Alysha Umphress

Alysha Umphress

CountryUnited States United States
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BiographyAlysha Umphress is an American actor and vocalist from Concord, California. She graduated from the San Francisco School of the Arts and received a B.F.A. from Boston Conservatory before moving to New York City in 2004. She made her Broadway debut in 2010 as an ensemble member of American Idiot and has performed in venues around the country. Umphress has performed in concerts and cabarets at such venues as 54 Below, Green Room 42, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Classic Stage Company, and more. She has also appeared on multiple recordings.

In 2015, Umphress was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical (HAYES Production) Helen Hayes Award for her performance in Beaches at Signature Theatre. In 2019, she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Smokey Joe's Cafe at Stage 42. In 2023, Umphress was the grand prize winner of the American Traditions Vocal Collection Competition. She has been announced as a vocalist on the upcoming concept album of the new musical The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul.

In 2018, New York Times critic Laura Collins-Hughes mentioned Alysha's body in her review of Smokey Joe's Cafe, igniting criticism online. Alysha responded on Twitter by calling Collins-Hughes' writing "full on mean girl" and calling for a celebration of diversity in the arts.

Umphress met Cody Williams while working on a workshop of On The Town and they started dating in 2013. They were married in November 2017.

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