Victoria Clark
Clark in 2025
Born	(1959-10-10)October 10, 1959 (age 66) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Education	Yale University (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupations	Actress, singer, director
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Thomas Reidy ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	1[1]
Website	VictoriaClark.me

Victoria Clark (born October 10, 1959) is an American actress,musical theatresoprano, and director. Clark has performed in numerousBroadway musicals and in other theatre, film and television works. Her voice can also be heard on various cast albums and in several animated films. In 2008, she released her first solo album titledFifteen Seconds of Grace. A five-time Tony Award nominee, Clark won her firstTony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2005 forThe Light in the Piazza. She also won theDrama Desk Award,Outer Critics Circle Award, and theJoseph Jefferson Award for the role. She won a second Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2023 forKimberly Akimbo.

Clark was born and raised inDallas, Texas, the daughter of Lorraine and Banks Clark.^[2] She studied the piano and attended theHockaday School, an all-girls school in Dallas. She attended theInterlochen Arts Academy before going toYale University, graduating in 1982.

At Yale, at the age of eighteen, she sang the role of Mabel inGilbert and Sullivan'scomic operaThe Pirates of Penzance. She also sang the title role in Gilbert and Sullivan'sPatience, and directed a production ofRuddigore for the Yale Gilbert & Sullivan Society. After college, Clark studied atNew York University's Musical Theatre Master's Program at Tisch^[3] as a stage director and began to direct operas and musicals professionally. Although she continues to direct, she has primarily focused on singing and acting.

Clark's stage work includes understudying^[4] in the original Broadway production ofSunday in the Park with George (she never went on) and roles in theBroadway musicalsGuys and Dolls (1992–93),A Grand Night for Singing (1993–94),How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1995–96, as Smitty),Titanic (1997–99, creating the role of Alice Beane),Cabaret (1999–2000, as Fraulein Kost) andUrinetown (2003, as Penelope Pennywise),^[5] as well as numerous rolesOff-Broadway, in national tours and inregional theatre. She played Doris MacAfee in the City CenterEncores! production ofBye Bye Birdie in 2004.^[6]

In 2005, Clark won theTony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, aDrama Desk Award, anOuter Critics Circle Award, and theJoseph Jefferson Award for her performance in the musicalThe Light in the Piazza (2005–06).Broadway.com commented on Clark's performance, "What is indisputable is that Victoria Clark has created a character for the ages. Lucas has done a superb job in fleshing out Margaret within the confines of a musical-theater libretto, and Clark responds with consummate precision and grace. Calling hers the musical performance of the year would be accurate. It would also be a drastic understatement."^[7] She appeared as former showgirl Sally Durant Plummer in theEncores! staged concert presentation ofFollies in February 2007 atCity Center. She next created the role of Margaret Brennan inThe Marriage of Bette and Boo Off-Broadway in 2008 for theRoundabout Theatre Company.^[8]

Clark appeared inPrayer for My Enemy, a new play byCraig Lucas Off-Broadway atPlaywrights Horizons from November 14 through December 21, 2008. The play concerned the consequences that the Iraq war has had on an American family, co-starredMichele Pawk andJonathan Groff, and was directed byBartlett Sher.^[9]

Clark has also appeared in movies, sung in several animated feature films, and appeared in roles in television episodes. She can be heard on a number of Broadwaycast albums and other recordings. In 2008 she released her first solo album,Fifteen Seconds of Grace, produced byPS Classics. Clark teaches voice and studies acting at theMichael Howard Studios and voice with Edward Sayegh. Clark received the 2006 Distinguished Artist Award from theNew York Singing Teachers' Association.

Clark played the Mother Superior in the Broadway production ofSister Act, which opened on April 20, 2011.^[10] For this role she was nominated for theTony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.^[11] Clark portrayed Sally in theKennedy Center/Broadway production ofFollies, running at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, from May 3 through June 9, 2012.^[12][13]

In 2013, Clark starred in the Manhattan Theatre Club's production ofThe Snow Geese bySharr White alongsideMary-Louise Parker andDanny Burstein.^[14] Previously, she starred as Marie/the Fairy Godmother in the Broadway production ofCinderella.^[15] For this role, she received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.^[16] She returned to the Broadway production ofCinderella for a run lasting from January to September 2014.^[17][18] In December 2014 Clark appeared as Carrie Mathison's mother on the Season 4 finale ofShowtime's seriesHomeland.^[19] Clark played Mamita in the Broadway revival ofGigi, which opened in April 2015.^[20] For this performance, Clark received another nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.^[21]

In 2017, Clark appeared in the title role ofSousatzka in Toronto. It was intended to be a pre-Broadway tryout for controversial producerGarth Drabinsky.^[22] In 2022, she recordedMaury Yeston'sDecember Songs, featuring orchestration byLarry Hochman.^[23]

After persuasion from longtime friend and composerJeanine Tesori,^[24] Clark first donned the candy necklace and late 90s fashion of the title role ofKimberly Akimbo in its acclaimed and extended 2021 Off-Broadway run at the Linda Gross Theatre, produced by theAtlantic Theater Company, for which she garneredLucille Lortel andOuter Critics Circle Awards.^[25] The musical debuted on Broadway in 2022, winning Clark her secondTony Award.

In 2025, Clark joined the cast ofThe Gilded Age as Joan Carlton.

Clark married Thomas Reidy on August 1, 2015, inNorth Carolina. Her son, T.L., is from her previous marriage.^[1]

• Victoria Clark atIMDb
• Victoria Clark at theInternet Broadway Database
• Victoria Clark at theInternet Off-Broadway Database (archived)
• Broadway World's profile of Clark
• Excerpts from reviews by the major NYC newspapers
• Curtainup review of Clark's performance
• Victoria Clark –Downstage Center interview atAmerican Theatre Wing.org
• TonyAwards.com Interview with Victoria Clark
• Time Out New York Interview with Victoria Clark

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