sister Sisto / Realtor (voice) · 7 eps

2019
Treehouse poster

Treehouse

Movie · as Lauren

2018
A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville poster

A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville

Movie · as Self

2018
Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert poster

Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert

Movie · as Herself

2018
Instinct poster

Instinct

TV · as Celia Baxter · 1 ep

2018
A Million Little Things poster

A Million Little Things

TV · as Chloe · 1 ep

2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel poster

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

TV · as Carole · 1 ep

2016
Mired poster

Mired

Movie · as Wife

2016
Match Game poster

Match Game

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life poster

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

TV · as Violet · 1 ep

2015
Gravy poster

Gravy

Movie · as Kerry

2015
Younger poster

Younger

TV · as Liza Miller · 84 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn poster

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

Movie · as Adela

2014
The Nobodies poster

The Nobodies

Movie · as Amy

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
Shrek the Musical poster

Shrek the Musical

Movie · as Fiona

2013
Beat Bobby Flay poster

Beat Bobby Flay

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Bunheads poster

Bunheads

TV · as Michelle Simms · 18 eps

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Tara Parker · 24 eps

2009
Royal Pains poster

Royal Pains

TV · as Julie Sharp · 1 ep

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Witness · 1 ep

2007
Flight of the Conchords poster

Flight of the Conchords

TV · as Coco · 3 eps

2007
Johnny and the Sprites poster

Johnny and the Sprites

TV · as Tina · 1 ep

2007
Say Yes to the Dress poster

Say Yes to the Dress

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Gretchen Eikleberry · 1 ep

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert) poster

Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert)

Movie · as Svetlana Sergievsky

2000
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir poster

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

TV · as Herself · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Rosemary · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1969
Sesame Street poster

Sesame Street

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Winner · 1 ep