Elizabeth Parkinson is an American stage actress and dancer. She is best known for playing Brenda[1] in the original production of the musical Movin' Out. For this performance she was nominated for the 2003 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical,[2] the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and won the 2003 Astaire Award for Best Female Dancer.[3] [4]
Parkinson has performed with many ballet companies, including Joffrey Ballet and Twyla Tharp Dance.[5] She appeared on Broadway in the musical Fosse in 1999[6] and then in Movin' Out (2002).[7]
Parkinson appeared in the Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis Encores! concert, A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair, from November 13 through 17, 2013 at City Center, New York City.[8]
She is the co-owner/co-director of Fineline Theatre Arts with her husband, fellow performer Scott Wise; the couple have one child.[9] [10]