Patti Murin


Patti Murin is an American actress, singer and dancer. On Broadway, she has originated the title role in Lysistrata Jones and Princess Anna in Frozen. She also had a recurring role as Dr. Nina Shore in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med from 2016 to 2019.

Early life

Murin was born and raised in Hopewell Junction, New York, and attended Syracuse University, where she majored in musical theatre.

Career

Murin began her career in regional theatre, playing Polly in Crazy for You in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Her Off-Broadway debut was in 2005 in the staged concert of the Elizabeth Diggs-Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt stage musical Mirette with York Theatre Company. She next played Belle in a national tour of Beauty and the Beast and Donna George in 2007 as a swing and then understudy. In her next Broadway appearance, she originated the title role in Lysistrata Jones in 2012. Among other roles in regional and other stage productions, she played Glinda in the first national tour of Wicked. She played pathologist Nina Shore on the NBC medical drama television series Chicago Med, which she joined in 2016 and left in 2017.
Murin played Princess Anna in the musical Frozen which opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre in March 2018. Murin participated in the development of the musical, performing as Anna during the table reads, workshops, and lab productions, and also played Anna during the musical's 2017 out of town tryout at the Buell Theatre in Denver, Colorado. Murin played her final performance in the role on February 16, 2020.
She appears in the Hallmark Channel film Love on Iceland with her husband Colin Donnell, which aired in January 2020.

Personal life

On June 19, 2015, Murin married her Love's Labour's Lost co-star Colin Donnell in New York City. On February 2020, the couple said they were expecting their first child together, a girl, in July. Their daughter, Cecily Philips, was born on July 14, 2020.

Credits

Television

Theatre

Sources:
YearProductionRoleLocationCategory
2002Crazy for YouPolly BakerBroward Stage Door TheatreRegional
2003How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingRosemary PilkingtonBroward Stage Door TheatreRegional
2003ParadeMrs. Frances PhaganBroward Stage Door TheatreRegional
2004Annie Get Your GunAnnie OakleyBroward Stage Door TheatreRegional
2005PrincessesTam / Annabelle5th Avenue TheatreOut of town tryout
2005MiretteEnsembleYork Theatre CompanyOff-Broadway
2006Beauty and the BeastBelleVariousAmerican Tour
2007XanaduSwing Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway
2007XanaduEuterpe, Siren, '40s Singer, Thetis Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway
2007XanaduDance Captain Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway
2010Give It Up!Lysistrata JonesDallas Theater CenterRegional
2011Lysistrata JonesLysistrata JonesTransport Group Theatre CompanyOff-Broadway
2011The Little MermaidPrincess ArielThe MunyRegional
2011Lysistrata JonesLysistrata JonesWalter Kerr TheatreBroadway
2012–13WickedGlinda VariousFirst National Tour
2013Love's Labour's LostPrincessDelacorte TheaterShakespeare in the Park
2014Fly By NightDaphnePlaywrights HorizonsOff-Broadway
2014Holiday InnLinda MasonGoodspeed Opera HouseRegional
2015Lady, Be GoodSusie TrevorNew York City CenterEncores!
2015Holiday InnLinda MasonThe MunyRegional
2016NerdsSallyLongacre TheatreBroadway
2017FrozenPrincess AnnaBuell TheatreOut of town tryout
2018-2020FrozenPrincess AnnaSt. James TheatreBroadway
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