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Eden Erica Espinosa (born February 2, 1978) is an American actress and singer who is best known for her performances as
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for the Broadway, Los Angeles, and San Francisco productions of the musical ''
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''. In 2022, she was nominated for an
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for her role as the
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in ''
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''. In 2024, Espinosa received a nomination for the
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for her performance in '' Lempicka''.


Education and early career

Espinosa was born in
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, of
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descent. She began singing at the age of three, performing at age five, and recording at the age of ten. At Canyon High School, she played the role of Maria in ''
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''. After graduating, Espinosa worked at local theme parks such as
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and
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. She was also part of the successful performing group
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, which is based in
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and performs in front of audiences worldwide.


Career


''Wicked''

Espinosa made her Broadway debut as a member of the original Broadway cast of
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's musical ''
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'', which opened on October 30, 2003. She started the production as standby for
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in the role of
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. She was also an understudy for the role of Nessarose. Espinosa performed the role of Elphaba for a month continuously during the summer of 2004, while Menzel was filming ''
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''. Espinosa left ''Wicked'' on September 5, 2004, to originate the lead for the Broadway debut of ''
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''. Following the closing of ''Brooklyn the Musical'', Espinosa performed the lead role of Elphaba for the ''Wicked'' First National tour during the entire
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run, from August 5 to September 11, 2005. She replaced
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while Block recovered from an injury. On January 10, 2006, Espinosa returned to perform in the lead role of Elphaba for the Broadway production of ''Wicked'', taking over the role from
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. Espinosa performed for the ''Wicked'' celebration of its 1,000th performance on Broadway, on March 21, 2006. She left the
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production on October 8, 2006, and was replaced by
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. Espinosa received the 2006 Broadway.com Audience Award for "Favorite Female Replacement", in recognition of her performances as Elphaba during her Broadway run as lead. Espinosa originated the role of Elphaba for the third U.S. production of ''Wicked'' in
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, which opened on February 21, 2007, playing the role until December 30, 2007. She received broad critical acclaim for the role. She returned on October 31, 2008 and stayed with the production until its closing night on January 11, 2009. On March 2, 2010 until June 26, 2010, Espinosa played Elphaba in the
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production of ''Wicked''. This was the last time Espinosa ever played Elphaba.


''Brooklyn the Musical''

Espinosa originated and workshopped the title role in ''
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'' over the course of two years. Its world premiere was on April 30, 2003 (previews), and it ran until June 15, 2003, at the Denver Civic Center. Espinosa opened in ''Brooklyn'' on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre on October 21, 2004, and stayed with the musical until it closed on June 26, 2005. It played 27 previews and 284 regular performances. Espinosa was nominated for a 2005
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for Distinguished Performance for her performance. She was featured on the original Broadway cast recording of ''Brooklyn the Musical''.


''Rent''

On May 30, 2008, Espinosa joined the Broadway cast of ''Rent'' at the
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and stayed with the production until it closed on September 7, 2008. Espinosa made appearances on ''
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'' and at the 2008 Tony Awards (which featured the original and closing Broadway casts). She also featured in the filmed final Broadway performance.


Additional theatre

Espinosa starred in a production of ''
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'' which ran at
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's Freud Playhouse from May 6–18, 2008. After its closing, on September 21, 2008, Espinosa made her West End debut in "Never Neverland", a benefit concert that raised money for British charities Ovarian Cancer Action and NCH. The concert took place at the
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in London. Espinosa performed as Miranda in the one-night staging of
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's previously unproduced musical ''Dreamstuff'' on June 23, 2008, at the
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in Los Angeles, directed by
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. Espinosa played the Fairy Godmother in the 2011
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concert version of ''
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'' on April 15, 2011, alongside ''Wicked'' alum Alli Mauzey, who played the title character. She headlined the world premiere of the new musical ''Rain'' by
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as Sadie, at the
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in
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from March 24 to May 1, 2016. In 2017, she played Mary in ''Merrily We Roll Along'' at Huntington Theatre Company. Espinosa played the lead role in Studio Tenn's production of '' Evita'' in
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, from September 9 to 18, 2016. In 2018, Espinosa played the role of Daniella in the concert version of
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's ''
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''. For an entire year, Espinosa starred as Trina in the 2019 National tour of ''
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.'' On February 17, 2020, Espinosa appeared as one of The Narrators in the 50th Anniversary concert of ''
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'' at
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. Espinosa starred in ''
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'', a musical by
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about the life of
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, portraying her mother. Espinosa starred as the titular character in '' Lempicka'' at the
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in 2018 and later the
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from 2019 to 2020. The musical transferred to
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's
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in 2024. For her performance, Espinosa received a nomination for the
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.


Solo shows/performances

On October 22, 2005, Espinosa made her solo concert debut with a co-headlining show with Tony Award nominee
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at
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in New York City part of the venue's Cabaret Festival. In March 2009, Espinosa performed her solo show entitled "Me" at
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in New York City, directed by Billy Porter. She returned to Southern California with her show on Friday, July 24, 2009, at the
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. In December 2009, she performed a 2nd solo show entitled "From Eden With Love" at the Razz Room at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, CA. In September 2012, Espinosa became one of the first few major lineup acts opening
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with a themed show paying tribute to the acclaimed singer-songwriter
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. She was featured as a soloist for
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's new firework spectacular "Magical" premiering in the summer of 2009, where she sang Magical's theme song as well as Disney songs such as " Baby Mine". In February 2020, Espinosa launched a new acoustic solo show at The Green Room 42 entitled ''Unplugged & Unplanned''. Every concert, the show's setlist would be all new. The February shows were sold out; it included an extension that led into March 2020. However, the final two shows were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When live performances started to resume during the spring of 2021, Espinosa returned and completed the last two shows of the residency. Today, many of the Espinosa's concerts are done in the style inspired by her ''Unplugged & Unplanned'' show rotating the setlist of tunes from her Broadway career, both her solo albums, pop/rock covers, and a Musical Theater fan request section. On August 8, 2021, she headlined her first solo concert on the Las Vegas Strip at The Space Las Vegas. For fans who weren't able to make it, the concert was also livestreamed. On November 13, 2021, Espinosa performed a one night only concert in Holmdel, NJ at the Holmdel Theatre Company (part of the Broadway at the Barn series). Espinosa brought her concert overseas to London at
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on April 8, 2022.


Solo albums

In August 2012, Espinosa announced she was in the process of recording her debut solo album, featuring modern Broadway hits with a pop sensibility, entitled ''Look Around''. The album was released on December 18, 2012, debuting at #41 on the iTunes Pop Charts. The album also went on to win multiple awards for independent artists including the Independent Music Awards for Pop Album of the Year, Female Pop Vocalist of the Year, and Producer of the Year (which went to Espinosa's producer, Joseph Abate). On July 25, 2015, Espinosa announced she was in the early development process of her sophomore studio album. Just like with ''Look Around'', she started a Kickstarter fundraiser to raise money for the album. The album recordings and release were delayed due to Espinosa's schedule with various theater projects, voiceover work, concerts, and personal situations that ended up inspiring the album of original songs. The sophomore album, entitled "Revelation", was officially released on January 23, 2019. It debuted at #15 on the Pop iTunes charts.


Television

Espinosa has appeared on various television shows, including ''
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'', ''
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'', and '' Dog Whisperer''. She had a recurring role in 2009 as the voice of Sasha Caylo on the
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animated series ''
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'', an original show developed for
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. In 2007, the ABC series ''
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'' included performances of "I'm Not That Girl" and "Defying Gravity" in the episode " Something Wicked This Way Comes", featuring Espinosa and other members of Los Angeles ''Wicked'' cast. She has also appeared on the ''
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'' in 2004, the
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TV broadcast in 2004, ''
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'' in 2007, and as a performer on the 2008 Tony Awards. In 2011, she appeared on the animated sketch comedy series '' Mad'' episode "Force Code / Flammable" as Katy Putty, a
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parody made out of
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who sings about flammability, and performed "Flammable", a spoof on Perry's song "
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". In 2016, she voiced Orizaba the moth fairy in the tenth episode of ''
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'', "The Sceptre of Light", and again in 2018 for season two episode 18, "Finding Zuzo". She voiced Rapunzel’s handmaiden and confidant Cassandra in the 2017 film '' Tangled: Before Ever After'' and in '' Tangled: The Series/Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure''. For the show, she sang the lead vocals for the song "Waiting in the Wings", composed by
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and
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, which won the 2020
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for Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program. In 2022, she voiced The Queen Of Hearts in Disney Junior's ''
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''. She sang vocals in the musical number titled "TRUCKS" in the episode of the same name of '' Cars on the Road''.


Game Night

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Espinosa along with real life best friend vocalist and ''Rent'' alumna Kamilah Marshall collaborated with California based Regional house ''Musical Theatre West'' creating a weekly web series on Instagram Live entitled ''Game Night with Eden & Kamilah''. The series featured the duo in a friendly competition playing a series of Musical Theatre themed trivia games. The series would go Live every Thursday night on
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. However, the plug got pulled from them doing the lives due to the change of restrictions of use of music on the lives on social media. They later moved it to being an interactive show on Zoom featuring fans playing along. Most recently, ''Game Night'' was then changed to a real live studio game show featuring both Espinosa and Marshall hosting with special Broadway guests. It was released on Broadstream on November 3, 2021.


Personal life

Eden married managing producer Joseph Abate on October 16, 2010. They divorced in 2019.


Filmography


Recordings

* Top 25 Praise Songs – Updated (2000) * Top 25 Acoustic Worship Songs (2002) * The Maury Yeston Songbook (2003) * ''
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'' – The Actors' Fund of America Benefit Recording (2005) * '' Bright Lights, Big City'' (2005 concept album) * ''
Brooklyn the Musical ''Brooklyn the Musical'' is a musical with a book, lyrics, and music by Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson. It was acquired for licensing by Broadway Licensing Synopsis Using the play within a play structure, ''Brooklyn'' focuses on a group of ...
'' (2005 Original Broadway Cast Recording) * Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of
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(2007) * David Burnham – featured duet: "
As Long as You're Mine "As Long as You're Mine" is a song from the second act of the musical ''Wicked'' (2003) by Stephen Schwartz. It is a duet between Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Fiyero, with whom she is in love. It was originally performed by Idina Men ...
" (2007) * '' Magical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical Celebrations'' (Disneyland, 2009) – Featured Vocals * ''
Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland ''Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland'' was a nighttime spectacular at Tokyo Disneyland that premiered on July 10, 2018, alongside ''Dreaming Up!'', ''Let's Party Gras'', and ''Hello, New York!'' as part of the 35th anniversary of Tokyo Disney Resort. ...
'' (Tokyo Disneyland, 2018) – Featured Vocals * ''Lempicka: Original Broadway Cast Recording'' (2024)


Solo albums

* '' Look Around'' (2012) * ''
Revelation Revelation, or divine revelation, is the disclosing of some form of Religious views on truth, truth or Knowledge#Religion, knowledge through communication with a deity (god) or other supernatural entity or entities in the view of religion and t ...
'' (2019)


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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Eden Espinosa on Twitter
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