Elena Shaddow


Elena Shaddow is an American singer and actress. She is originally from Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

Biography

Shaddow attended New York University, graduating with a music degree.
She has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally, in national tours, and in London.
Her Broadway credits include Les Misérables, Sweet Smell of Success, Nine, Fiddler on the Roof, The Woman in White and The Visit.
She has performed twice at the Tony Awards, on The Today Show, and on The Rosie O'Donnell Show. She can be heard on the recordings of Illyria, Carols for a Cure, the new Broadway cast recording of Nine, the original cast recording of The Water Coolers, and on the original cast recording of Sweet Smell of Success.
She has been nominated twice for a Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress, once for her work in Senor Discretion Himself at Arena Stage and once for the national tour of The Light in the Piazza.
She starred as Anne Dindon in the 2010 Tony-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles in 2010-2011. In August 2013, she was in the world premiere of Jason Robert Brown's new musical, The Bridges of Madison County at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, starring alongside Steven Pasquale.

Tours

She toured as Clara Johnson in Adam Guettel's The Light in the Piazza in the 2006 US national tour before leaving in 2007 and being replaced by Katie Rose Clarke. She toured as Anna in the US tour of the Lincoln Center production of The King and I in 2018.

Personal

Shaddow and Michael Harrington were married on October 24, 2004. The two met as students at New York University. Their child, a girl was born in 2008.

Career

;Broadway
Source: Playbiill
;National Tour
;London
;Off-Broadway
;Regional
;Readings/Workshops
;Concert
;University