Katrina Lenk

Katrina Lenk, born November 26, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois, is an American actress, singer, dancer, musician, and songwriter whose Broadway career spans from 2010 to 2021. Of Eastern European descent, Lenk grew up in Barrington, Illinois, where she attended Barrington High School. She went on to study at the School of Music at Northwestern University, graduating in 1997 with a major in viola performance while also pursuing voice and musical theatre training.

Before reaching Broadway, Lenk built her career in regional and Los Angeles theater. In May 2001, she played Yitzak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Broadway Theatre in Chicago. In 2008, she took on the role of Linda Lovelace in Lovelace: A Rock Musical at the Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles. Her Broadway debut came in March 2010, when she joined the cast of The Miracle Worker as an understudy for the roles of Annie Sullivan and Kate Keller. In May 2013, she joined the Broadway production of Once, performing the role of Réza, a violinist.

Lenk's association with Indecent, Paula Vogel's play, began at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 2015, where she appeared in its world premiere. She continued with the production through a 2016 Off-Broadway run at the Vineyard Theatre and into its 2017 Broadway engagement at the Cort Theatre. A televised version of the production was broadcast on PBS in November 2017. Her work in Indecent earned her the 2017 Theatre World Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence.

The role that brought Lenk widespread recognition was Dina in the 2017 Broadway musical The Band's Visit. Her performance earned her the 2018 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, along with the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program. She also appeared in Barack on Broadway during this period of her career.

In 2021, Lenk starred as Bobbie in a gender-swapped revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, opposite Patti LuPone as Joanne. The production had originally begun previews on March 2, 2020, with a scheduled opening of March 22, 2020, before being halted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Previews resumed on November 15, 2021, and the production officially opened on December 9, 2021. Beyond the stage, Lenk appeared in the final season of the television series Ozark in the role of Clare. She is also the creator of the musical persona and stage act Moxy Phinx.