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Betsy Wolfe (born Elizabeth Marie Wolfe; June 1, 1982) is an American actress, singer, and entrepreneur.
Wolfe starred in the Broadway theatre musical & Juliet as Anne Hathaway, a performance for which she was nominated for the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her previous Broadway credits include: 110 in the Shade (2007), Everyday Rapture (2009-2010), Rosa Bud in Drood (2012–13), Ellen in Bullets Over Broadway (2014), Cordelia in Falsettos (2016–17), and Jenna Hunterson in Waitress (2017–18). She also starred as Cathy Hiatt in the 2013 off-Broadway revival of The Last Five Years. She’s currently starring in the Broadway production of Death Becomes Her as Madeline Ashton.
In 2020, Wolfe starred in the holiday film Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol With A Twist. She can be seen in the indie feature First One In, and had a guest starring role on the CBS series Instinct.
Wolfe co-founded BroadwayEvolved, a musical theatre training program for students.
Wolfe starred as Cathy in the Off-Broadway revival of The Last Five Years, which ran at the Second Stage Theater from March 7, 2013 (previews), to May 18, 2013. Charles Isherwood, in his review in The New York Times, wrote that Wolfe has "a bright, strong soprano with a keen belt. With her wholesome blond beauty she is well cast."
In 2014 she appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's musical Bullets Over Broadway as Ellen. The CurtainUp reviewer wrote: "Betsy Wolfe also has little to do as David's girlfriend Ellen but, like Ziemba, when she does get to sing it's lovely."
She appeared in Up Here, a new musical written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, at the La Jolla Playhouse in July 2015. The Variety reviewer noted that Wolfe "is charming in her role and even sings the hell out of such banalities as 'I feel like I've always known you.'"
In May 2016, Wolfe played Elsa in the lab production of Disney's Frozen.
She appeared in a reading of a new musical titled Flying Over Sunset by James Lapine (book and director), Tom Kitt (score) and Michael Korie (lyrics). The reading took place at the Vineyard Arts Project in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on July 29, 2016, with additional cast members Marin Mazzie and Boyd Gaines.
Wolfe played Cordelia in the Broadway revival of Falsettos, which ran from September 29, 2016 (previews), to January 8, 2017. She joined the cast of Waitress on Broadway on June 13, 2017, in the role of Jenna. Wolfe left the role on January 9, 2018.
In February 2018, Wolfe and Cynthia Rose announced that they would be founding a company, BroadwayEvolved, to give workshops and masterclasses to young actors.
In June 2018, she played Rosemary Pilkington for a limited engagement of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., alongside Michael Urie, John Bolton, John Michael Higgins and Skylar Astin.
In 2020, Wolfe appeared as Bonnie in the musical podcast Propaganda!
She starred as Anne Hathaway in the new Broadway musical & Juliet at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Wolfe played her final performance as Anne on October 20, 2024.
On January 16, 2026, she joined the cast of Death Becomes Her as Madeline Ashton on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.de Forest, Jonah Anything for the Vlog! Betsy Wolfe to Take Viewers Behind the Violet Curtain of Death Becomes Her on Broadway Broadway.com, January 13, 2026Culwell-Block, Logan Betsy Wolfe Joins Death Becomes Her on Broadway Beginning January 16 Playbill, January 16, 2026
Wolfe appeared in the Metropolitan Opera production of Die Fledermaus as Ida, with a new book by Douglas Carter Beane. The opera, which also starred Paulo Szot as Dr. Falke and Danny Burstein as Frosch, opened on December 31, 2013. In November 2017 Wolfe performed at the Houston symphony with Jeremy Jordan.
| 2005 | Ragtime | Evelyn Nesbit | Paper Mill Playhouse | Regional |
| A Wonderful Life | Ensemble | Shubert Theatre | Actors Fund of America Staged Concert | |
| 2006 | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Rona Lisa Peretti | San Francisco Playhouse | Regional |
| Wilbur Theatre | ||||
| 2007 | Ace | Louise | Old Globe Theatre | |
| 110 in the Shade | Katheryn Brawner | Studio 54 | Broadway theatre | |
| 2008 | Camelot | Ensemble | Lincoln Center | New York Philharmonic Concert |
| 2009 | Everyday Rapture | Mennonette | Second Stage Theatre | Off-Broadway |
| 2010 | American Airlines Theatre | Broadway | ||
| 2011 | Tales of the City | Mary Ann Singleton | American Conservatory Theater | Regional |
| The Boys from Syracuse | Luciana | Sidney Harman Hall, Washington, DC | ||
| 2012 | Merrily We Roll Along | Beth | New York City Center | Encores! Concert Production |
| Voice 1 | Galapagos Art Space | Off-Broadway | ||
| 2012-2013 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Rosa Bud/Miss Deirdre Peregrine | Studio 54 | Broadway |
| 2013 | The Last Five Years | Cathy Hiatt | Second Stage Theatre | Off-Broadway |
| The Pirates of Penzance | Edith | Delacorte Theatre | Concert | |
| Red Eye of Love | Selma Chargesse | Waterman's Community Center | Regional | |
| 2014 | Bullets Over Broadway | Ellen | St. James Theatre | Broadway |
| 2015 | The Music Man | Marian Paroo | Cincinnati Music Hall | Concert |
| Up Here | Lindsay | La Jolla Playhouse | Regional | |
| The Pirates of Penzance | Edith | New York City Center | Off-Broadway | |
| 2016 | Frozen | Elsa | Unknown | Workshop |
| Flying Over Sunset | Unknown | Staged Reading | ||
| 2016-2017 | Falsettos | Cordelia | Walter Kerr Theatre | Broadway |
| 2017 | The Last Five Years | Cathy Hiatt | Colony Theatre | Concert |
| 2017–2018 | Waitress | Jenna Hunterson | Brooks Atkinson Theatre | Broadway |
| 2018 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Rosemary Pilkington | Kennedy Center | Regional |
| 2019 | High Button Shoes | Sara Longstreet | New York City Center | Encores! Concert Production |
| 2022 | & Juliet | Anne Hathaway / April | Princess of Wales Theatre | Toronto - North American Premiere |
| 2022-2024 | Stephen Sondheim Theatre | Broadway | ||
| 2025 | Joy | Joy Mangano | Laura Pels Theatre | Off-Broadway |
| 2026 | Death Becomes Her | Madeline Ashton | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | Broadway |
Sources: "Betsy Wolfe" Playbill "Betsy Wolf Credits" ibdb.com "Betsy Wolfe Bio" broadwayworld.com www.35mmthemusical.com
| 2014 | The Last Five Years | Former Stripper | Uncredited |
| 2020 | First One In | Grace | |
| 2020 | Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol With A Twist | Estella Scrooge | |
| 2021 | Tales of the City | Mary Ann Singleton |
| 2008 | Live from Lincoln Center | Ensemble | Episode: "Camelot" | |
| 2017 | Cordelia | Episode: "Falsettos" | ||
| 2019 | Instinct | Ella Betts | Episode: "204" |
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| 2023 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | & Juliet | |
| Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | |||
| Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical |
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