Adina Verson

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Adina Verson
Bornc. 1983 (age 40–41)
Education Boston Conservatory
Yale School of Drama
Known for Indecent
Only Murders in the Building
Spouse Michael McQuilken
Children1
Website www.adinaverson.com

Adina Verson (born c. 1983) is an American actor best known for playing Poppy White, assistant of Tina Fey's character Cinda Channing, in Only Murders in the Building . [1] [2] [3] Primarily a stage actor, their [4] Broadway debut was in Indecent , which ran for two years starting in 2017. [5] [6]

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Biography

Verson grew up in the Midwest in a reform Jewish home. [7] [4] [8] They graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2001, which inspired them to pursue a BFA in musical theater from the Boston Conservatory. [3] [7] [9] [10] They then received their MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama. [11] [9] [6] In 2017, Verson appeared in Indecent on Broadway, playing Madje, Reine, and Virginia during the show's two-year run. [5] [12] [6] [7] They played Ali Pfefferman in the A Transparent Musical, based on the Amazon Prime show Transparent , which premiered in May 2023 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. The show is planned to open on Broadway in 2024. [13] [4] [7] They were one of the co-founders of the Old Sound Room theater company, which is made up of Yale School of Drama alumni. [14]

Verson auditioned for the role Cinda Canning on Hulu's Only Murders in the Building , a character written for Tina Fey, during the COVID-19 pandemic. When Fey confirmed she was available to play Cinda, the role of Poppy White was written for Verson. [15] Verson has also worked as an audiobook narrator for Penguin Random House. [11]

Personal life

Though Verson's gender identity had been developing prior to joining the cast of Indecent, the play helped them "realize that [they] don't identify with being a woman, and [they] don't identify with being a lesbian." [7] They are married to Michael McQuilken; the couple has one child, Zelda. [16] [17] [4] Their pronouns are they/she. [4] [7]

Selected filmography

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2013Old Sound Room Lear With the Old Sound Room company [14]
2014 As You Like It Celia With the Shakespeare Theatre Company [18]
2018Collective Rage: A Play in 5 BettiesBetty 2 [9]
The Lucky OnesEmma [19] [20]
2017-2019 Indecent Madje, Reine, and VirginiaBroadway debut [5] [6]
2019WivesAloysius Patterson [21]
2023A Transparent MusicalAli Pfefferman [4] [7] [13]

Television

YearTitleRoleRef
2014 Deadbeat Waitress [22]
2014-2015 The Strain Miriam Setrakian [22] [23]
2017 Wormwood Cocktail waitress [24] [23]
2016-2018 Mozart in the Jungle Maria Anna Mozart [25] [23]
2020 New Amsterdam Dr. Tabitha Park [23]
2021-2022 Only Murders in the Building Poppy White [8] [15]
2023 And Just Like That... Laurel [26]

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