Sutton Foster

Sutton Foster: Biography in Details

Who is Sutton Foster?

Sutton Foster is an American actress, singer, and also dancer.

She is famous for her work on Broadway Productions, for which she has received two Tony Awards for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical.

Sutton Foster: Age, Parent, Siblings, Ethnicity

Foster was born on March 18, 1975. Her birthplace is Statesboro, Georgia, United States.

Her father’s name is Bob Foster and likely his mother’s name is Helen Foster.

She has an older brother, hinter Foster who is a director, actor, singer, librettist, and playwright now.

Talking about her nationality, Sutton Foster’s American, and she belongs to an ethnicity.

Education, University

Foster finished her schooling at Troy High School in Michigan.

However, she dropped out before high school graduation and managed to complete her school diploma through correspondence courses.

Sutton Foster also got enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg.

However, she dropped out of college after a year in a bid to focus on her acting career.

Sutton Foster: Career, Professional life

Professional Carrer

Sutton Foster has appeared in the lead of Broadway. Likely, she started her Hollywood debut with the short film, Mr. Terbillion’s Ambition in 1989.

Consequently, she appears in four more movies Shrek the Musical, The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, Voilet, The Nobodies, and Gravy.

Foster was then cast in Thoroughly Modern Millie, 2000 which earned her more fame.

She also portrays Millie who earned her Tony Award for the best actress in a musical.

Sutton Foster started her television career starring the lead character in the series, Carnegie Hall. The drama was a hit and also continued for the next four seasons.

Likely along with her ex-husband Christian Borle, she starred in the miniseries, Gilmore Girls.

And she appears in other Broadway projects like Little Women in 2005 and as the showgirl Janet Van De Graff in The Drowsy Chaperon.

Furthermore, Foster appeared in various movies like Young Frankenstein in 2007 and Shrek the Musical in 2008, Trust in 2010, Reno Sweeney in 2011, and likely Anything Goes. 

Sutton appears as a struggling young woman who bears a horrible scar on her face from a childhood accident in the 2014 Broadway musical, Violet.

And in 2016, Foster returned to Off-Broadway with a revival of the musical, Sweet Charity, also in Younger, and many more.

In addition, Sutton Foster also gave her voice in two movies Just in Case and Mired.

Foster also recorded the solo CDs for the albums, Wish in 2009, and An Evening with Sutton Foster in 2011.

Others

Sutton Foster started her own dance workshops at Ball State University in Muncie.

In 2012, she co-directed a play at the university and received an honorary doctorate from them.

Apart from being an actress, she is also an art lover.

She is known for making artwork, which she paints occasionally, and is known for selling them online or at art exhibitions.

She has also collaborated with the renowned dress designer, Julien Havard. They exhibited their first collaborative work on August 16, 2013.

Awards

Sutton Foster has received various awards for her performances.

She received Tony Awards for her performance in Anything Goes, in a Musical for Thoroughly Modern Millie, and also earned various nominations.

Foster won The Outer Critics Circle Award under the category Outstanding Actress in a Musical for Shrek the Musical in 2009.

Furthermore, the actress received the award under the category ‘Outstanding Female Actor for her breakthrough role in Bunheads in 2013.

Likewise, her name is listed under various other nominations, and has won many others too.

Sutton Foster: Salary, Net Worth

As of 2023, the actress has a net worth of around $4 million.

Her annual income is around $700,000 and her monthly is said to be approximately $60,000. 

Her income sources from acting, musician, and dance career.

Further, Sutton also earns from her brand endorsements.

She starred alongside Nico Tortorella in the TV commercial for satellite cable, DirecTV Genie.

Sutton Foster: Rumor and Controversy

2004 – Sutton Foster was RUMORed to be dating musical theater composer and lyricist, Adam Guettel in 2004.

They went out for a couple of months before realizing they weren’t suited for each other.

Up to now, she hasn’t been in an incident that could create any type of rumors about her.

Also, the actress is far from being in any controversy until now.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

Sutton Foster stands tall with a height of 5 ft 9 inches (175 cm).

Likely, her weight is 60 kg (132 lbs).

The actress has dark brown colored hair with light brown eyes.

She has a perfect figure with body measurements of 36-26-35 in.

She wears 4 (US) size dresses and 8 (US) size shoes.

Social Media

Sutton Foster is active on Instagram with over 587K followers on around 196K followers on Twitter.

Likely, her Facebook page also holds around 157K followers.

Furthermore, she has her own YouTube channel with 5.67K subscribers.

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