Name |
Jennifer Cody |
Height |
|
Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
27-February-1975 |
Place of Birth |
United States |
Famous for |
Acting |
Jennifer Cody is an American dancer and actress. Cody's career began on the road as Dainty June in the touring production of Gypsy. She then began her lengthy career on the Broadway stage as a replacement in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats in the role of Rumpleteazer (after touring with the production). Her stage career continued to grow when she was featured in Grease as Cha-Cha, Beauty and the Beast as a Silly Girl, Seussical (opposite Rosie O'Donnell), The Pajama Game, Urinetown, Taboo. She recently starred as the Shoemaker's Elf, among other characters, in the original Broadway cast of Shrek the Musical, opposite sister-in-law Sutton Foster. Opening Night took place December 14, 2008. She played in the company for nine months, from when previews began in November 2008 through August 2009.
Cody played Little Sally, and Don Richard played Officer Lockstock in Urinetown, the Musical. Cody and Richard usually appear at such events as Rosie Live and the Annual Easter Bonnet Competition. She is best known for her role as Charlotte in The Princess and the Frog. Cody has also been a part of Broadway Bares, a benefit show to raise money and awareness for BC/EFA. Cody was seen as Linda Lou in the Actor's Fund Benefit production of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Cody voiced Charlotte La Bouff in the Disney film The Princess and the Frog. Cody was featured on the Law and Order episode "Crimebusters" as Vicki Saunders, a beauty shop associate. Cody was a series regular on the short-lived Untitled Paul Reiser Project, playing the sassy secretary and friend Clarissa. She also does the voice of Darcy on the Nickelodeon version of Winx Club. Cody's voice can be heard on the cast albums of The Pajama Game, with Harry Connick Jr. and Kelli O'Hara, Shrek the Musical with Sutton Foster and Brian d'Arcy James, Lippa's The Wild Party, Taboo, Seussical, and Vincent Youmans's Through The Years.