Veanne Cox (born January 19, 1963) is an Emmy and Tony-nominated American stage and screen actress and former ballet dancer.
Early life Cox was born in Norfolk, Virginia. She is a 1981 graduate of Manchester High School in Chesterfield, Virginia. She studied ballet at the Washington School of Ballet, acting at the Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.) and voice at Catholic University of America.Horwitz, Jane. "Veanne Cox, Time Traveler" Washington Post, November 21, 2006
Career Her Broadway debut was in the Marvin Hamlisch musical Smile in 1986 as Sandra-Kay Macaffee." Smile on Broadway" Playbill, retrieved September 26, 2017 She appeared in the Roundabout Theatre revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company in 1995 as "Amy", for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actress in a Musical." Company Broadway" Playbill, retrieved September 26, 2017 She appeared in The Public Theater (2003) and the Broadway productions of Caroline, or Change (2004) as Rose Stopnick Gellman." Caroline, or Change Broadway" Playbill, retrieved September 26, 2017
Cox appeared in the made-for-television movie Cinderella (1997) as one of the stepsisters,Cinderella tcm.com, retrieved September 26, 2017 and appeared in Erin Brockovich as Theresa Dallavale.Erin Brockovich tcm.com, retrieved September 26, 2017
She has appeared in episodes of many television series, such as Seinfeld (playing Toby in the episode The Fire), Blue Bloods in 2016," 'Blue Bloods', November 11, 2016, CBS" thefutoncritic.com, retrieved September 27, 2017 and Odd Mom Out." 'Odd Mom Out' Cast" hollywood.com, September 27, 2017
She starred in the Guthrie Theatre production of Private Lives as Amanda in 2007."Playbill News: Veanne Cox to Star in Guthrie Private Lives ", Playbill, accessed June 16, 2017
Selected stage credits Summer Stock — Goodspeed Opera House — 2023 The Music Man — Kennedy Center — 2019 An American in Paris — Palace Theatre — 2015 La Cage aux Folles — Broadway revival — 2010 The Beaux' Stratagem — The Shakespeare Theatre — 2006 The Wooden Breeks — Lucille Lortel Theatre — 2006 Caroline, or Change — Eugene O'Neill Theater – 2004 House/Garden — Manhattan Theatre Club — 2002Jones, Kenneth. "Colin, Cox, Countryman and Gerroll Roam MTC's 'House & Garden' " Playbill, March 19, 2002 The Dinner Party - Music Box Theatre NYC - 2001 The Altruists — Vineyard Theatre — 2000Sommer, Elyse. "A CurtainUp Review 'The Altruists' " curtainup.com, March 2, 2000 Company — Roundabout Theatre — 1995
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1982BristlelipHaughty PrincessShort1989Miss FirecrackerTessy Mahoney1997Henry FoolLaura1997 CinderellaCalliopeTV movie1998Dangerous PropositionEryn1998You've Got MailMiranda Margulies2000Erin BrockovichTheresa Dallavale2000Big EdenMary Margaret Bishop2001Beethoven's 4thMartha SedgewickVideo2002Two Weeks NoticeMelanie Corman2003Marci XCaitlin Mellowitz2004Our Italian HusbandSonya2006Lenora2006Out ThereMaggie2008Sex and the CityHalloween Woman #12009Haley2014Aunt Elizabeth2014Clara Foss2016Little BoxesSarita2017Stay at Home DadMarjorieVideo short, completed2018 Radium GirlsDr. Katherine Drinker2025A King's CurtainKimShort
Television Year Title Role Notes1984ABC Afterschool SpecialRobin Miller"Out of Step"1994Alice Jean"George Expresses Himself"1994Island CityHelenTV film1994SeinfeldToby"The Fire"1994Love & WarEllen"A Lonely Nation Turns Its Eyes to You"1994Katie"Nothing on Delilah"1995Hope and GloriaMary"Falling in Bed Again"1995Pride & JoyLisa"Are You My Mother?"1997CinderellaCalliopeTV film1998Caroline in the CityAlice"Caroline and the Big Night"1999Judy"My Name Is Norm"2000Madigan MenSandy Whitlow"Love's Labor Lost"2001One Life to LiveMelissa MillerTV series2002Rachel Kane"Money Changes Everything"2002Law & Order: Criminal IntentMartha Strick"Maledictus"2003Judging AmyMrs. Margolis"Picture of Perfect"2004My Sexiest MistakeKristenTV film2005Joan of ArcadiaPersonable Woman God"The Rise & Fall of Joan Girardi"2005CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationFaith Hollis"Unbearable"2006NumbersTrish Schane"Rampage"2007Boston LegalDr. Kathleen Ryan"Duck and Cover"2007Side Order of LifeCelia Larabee"Whose Sperm Is It Anyway?"2009Law & OrderMs. Barsett"Rapture"2009Royal PainsLois"No Man Is an Island"2011LouieEllie Bormer"Halloween/Ellie"2011Pan AmMiss Havemeyer"Pilot", "We'll Always Have Paris", "The Genuine Article"2012Law & Order: Special Victims UnitACS Case Worker"Child's Welfare"2013SmashActress"The Read-Through", "The Fringe", "Musical Chairs"20142 Broke GirlsAmy"And the Not Broke Parents"2016Odd Mom OutTrixie"The High Road"2016Blue BloodsCamilla Lawson"Personal Business"2017Incorporated"Burning Platform", "Golden Parachute"2019NCIS: New Orleans Parker"X", "Crab Mentality", "The River Styx, Part II"2019–2023The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Corinne4 episodes2020New AmsterdamDebra Keating"In the Graveyard"2020TommyJane"Lifetime Achievement"2024Only Murders in the BuildingDr. Maggie"The Stunt Man"2026Widow's BayAbigail Stevens"Our History"
References
External links
Theatre Mania article, October 27, 2005 Diva Talk:Playbill June 18, 2004