Mandy Bruno
Encyclopedia
Mandy Bruno is an American Emmy
-nominated actress.
on Guiding Light
from May 2004 to September 2009 and received her first nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award
in 2006 for Outstanding Younger Actress.
Bruno has a BFA
in Theater from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio
and was hired straight out of college for the role of Marina.
She also previously made headlines when, while attending Jesuit High School, a Catholic school in Portland, Oregon
, the school's administration did not allow her to appear in the title role of the school's production of Jesus Christ Superstar
. The story garnered national media attention. Mandy eventually appeared in the production in the role of Pilate.
Bruno performed the role of Eponine in the Broadway
revival of Les Misérables
at the Broadhurst Theater from April 24, 2007, through June 17, 2007.
co-star Robert Bogue
on March 26, 2011.
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
-nominated actress.
Career
She has been playing the role of Marina CooperMarina Cooper
Marina Nadine Lewis is a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light. The character is the only child of police chief, Frank Cooper, and ex-wife, Eleni Andros and was born on-screen on May 8, 1993. In December 2001, her birth year was SORASed to the early 1980s...
on Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
from May 2004 to September 2009 and received her first nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
in 2006 for Outstanding Younger Actress.
Bruno has a BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
in Theater from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio
Westerville, Ohio
Westerville, once known as "The Dry Capital of the World", is a city in Franklin and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 35,318 at the 2000 census.-Early history:...
and was hired straight out of college for the role of Marina.
She also previously made headlines when, while attending Jesuit High School, a Catholic school in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, the school's administration did not allow her to appear in the title role of the school's production of Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
. The story garnered national media attention. Mandy eventually appeared in the production in the role of Pilate.
Bruno performed the role of Eponine in the Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
revival of Les Misérables
Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
at the Broadhurst Theater from April 24, 2007, through June 17, 2007.
Personal life
Mandy married her former Guiding LightGuiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
co-star Robert Bogue
Robert Bogue
Robert Timothy Bogue is an Americanactor, who played A.C. Mallet on Guiding Light from 2007 until the soap's ending in 2009....
on March 26, 2011.
External links
- Mandy Bruno at the IMDB