Vicki Lewis

Lewis was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio,{{Cite news|title=Onstage: 'Gypsy' in her soul: Vicki Lewis taps her inner fire to play the formidable Mama Rose|author=Reid, Dixie|date=July 13, 2008|work=McClatchy - Tribune Business News|page=2|quote='Gypsy' marks Lewis' Music Circus debut. [..] Lewis was born and raised in Cincinnati. She lived in New York City for 13 years and made her Broadway debut in 'Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?' in 1982. The show ran for five performances over four days before it closed. She continued to work in the theater before auditioning in New York for director James L. Brooks, who was casting singers for his 1994 movie musical 'I'll Do Anything,' starring Nolte and Albert Brooks. Lewis landed a role and moved to Los Angeles. She lived on one coast or the other over the next several years, as TV, movie and Broadway roles came her way. She now has a home in Marina del Rey, and she's thrilled to be back on stage, and singing.|id={{ProQuest|464722023}}}} the daughter of Jim (1932–2023) and Marlene Lewis.Paeth, Greg (December 17, 1997). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/130328526/ "Movies, National Anthem Keeping Vicki Lewis Busy"]. Cincinnati Post. p. 41. Retrieved August 20, 2023. Her father was air traffic supervisor who served in the U.S. Air Force and her mother was a nursing administrator.https://www.thelegacymemorialfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-Vernon-Lewis-Jr?obId=29521058 She also has a sister, Denise.

After graduating from Anderson High School in Cincinnati in 1978, she studied musical theater at the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music.{{cite book| page = 325|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=470x9np3GMMC&q=jason+graae&pg=PA325|quote = Alumni continue to hold key positions in the performing and media arts. Numbered among them are ... Vicki Lewis ...|chapter = University of Cincinnati College—Conservatory of Music|title = College Guide for Performing Arts Majors: The Real-World Admission Guide for Dance, Music, and Theater Majors|first = Carole J.|last = Everett|year = 2009|isbn = 9780768926989| publisher = Peterson's}} After receiving her diploma she moved to New York City. She proceeded to work in various on and off-Broadway shows.{{Citation needed |date=March 2023}}

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Lewis's film appearances include roles in Finding Nemo, Finding Dory, Mouse Hunt, Godzilla, Pushing Tin, Breakfast Of Champions, The Ugly Truth and I’ll Do Anything.

On television, Lewis starred as Beth in the critically acclaimed series NewsRadio for five seasons on NBC, followed by Three Sisters also for NBC. Her prolific television career has included roles on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, Bones, How I Met Your Mother, The Goldbergs, See Dad Run, Dirt, Seinfeld, Doll And Em, Murphy Brown, Home Improvement, Caroline in the City, The Norm Show, Grace Under Fire, Phenom, The 5 Mrs. Buchanans, Surviving Suburbia, Disney Channel's Sonny with a Chance, The Middle, Making History, Still the King, Angie Tribeca and The Blacklist.

She has voiced a myriad of characters for animated projects including Deb and Flo in Pixar’s Blockbuster Finding Nemo and the sequel Finding Dory. She voiced Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman ,Justice League Heroes, Rugrats Pre-School Daze, Rugrats, King of the Hill, Hercules, An Extremely Goofy Movie, Ben Ten, King Of The Hill, Phineas and Ferb, Justice League: The New Frontier, Alpha and Omega and its sequel.{{cite web |title=Front and back of Alpha and Omega 2 DVD case |url=http://dvd.box.sk/newsimg/dvdmov/max1386516957-frontback-cover.jpg |publisher=DVD Box |access-date=August 21, 2014}}

Lewis starred on broadway as Countess Lili in Darko Tresnick’s production of Anastasia, as Velma Kelly in Chicago, as Gloria Thorpe in Damn Yankees and Mary Warren in The Crucible at The Roundabout theatre. She performed as a soloist with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Pal Joey for City Center Encores.

Most recently she starred as Maria Callas in Terrance McNally’s Masterclass at The Bay Street theatre-directed by Lisa Peterson. She performed six roles in the original off broadway production of Between The Lines for which she was nominated for the Outer Critic’s Circle Award. Also off broadway; I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?, Snoopy!!! . Lewis won the 2007 Ovation Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the world premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's Hotel C'est L'amour.

Her debut solo album East of Midnight was released in May 2010. The eclectic rock album has songs penned by Lewis as well as three cover songs. Lewis considered the writing to be "dauntingly destructive and spiritually bereft. Locked in my office in Malibu, California I wrote what would become a self-fulfilling prophecy – it would also prove to be the making of me."{{Cite AV media notes |title=East of Midnight |year=2010 |url= https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/VickiLewis |first=Vicki |last=Lewis |page=Liner Notes |no-pp=y |type=CD/album |publisher=Betting On the Muse |id=250385 |location=USA}}

In 2018, she starred on Broadway as Countess Lily in Anastasia, directed by Darko Tresnjak. She played Ms. Winx/Mrs. Brown/Kyrie/Jessamyn Jacobs/Lady in Waiting in Between the Lines Off-Broadway in 2022. she was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle award for her performance. In 2024 she starred as Maria Callas in Masterclass directed by Lisa Peterson at The Bay Street Theatre.

Lewis was in a long-term relationship with Nick Nolte.{{cite magazine |last=Voll|first=Daniel|title=Nick Nolte Has a Drawer Full of Tourniquets |date=January 29, 2007|magazine=Esquire| url= http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a283/esq1099-oct-nolte/| access-date=June 6, 2015}} The two met during the filming of I'll Do Anything. She is married to sound designer Philip G. Allen.{{cite web | url= https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018754/bio | title= Vicki Lewis Biography| work= Yahoo! Movies| accessdate= February 25, 2016}}

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