Jodie Comer: First Tony Award nomination is past my wildest desires
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odie Comer says incomes her first Tony Award nomination is an achievement “beyond my wildest dreams”.
The British actress picked up the nod for her Broadway debut in Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie.
The Killing Eve star, 30, is nominated for greatest efficiency by an actress in a number one position in a play for her half as Tessa within the one-person manufacturing.
The play, a couple of British defence lawyer who results in the witness field, secured 4 Tony Award nominations in complete, together with for greatest scenic design, greatest lighting design and greatest sound in a play.
Broadway audiences have been so welcoming to me, so it has actually been an incredible expertise
“I love getting to play the role of Tessa in Prima Facie, so to receive this Tony Award nomination for my Broadway debut is beyond my wildest dreams,” Comer mentioned in a press release shared with the PA news company.
“Broadway audiences have been so welcoming to me, so it has truly been an amazing experience.
“I am grateful to get to speak Suzie Miller’s words in her vital and urgent play, and for director Justin Martin, who guided me every step of the way.”
After receiving vital popularity of her West End debut on the Harold Pinter Theatre in London, which included profitable greatest actress on the 2023 Olivier Awards, Comer took the play to the John Golden Theatre on Broadway in April, the place it can run till July.
Comer will face competitors within the class from Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain, who obtained her first Tony nomination for a stripped-down model of A Doll’s House which scored six Tony nods, Jessica Hecht for Summer, 1976, and Audra McDonald, who stars in Ohio State Murders.
The British actress was amongst a variety of high-profile stars to make the nominations this 12 months, together with Academy Award-winner Samuel L Jackson for his position in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles for Into The Woods.
The listing additionally options operatic pop singer and musical star Josh Groban for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, Dear Evan Hansen and Pitch Perfect actor Ben Platt for Parade, former Will & Grace star Sean Hayes for Good Night, Oscar and Fences actor Stephen McKinley Henderson, who earned his second Tony nomination for Between Riverside And Crazy.
West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose will host the awards ceremony on June 11 from New York City’s United Palace theatre stay on CBS and on Paramount+.