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'''Asmeret Ghebremichael''' is an American actress and singer, known for her work in ''[[Submissions Only]]'', ''[[Legally Blonde (musical)|Legally Blonde]]'', and ''[[The Book of Mormon (musical)|The Book of Mormon]]''.
'''Asmeret Ghebremichael''' is an American actress, director, and singer, known for her work in ''[[The Notebook (musical)|The Notebook]]'', ''[[Submissions Only]]'', and ''[[The Book of Mormon (musical)|The Book of Mormon]]''.


==Early life and education==
==Education==
Ghebremichael grew up in [[Churchill, Pennsylvania]], with her parents and younger sister.<ref>{{cite web |last=Onofri |first=Adrienne |title=GYPSY OF THE MONTH: Asmeret Ghebremichael of 'The Wiz' |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/GYPSY-OF-THE-MONTH-Asmeret-Ghebremichael-of-The-Wiz-20090601 |website=BroadwayWorld |access-date=January 3, 2023 |date=June 1, 2009}}</ref> As a child, she trained in dance and musical theatre at the Abby Lee Dance Company and was taught by Abby Lee Miller.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ferri |first=Josh |title=''Dance Moms'' Diva Abby Lee Miller on Her 'Wonderful' ''Newsies'' Experience and What It Takes to Dance on Broadway |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/164646/dance-moms-diva-abby-lee-miller-on-her-wonderful-newsies-experience-and-what-it-takes-to-dance-on-broadway/ |website=Broadway.com |access-date=January 3, 2023 |date=October 10, 2012}}</ref> Ghebremichael attended [[Woodland Hills Junior / Senior High School|Woodland Hills High School]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Eberson |first=Sharon |title=Pittsburgh-area actresses share in 'Book of Mormon's' success |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2011/07/10/Pittsburgh-area-actresses-share-in-Book-of-Mormon-s-success/stories/201107100191 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=January 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027044815/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2011/07/10/Pittsburgh-area-actresses-share-in-Book-of-Mormon-s-success/stories/201107100191 |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> and earned a B.S. in communications from [[New York University]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Brunner |first=Jeryl |title=How This Broadway Dynamo Found Her Power |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jerylbrunner/2020/06/15/how-this-broadway-dynamo-found-her-power/?sh=f00de3927331 |website=Forbes |access-date=January 3, 2023 |date=June 15, 2020}}</ref>
Ghebremichael has a B.S. in communications from [[New York University]].


==Career==
==Career==
Ghebremichael made her Broadway debut in 1999, playing Rusty, Wendy Jo, Urleen, and the Ensemble (varying) in ''[[Footloose (musical)|Footloose]]''. She later appeared in the ensembles of ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'' and ''[[Spamalot]]'' (she also played the minstrel) on Broadway, as well as ''[[Lone Star Love]]'' and ''[[In the Heights]]'' (for which she won a Drama Desk Award) off-Broadway. In 2007, she played Pilar in ''[[Legally Blonde (musical)|Legally Blonde]]'' on Broadway. The show was filmed for TV, and in 2008 she began also understudying the roles of Shandi and Brooke Wyndham. She also appeared on the reality competition show ''[[Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods]]'' twice. The show closed in 2008, and after appearing in the film ''[[Confessions of a Shopaholic (film)|Confessions of a Shopaholic]]'', Ghebremichael began playing Raina Pearl in the web series ''[[Submissions Only]]''. She also played Shawanda in the original Broadway cast of ''[[Elf]]'', and in 2011 she appeared in the ensemble of ''[[The Book of Mormon]]'' on Broadway. She later played Nabulungi in the show, and is currently playing the role in the West End production, which she started in February 2016. In 2015, she appeared as a munchkin in ''[[The Wiz Live!]]'' on NBC.
Ghebremichael made her Broadway debut in 1999, playing Rusty, Wendy Jo, Urleen, and the Ensemble (varying) in ''[[Footloose (musical)|Footloose]]''. She later appeared in the ensembles of ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'' and ''[[Spamalot]]'' (she also played the minstrel) on Broadway, as well as ''[[Lone Star Love]]'' and ''[[In the Heights]]'' (for which she won a Drama Desk Award) off-Broadway. In 2007, she played Pilar in ''[[Legally Blonde (musical)|Legally Blonde]]'' on Broadway. The show was filmed for TV, and in 2008 she began also understudying the roles of Shandi and Brooke Wyndham.
Ghebremichael also appeared on the reality competition show ''[[Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods]]'' twice. The show closed in 2008, and after appearing in the film ''[[Confessions of a Shopaholic (film)|Confessions of a Shopaholic]]'', she began playing Raina Pearl in the web series ''[[Submissions Only]]''. She also played Shawanda in the original Broadway cast of ''[[Elf: The Musical]]''.

In 2011 she appeared in the ensemble of ''[[The Book of Mormon (musical)|The Book of Mormon]]'' on Broadway. She later played Nabulungi on Broadway, and in the show's West End production, which she started in February 2016. In 2015, she appeared as a munchkin in ''[[The Wiz Live!]]'' on NBC. In 2017 she joined the West End cast of ''[[Dreamgirls]]'' as Lorrell Robinson.<ref>{{cite web | last=Hewis | first=Ben | title=Asmeret Ghebremichael joins cast of Dreamgirls as Lorrell Robinson | website=WhatsOnStage.com | date=August 7, 2012 | url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/asmeret-ghebremichael-dreamgirls-lorrell-robinson_43190.html | accessdate=March 31, 2017}}</ref>


==Theatre credits==
==Theatre credits==
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|''[[Footloose (musical)|Footloose]]''
|''[[Footloose (musical)|Footloose]]''
|Rusty (u/s)/Wendy Jo (u/s)/Urleen (u/s)- (replacement)
|Rusty (u/s)/Wendy Jo (u/s)/Urleen (u/s)- (replacement)
|Broadway, Feb. 14 - Aug. 25, 1999<ref name="broadwayworld.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Asmeret-Ghebremichael/|title=Asmeret Ghebremichael Theatre Credits|work=broadwayworld.com|accessdate=2 November 2015}}</ref>
|Broadway, Feb 14 – August 25, 1999<ref name="broadwayworld.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Asmeret-Ghebremichael/|title=Asmeret Ghebremichael Theatre Credits|work=broadwayworld.com|accessdate=November 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2004
|2004
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|''[[Spamalot]]''
|''[[Spamalot]]''
|Minstrel- (replacement)
|Minstrel- (replacement)
|Broadway<ref name="playbillvault.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/103820/Asmeret-Ghebremichael|title=Asmeret Ghebremichael - Broadway Theatre Credits, Photos, Who's Who - Playbill Vault|work=playbillvault.com|accessdate=2 November 2015}}</ref>
|Broadway<ref name="playbillvault.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/103820/Asmeret-Ghebremichael|title=Asmeret Ghebremichael – Broadway Theatre Credits, Photos, Who's Who – Playbill Vault|work=playbillvault.com|accessdate=November 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|2007
|rowspan="2"|2007
|''[[In the Heights]]''
|''[[In the Heights]]''
|Ensemble
|Ensemble
|off-Broadway <ref name="broadwayworld.com"/>
|off-Broadway<ref name="broadwayworld.com"/>
|-
|-
|''[[Legally Blonde (musical)|Legally Blonde]]''
|''[[Legally Blonde (musical)|Legally Blonde]]''
|Pilar/Shandi (u/s)/Brooke Wyndham (u/s)
|Pilar/Shandi (u/s)/Brooke Wyndham (u/s)
|Broadway, Jul. 2, 2007 - Oct. 19, 2008
|Broadway, July 2, 2007 – October 19, 2008
|-
|-
|2010
|2010
|''[[Elf (musical)|Elf]]''
|''[[Elf (musical)|Elf]]''
|Shawanda
|Shawanda
|Broadway, Nov. 14, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011<ref name="playbillvault.com1">{{cite web|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/Whos_Who/103820/4230/Asmeret-Ghebremichael/Elf|title=Who's Who - Asmeret Ghebremichael in - Playbill Vault|work=playbillvault.com|accessdate=2 November 2015}}</ref>
|Broadway, November 14, 2010 – January 2, 2011<ref name="playbillvault.com1">{{cite web|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/Whos_Who/103820/4230/Asmeret-Ghebremichael/Elf |title=Who's Who – Asmeret Ghebremichael in – Playbill Vault |work=playbillvault.com |accessdate=November 2, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102030842/http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/Whos_Who/103820/4230/Asmeret-Ghebremichael/Elf |archivedate=November 2, 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|2011
|2011
|rowspan="2"|''[[The Book of Mormon (musical)|The Book of Mormon]]''
|rowspan="3"|''[[The Book of Mormon (musical)|The Book of Mormon]]''
|assistant dance captain/Nabulungi (u/s)
|assistant dance captain/Nabulungi (u/s)
|Broadway, Mar. 24, 2011 - Nov. 25, 2012
|Broadway, March 24, 2011 – November 25, 2012
|-
|-
|2013
|2013
|Nabulungi
|rowspan="2"|Nabulungi
|Broadway, Aug. 6 - Dec. 1, 2013<ref name="broadwayworld.com"/><ref name="playbillvault.com"/>
|Broadway, Aug 6 – December 1, 2013<ref name="broadwayworld.com"/><ref name="playbillvault.com"/>
|-
|2015
|West End, Nov. 2015–2016
|-
|2016
|''[[Sweet Charity]]''
|Nickie
|Off-Broadway, November 2, 2016 - January 8, 2017
|-
|2017
|''[[Dreamgirls]]''
|Lorrell Robinson
|West End, March 23, 2017 - January 12, 2019
|}
|}


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|-
|2008
|2008
|''[[Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods]]''
|''[[Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods]]''
|Self
|Self
|2 episodes
|2 episodes
|-
|-
|2010–14
|2010-14
|''[[Submissions Only]]''
|''[[Submissions Only]]''
|Raina Pearl
|Raina Pearl
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|Munchkin
|Munchkin
|TV movie
|TV movie
|-
|2022
|[[WeCrashed]]
|Renee
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|}
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|2014
|2014
|''Russian Broadway Shut Down''
|''Russian Broadway Shut Down''
|[[Lesbian]]
|Lesbian
|Short
|Short
|-
|-
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|''[[In the Heights]]''
|''[[In the Heights]]''
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
|-
|rowspan="2" |2017
|[[Lucille Lortel Awards]]
|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
|rowspan="2" |''[[Sweet Charity]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography|Chita Rivera Awards]]
|Outstanding Outstanding Female Dancer in an Off-Broadway Show
|{{nom}}
|}
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|nm2807361}}
* {{IMDb name|nm2807361}}
* {{IBDB name|391895}}
* [http://lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/27291 Asmeret Ghebremichael] at [[Internet Off-Broadway Database]]

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Latest revision as of 18:28, 23 May 2024

Asmeret Ghebremichael
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1999–present

Asmeret Ghebremichael is an American actress, director, and singer, known for her work in The Notebook, Submissions Only, and The Book of Mormon.

Early life and education

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Ghebremichael grew up in Churchill, Pennsylvania, with her parents and younger sister.[1] As a child, she trained in dance and musical theatre at the Abby Lee Dance Company and was taught by Abby Lee Miller.[2] Ghebremichael attended Woodland Hills High School[3] and earned a B.S. in communications from New York University.[4]

Career

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Ghebremichael made her Broadway debut in 1999, playing Rusty, Wendy Jo, Urleen, and the Ensemble (varying) in Footloose. She later appeared in the ensembles of Wicked and Spamalot (she also played the minstrel) on Broadway, as well as Lone Star Love and In the Heights (for which she won a Drama Desk Award) off-Broadway. In 2007, she played Pilar in Legally Blonde on Broadway. The show was filmed for TV, and in 2008 she began also understudying the roles of Shandi and Brooke Wyndham.

Ghebremichael also appeared on the reality competition show Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods twice. The show closed in 2008, and after appearing in the film Confessions of a Shopaholic, she began playing Raina Pearl in the web series Submissions Only. She also played Shawanda in the original Broadway cast of Elf: The Musical.

In 2011 she appeared in the ensemble of The Book of Mormon on Broadway. She later played Nabulungi on Broadway, and in the show's West End production, which she started in February 2016. In 2015, she appeared as a munchkin in The Wiz Live! on NBC. In 2017 she joined the West End cast of Dreamgirls as Lorrell Robinson.[5]

Theatre credits

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Year Show Role Notes
1999 Footloose Rusty (u/s)/Wendy Jo (u/s)/Urleen (u/s)- (replacement) Broadway, Feb 14 – August 25, 1999[6]
2004 Lone Star Love Ensemble off-Broadway
Unknown Wicked Ensemble- (replacement) Broadway
Spamalot Minstrel- (replacement) Broadway[7]
2007 In the Heights Ensemble off-Broadway[6]
Legally Blonde Pilar/Shandi (u/s)/Brooke Wyndham (u/s) Broadway, July 2, 2007 – October 19, 2008
2010 Elf Shawanda Broadway, November 14, 2010 – January 2, 2011[8]
2011 The Book of Mormon assistant dance captain/Nabulungi (u/s) Broadway, March 24, 2011 – November 25, 2012
2013 Nabulungi Broadway, Aug 6 – December 1, 2013[6][7]
2015 West End, Nov. 2015–2016
2016 Sweet Charity Nickie Off-Broadway, November 2, 2016 - January 8, 2017
2017 Dreamgirls Lorrell Robinson West End, March 23, 2017 - January 12, 2019

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Legally Blonde: The Musical Pilar Filmed stage production
2008 Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods Self 2 episodes
2010–14 Submissions Only Raina Pearl 14 episodes
2014 Los Feliz, 90027 Self unaired pilot
2015 Trevor Moore: High in Church Singer TV movie
The Adventures of Lillian Kate Alexi 3 episodes
The Wiz Live! Munchkin TV movie
2022 WeCrashed Renee

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 The Drummer Ivy Short
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Alette Receptionist
Red Hook Asmeret
2014 Russian Broadway Shut Down Lesbian Short
2015 Sad Studs Blood Donor Short

Discography

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Year Title Notes
2010 Elf (Original Broadway Cast Recording)[8] Featured vocals

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominee Result
2007 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Ensemble Performance In the Heights Won
2017 Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Sweet Charity Nominated
Chita Rivera Awards Outstanding Outstanding Female Dancer in an Off-Broadway Show Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Onofri, Adrienne (June 1, 2009). "GYPSY OF THE MONTH: Asmeret Ghebremichael of 'The Wiz'". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  2. ^ Ferri, Josh (October 10, 2012). "Dance Moms Diva Abby Lee Miller on Her 'Wonderful' Newsies Experience and What It Takes to Dance on Broadway". Broadway.com. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  3. ^ Eberson, Sharon (July 10, 2011). "Pittsburgh-area actresses share in 'Book of Mormon's' success". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  4. ^ Brunner, Jeryl (June 15, 2020). "How This Broadway Dynamo Found Her Power". Forbes. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  5. ^ Hewis, Ben (August 7, 2012). "Asmeret Ghebremichael joins cast of Dreamgirls as Lorrell Robinson". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Asmeret Ghebremichael Theatre Credits". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Asmeret Ghebremichael – Broadway Theatre Credits, Photos, Who's Who – Playbill Vault". playbillvault.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Who's Who – Asmeret Ghebremichael in – Playbill Vault". playbillvault.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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