Veanne Cox (born January 19, 1963) is an Emmy and Tony-nominated American stage and screen actress and former ballet dancer.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Selected stage credits
• 4 Filmography
  • 4.1 Film
  • 4.2 Television
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life

Cox was born in Norfolk, Virginia. She is a 1981 graduate of Manchester High School in Chesterfield, Virginia. She studied ballet at the Washington School of Ballet, acting at the Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.) and voice at Catholic University of America.

Career

Her Broadway debut was in the Marvin Hamlisch musical Smile in 1986 as Sandra-Kay Macaffee. She appeared in the Roundabout Theatre revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company in 1995 as "Amy", for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actress in a Musical. She appeared in The Public Theater (2003) and the Broadway productions of Caroline, or Change (2004) as Rose Stopnick Gellman.

Cox appeared in the made-for-television movie Cinderella (1997) as one of the stepsisters, and appeared in Erin Brockovich as Theresa Dallavale.

She has appeared in episodes of many television series, such as Seinfeld as Toby (The Fire episode), Blue Bloods in 2016, and Odd Mom Out.

She starred in the Guthrie Theatre production of Private Lives as Amanda in 2007.

Selected stage credits

• An American in Paris — Palace Theatre — 2015
• La Cage aux Folles — Broadway revival — 2010
• The Beaux' Stratagem — The Shakespeare Theatre — 2006
• The Wooden Breeks — Lucille Lortel Theatre — 2006
• Caroline, or Change — Eugene O'Neill Theater – 2004
• House/Garden — Manhattan Theatre Club — 2002
• The Altruists — Vineyard Theatre — 2000
• Company — Roundabout Theatre — 1995

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

• Veanne Cox at the Internet Broadway Database
• Veanne Cox at IMDb
• Veanne Cox at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Theatre Mania article, October 27, 2005
• Diva Talk:Playbill June 18, 2004