Nikka Graff Lanzarone

Nikka Graff Lanzarone is an actress and dancer born on November 20, 1983, in Los Angeles, California. She comes from a family rooted in the performing arts: her mother is actress Ilene Graff, her father is composer Ben Lanzarone, and her uncle is director and actor Todd Graff. Lanzarone pursued formal training at the Boston Conservatory, where she earned a degree in Musical Theatre.

Her first professional engagement after completing her education was in Jerry Mitchell's Peepshow in Las Vegas. She made her Broadway debut in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in 2010, playing the role of Marisa in the musical adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar's film of the same name. Her final Broadway credit came with Chicago, in which she portrayed Velma Kelly.

Beyond Broadway, Lanzarone accumulated a range of Off-Broadway and concert stage credits. She appeared in productions of Seussical the Musical and Hello Again in 2011, and performed in the City Center Encores! staging of Zorba! in 2015 and Sweet Charity in 2016. In 2019, she took on the role of Mitzi in an Off-Broadway revival of Over Here!, the Sherman Brothers musical directed by Will Nunziata with musical direction by Blake Allen. That production also featured Tony Award winner Debbie Gravitte, Haley Swindal as Pauline, and Jessica Hendy as Paulette.

Lanzarone has also worked in film and television. Her screen credits include the 2009 film Bandslam, in which she played a New Art Teacher, as well as television appearances on Outside the Box, Unforgettable, Divorce, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, where she played a character named Myrna.