Christine Ebersole

Christine Ebersole has captivated audiences throughout her performing career. Recognized with an array of honors including two Tony Awards, she has appeared in over twenty Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, as well as numerous television series and specials, films, concerts, recordings, and operas. It was for her dual role as Edith Beale and Little Edie Beale in Grey Gardens that Ebersole won her second Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Other memorable New York roles include her Tony-winning turn as Dorothy Brock in the hit revival of 42nd Street, her Tony-nominated portrayal of Elizabeth Arden opposite Patti LuPone in War Paint, her Tony- and Outer Critics Circle-nominated appearance in Dinner at Eight, her Obie-winning and Drama Desk-nominated appearance in Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, her performance as Guinevere opposite Richard Burton and Richard Harris in Camelot, and her leading roles in Oklahoma!, On the Twentieth Century, Steel Magnolias, The Best Man, and the revival of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit opposite Angela Lansbury and Rupert Everett. In 2018, she made her operatic debut under James Conlon’s leadership as the “Old Lady” in Francesca Zambello’s production of Candide with the LA Opera.  

Christine has appeared in over 20 feature films including most recently, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-nominated Licorice Pizza, as Lucille Dolittle, a character based on Lucille Ball. Other credits include, The Wolf of Wall Street, Amadeus, Black Sheep, Dead Again, Folks!, Ghost Dad, the cult classic Mac and Me, My Girl 2, Richie Rich, Tootsie, True Crime, and The Big Wedding, starring Robert De Niro, which features her original song “Gently Down the Stream.”  

Christine launched her television career as a regular cast member of Saturday Night Live in the 1981/82 season alongside Eddie Murphy. Since then, Christine has accrued a long list of television credits, most recently starring in Chuck Lorre’s hit CBS sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola. Other television credits include: the award-winning Netflix series The Kominsky Method, American Horror Story, Blue Bloods, Madam Secretary, Murphy Brown, Pose, Search Party, Royal Pains, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Will & Grace. She played Tessie Tura in the made for television movie Gypsy starring Bette Midler. 

Christine has performed at some of the nation’s foremost concert halls and amphitheaters, including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Los Angeles’s Disney Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Her concert highlights include appearances in the San Francisco Symphony’s tribute to Leonard Bernstein, a concert version of The Grapes of Wrath at Carnegie Hall, A Little Night Music with the Boston Pops, Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, and The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty, both of which were filmed for broadcast on PBS TV.  

 A celebrated recording artist, her discography includes Christine Ebersole: Live at the Cinegrill, In Your Dreams, Sunday in New York, Christine Ebersole Sings Noël Coward, Strings Attached, and her most recent recording, After the Ball for Club44 records.  

Christine lives in New Jersey with her husband, Bill Moloney, along with four cats, three dogs, and a cockatiel named Big Sallie.