Adina Verson (born September 29, 1983)Profile, imdb.com. Accessed April 27, 2026. is an American actor who may be best known for their television role of "Poppy White", assistant of Tina Fey's character (Cinda Canning), in Only Murders in the Building. Primarily a stage actor, their Broadway debut was in Indecent, which ran for two years starting in 2017.
Biography Verson grew up in the Midwest in a reform Jewish home. They graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2001, which inspired them to pursue a BFA in musical theater from the Boston Conservatory. They then received their MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama. In 2017, Verson appeared in Indecent on Broadway, playing Madje, Reine, and Virginia during the show's two-year run. They played Ali Pfefferman in the A Transparent Musical, based on the Amazon Prime show Transparent, which premiered in May 2023 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. The show is planned to open on Broadway in 2024. They were one of the co-founders of the Old Sound Room theater company, which is made up of Yale School of Drama alumni.
Verson auditioned for the role Cinda Canning on Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, a character written for Tina Fey, during the COVID-19 pandemic. When Fey confirmed she was available to play Cinda, the role of Poppy White was written for Verson. Verson has also worked as an audiobook narrator for Penguin Random House.
Personal life Though Verson's gender identity had been developing prior to joining the cast of Indecent, the play helped them "realize that [they] don't identify with being a woman, and [they] don't identify with being a lesbian". They are married to Michael McQuilken; the couple has one child. Their pronouns are they/she.
Selected performances Stage Year Title Role Notes Ref 2013 Old Sound Room Lear With the Old Sound Room company 2014 As You Like It Celia With the Shakespeare Theatre Company 2018 Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties Betty 2 MCC Theater The Lucky Ones Emma Ars Nova 2017–2019 Indecent Madje, Reine, and Virginia Broadway debut 2019 Wives Wife 2 Playwrights Horizons 2023 A Transparent Musical Ali Pfefferman Center Theater Group 2025 Liberation Susan Roundabout Theatre Company
Television Year Title Role Ref 2014 Deadbeat Waitress 2014–2015 The Strain Miriam Setrakian 2017 Wormwood Cocktail waitress 2016–2018 Mozart in the Jungle Maria Anna Mozart 2020 New Amsterdam Dr. Tabitha Park 2021–2022 Only Murders in the Building Poppy White 2023 And Just Like That... Laurel
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