Veanne Cox


Veanne Cox is an Emmy and Tony-nominated American stage and screen actress and former ballet dancer.

Early life

Cox was born in Norfolk, Virginia. She is a 1981 graduate of Manchester High School in Chesterfield, Virginia. She studied ballet at the Washington School of Ballet, acting at the Studio Theatre and voice at The [Catholic University of America|Catholic University of America].

Career

Her Broadway debut was in the Marvin Hamlisch musical Smile in 1986 as Sandra-Kay Macaffee. She appeared in the Roundabout Theatre revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company in 1995 as "Amy", for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actress in a Musical. She appeared in The Public Theater and the Broadway productions of Caroline, or Change as Rose Stopnick Gellman.
Cox appeared in the made-for-television movie Cinderella as one of the stepsisters, and appeared in Erin Brockovich as Theresa Dallavale.
She has appeared in episodes of many television series, such as Seinfeld, Blue Bloods in 2016, and Odd Mom Out.
She starred in the Guthrie Theatre production of Private Lives as Amanda in 2007.

Selected stage credits

Summer Stock — Goodspeed Opera House — 2023The Music Man — Kennedy Center — 2019An [American in Paris (musical)|An American in Paris] — Palace Theatre — 2015La Cage aux Folles — Broadway revival — 2010The Beaux' Stratagem — The Shakespeare Theatre — 2006The Wooden Breeks — Lucille Lortel Theatre — 2006Caroline, or Change — Eugene O'Neill Theater – 2004House/''Garden — Manhattan Theatre Club — 2002