Lesley Ann Warren
After winning Broadway’s “Most Promising Newcomer” Award at the age of 17, in the Broadway production 110 In the Shade, Lesley Ann Warren found stardom on the small screen in the title role of the legendary Rogers & Hammerstein’s musical adaptation of Cinderella.
Warren’s film debut was in Disney’s The Happiest Millionaire, but it was her brilliant performance in Blake Edwards’ comic masterpiece, Victor/Victoria, that won her nominations for an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe, as well as winning a New York Film Critics Award and a People’s Choice Award. Additionally, Warren received nominations for a Golden Globe for Songwriter, and a People’s Choice Award for Choose Me.
Film credits additionally include 10th and Wolf (written and directed by Academy Award winner Bobby Moresco), Secretary, Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey, Clue, Burglar, Pure Country, Cop and Mel Brooks’ Life Stinks.
Warren’s television credits include a Golden Globe Award for her Best Actress performance in the miniseries 79 Park Avenue. She also was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy for her role in the CBS miniseries Family of Spies. Warren received a Cable Ace nomination for her work in Tennessee Williams’ 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. She also received Cable Ace and Golden Globe nominations for her work in HBO Pictures’ Baja Oklahoma. Further television credits include leading roles in the NBC telefilm Evergreen, and the Emmy winning TNT miniseries Joseph (opposite Ben Kingsley).
Warren’s recurring roles in television include a comedic tour de force opposite Sydney Pollack on NBC’s hit comedy Will & Grace, the ABC series Desperate Housewives and most recently, five seasons in the USA Network drama, In Plain Sight, as well as the 100th episode of Psych, a tribute to the movie Clue, COMMUNITY for Yahoo, GIGI DOES IT for IFC, GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE for Bravo, BLUNT TALK for Starz, DAREDEVIL for Netflix, Jenji Kohan’s AMERICAN PRINCESS for Lifetime, BROKE for CBS , ALL RISE for CBS and most recently season eight of the hit show 9-1-1 for FOX.
Warren’s recent credits include the series regular role on PANHANDLE for Sony starring opposite Luke Kirby, ECHO BOOMERS starring opposite Michael Shannon, 3 DAYS WITH DAD starring opposite J.K. Simmons and the upcoming feature film SHADOW WATCHERS co-starring Billy Lush and Victoria Elder and HOME DELIVERY co-starring opposite Rainn Wilson, Jimmi Simpson and Donald Faison which will release nationwide theatrically on March 27th. Additionally, Lesley stars in the Silver Screen winner at Cannes for Young Directors short film OLIVE written and directed by Tom Koch.