Krysta Rodriguez has proven herself to be a versatile actress of both stage and screen.
She co-starred in the Netflix/Ryan Murphy-produced limited series “Halston” as the iconic entertainer 'Liza Minnelli' opposite Ewan McGregor. This marked her return to the streaming platform after starring in the post-apocalyptic comedy “Daybreak” with Matthew Broderick.
On stage, Krysta was most recently in Anthony McCarten’s The Collaboration at the Manhattan Theatre Club opposite Paul Bettany, Jeremy Pope, and Erik Jensen. Prior to this, she starred as ‘Cinderella’ in the James Lapine & Stephen Sondheim classic production Into the Woods at Broadway’s St. James Theatre.
Krysta previously co-starred opposite Raul Esparza in Theresa Rebeck’s play Seared Off-Broadway at MCC in a role she originated at the Williamstown Theater Festival under the direction of Moritz von Stuelpnagel and was honored for with an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance.
Rodriguez’s long list of television roles include: co-starring as John Lithgow’s daughter in the NBC multi-cam series “Trial & Error” and her scene-stealing turn on the second season of NBC’s “Smash” as fan-favorite ‘Ana Vargas.’ Other credits include recurring roles on “Younger,” “Married,” and “Gossip Girl.” Rodriguez also recurred on the final season of “Quantico” as the captain of industry ‘Maxine’ and had memorable recurring arcs on ABC Family’s “Chasing Life” and NBC’s “The Mysteries of Laura.”
A Broadway veteran of eight Broadway shows, Rodriguez played ‘Ilse’ in the critically acclaimed revival of Spring Awakening and prior headlined the original Broadway cast of First Date opposite Zachary Levi. Other Broadway credits include original companies of The Addams Family, In the Heights, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line (Revival) and Good Vibrations.
Other memorable turns on-stage include 'Anita' in West Side Story at The Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra and another Rebeck play: What We’re Up Against at The Women’s Project. Rodriguez was a standout in the Hollywood Bowl production of A Chorus Line as “Diana” in which the Hollywood Reporter singled her out as the “Broadway pro whose delivery is so powerful she easily fills the cavernous Bowl, leading the cast to a cathartic crescendo that left the crowd enraptured.”Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.
