Anika Larsen

Cambridge, Massachusetts native Anika Larsen grew up in a musical household, singing with her nine siblings at family Christmas parties. After majoring in theater at Yale, where she also sang in an a cappella group, she moved to New York City, where she made her Broadway debut in Rent in 2000. In the years that followed, she accumulated stage credits both on and off Broadway, including roles in Broadway's Xanadu and Avenue Q, and the production of a musical she wrote about her own childhood titled Shafrika, the White Girl. A Drama Desk Award winner and Tony Award nominee for h...