Anastasia Barzee

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Anastasia Barzee
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Notable workThe Dimming of the Day
Website anastasiabarzee.com

Anastasia Barzee is an American Broadway and West End actress.

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Career

Barzee originated the role of Betty Haynes in White Christmas (2004-2006 tour). She also originated the role of Josephine in the West End cast of Napoleon (2000), opposite Paul Baker and Uwe Kröger, and the role of Lady Mortimer in the Broadway production of Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2 ), directed by Jack O'Brien starring Kevin Kline, Audra McDonald, and Dana Ivey. [1]

Barzee was a replacement in the Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde , as Emma Carew. She starred from January 1999 until January 2000 opposite Rob Evan and Luba Mason. She also appeared as Hope in the Broadway cast of Urinetown (2002-2003) and also as Ellen in the Broadway and touring cast of Miss Saigon (1995-1998). She was also in the Los Angeles cast and national tours of both City of Angels (as Mallory/Avril in 1991) and Sunset Boulevard (as an understudy Betty in 1993). In 2002, she played Beth in Merrily We Roll Along at the Kennedy Center.

Barzee has appeared on television in shows including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Law & Order , Get a Life , Murder She Wrote , Designing Women and Herman's Head . She appeared in the 2010 feature film Fair Game , opposite Sean Penn, directed by Doug Liman.

She can be heard on the cast recordings of Napoleon (Original London Cast) and the White Christmas World Premiere Stage Recording.

In 2023, she participated in theater, including The King and I [2] [3] Mr. Holland's Opus. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Fair Game Right Wing Reporter
2017 Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk Laura
2022 She Said Lisa Bloom
TBAThose Who WanderAnnabelle

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 B.L. Stryker Delivery Girl2 episodes
1989 Designing Women Student #1Episodes: "Manhunt"
1990, 1991 Get a Life May Evans / Jane2 episodes
1991 Dream On Coed #1Episode: "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told"
1993 Evening Shade VeronaEpisode: "Ava Takes a Shower: Part 1"
1993 Herman's Head Margie2 episodes
1994 Days of Our Lives Valerie5 episodes
2000 Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For LorraineTelevision film
2007 Law & Order Claudia MurphyEpisode: "Good Faith"
2009, 2018 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Various roles2 episodes
2011 White Collar MarjorieEpisode: "Taking Account"
2011 Blue Bloods Elizabeth FoxEpisode: "Innocence"
2012 666 Park Avenue DianeEpisode: "A Crowd of Demons"
2012 Made in Jersey FrancesEpisode: "Ridgewell"
2013 Golden Boy Linda TaylorEpisode: "Sacrifice"
2013 The Blacklist Staff LawyerEpisode: "The Freelancer (No. 145)"
2015 Elementary Erin ChatworthEpisode: "When Your Number's Up"
2015 The Mysteries of Laura Beth EvansEpisode: "The Mystery of the Watery Grave"
2015, 2016 Younger Claire2 episodes
2016 Beauty & the Beast Special Agent Olivia Dylan5 episodes
2016 The Affair TrishEpisode #3.2
2016 Madam Secretary SuzanneEpisode: "Tectonic Shift"
2018 Seven Seconds Evelyn2 episodes
2019 The Society Karen BinghamEpisode: "What Happened?"
2020 FBI Lila RobbinsEpisode: "Fallout"
2020 Hunters Annika BaumanEpisode: "(Ruth 1:16)"
2022 Inventing Anna Adrienne StanleyEpisode: "Cash on Delivery"
2022 The Good Fight Dr. Alyssa Schuman2 episodes

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References

  1. "Anastasia Barzee - The Dimming of the Day - CD | Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records". 26 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. "Theater review: 'The King and I' makes a royal return at La Mirada Theatre". Orange County Register. 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  3. Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Paul Nakauchi, Anastasia Barzee & More to Star in THE KING AND I at La Mirada Theatre". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  4. Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Akron Watson, Anastasia Barzee & More to Star in World Premiere of BD Wong & Wayne Barker's MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2023-06-07.