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Sydney Morton (born 1985) is an American stage and television actress, singer and dancer. [1] [2]
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Sydney Morton (born 1985) is an American stage and television actress, singer and dancer. [1] [2]
According to Morton, her maternal grandfather appeared on Broadway in 1933 in Run, Little Chillun , an all-Black revue, and her paternal grandfather danced professionally during the Harlem Renaissance. [2] Neither of her parents are in the entertainment industry; Morton told an interviewer "it skipped a generation." [2]
Morton began dancing at 4. [3] She graduated from Sycamore High School in Cincinnati in 2004. [4] While in school she danced for the College-Conservatory of Music, the Cincinnati Ballet and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. [4] She attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 2008 with a degree in musical theatre. [4] She studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Upright Citizens Brigade. [3]
Morton played a recurring character in Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It. [1] [2] She appeared opposite Octavia Spencer in Netflix's miniseries Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker. [5] She had a recurring part in NBC's Manifest. [5] In 2021 she was cast as Meghan Markle, opposite Jordan Dean, in the title roles in Lifetime's Harry & Meghan: Escaping The Palace [1] [5] which began production in May 2021 and appeared in fall of 2021. [6] [7]
She was a member of the original Broadway cast of Memphis , working as a swing to cover eight tracks or roles, including those of both white and Black performers. [8] She was also a member of the original Broadway cast of Motown the 2012 revival of Evita. [4] [8] She played Alex in the US touring company of Flashdance. [9] She appeared previously opposite Dean in the original Broadway cast of American Psycho. [5] She played the title role in An Octoroon in the 2017 Berkeley Repertory production. [10] In February and March 2020 she appeared opposite Billy Harrigan Tighe in the pre-Broadway tryout of The Secret of My Success at the Paramount Theatre; the production was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. [11] [12]
Morton discussed her work in Memphis as a musical theatre swing and understudy in Robert Simonson's Performance of the Century (2012), saying that the swing's biggest challenge is to participate without causing a significant change from other performances. [13] In Memphis she covered eight tracks or roles, including those of both white and Black performers. [13]
Morton was cast in the 2023 comedy-drama A Good Person . [14]
As of 2021 Morton lived in Manhattan [4] [15] with her husband, fellow actor Preston Boyd. [2] [16] They have one daughter. [17] [18]
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