Tony Award winner Karen Olivo celebrates her birthday August 7.
Olivo made her Broadway debut in the original Broadway production of Rent, joining the company as ta swing and understudy for Mimi Marquez and Maureen Johnson. The actor would return to the Main Stem in the 2004 production of Brooklyn as Faith before originating the role of Vanessa in Lin-Manuel Miranda's In The Heights in 2008. Olivo would collaborate with Miranda again in the 2009 revival of West Side Story, earning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Anita.
Karen Olivo is currently starring as Satine in the musical adaptation of Moulin Rouge! at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
Flip through photos of her career below:
Karen Olivo in Brooklyn
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Eden Espinosa (front), Ramona Keller (back, left), Kevin Anderson, Karen Olivo, and Cleavant Derricks in Brooklyn
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Robin De Jesus, Karen Olivo and Lin-Manuel Miranda in In the Heights
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Andréa Burns, Robin de Jesús, Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olivo, and cast
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Andréa Burns, Karen Olivo, Mandy Gonzalez, and Janet Dacal in In the Heights
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Karen Olivo and company
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Karen Olivo and cast in West Side Story
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Karen Olivo, George Akram, and company in West Side Story
Karen Olivo and David Garrison in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Karen Olivo in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Rebecca Naomi Jones and Karen Olivo
Karen Olivo and John Ellison Conlee in Murder Ballad
Will Swenson and Karen Olivo in Murder Ballad
Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo
Karen Olivo in Tick, Tick... Boom!
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo
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Karen Olivo, Todd Almond, and Jabari Johnson in The Odyssey
Karen Olivo and Brandon Victor Dixon in The Odyssey
Karen Olivo and cast in The Odyssey
Karen Olivo, Ari Afsar, and Samantha Marie Ware in Hamilton in Chicago
Raúl Esparza and Karen Olivo in Chess
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Karen Olivo and ensemble in Chess
Karen Olivo in Moulin Rouge!
Matthew Murphy
Karen Olivo and Aaron Tveit in Moulin Rouge!
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Karen Olivo and Tam Mutu
