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Julia Kathleen Murney (born January 14, 1969) is an American actress and singer, primarily featured in theatre and television commercial voice-overs. Up until 2005, she was commonly known as the Broadway actress who had technically never appeared on Broadway. This was due to the fact that her notoriety came mostly from her performances on the Broadway charity circuit, and not traditional Broadway productions.

Biography

Murney's Off-Broadway theatrical credits include originating the role of 'Queenie' in Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party at the Manhattan Theatre Club, opposite Brian d'Arcy James, Idina Menzel, and Taye Diggs, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She was also seen in The Vagina Monologues, Crimes of the Heart, A Class Act, Time and Again, and First Lady Suite. She appeared in a musical version of the film Saved at the Playwrights Horizons Theatre, which had previews starting from May 9, and an opening on June 3, 2008. In August 2008, Murney portrayed the title role of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita at Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento. [1

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Murney made her debut on Broadway in 2005, in the short-lived musical Lennon. She was also seen in the Actors' Fund benefit concerts of Funny Girl, Chess, Hair, and the World AIDS Day Benefit Concert Pippin. She has also been featured on television in Sex and the City, Ed, NYPD Blue, and various episodes of Law & Order.

Murney starred as Elphaba in the national touring company of the musical Wicked. She replaced Stephanie J. Block on March 8, 2006 and left the National Tour on September 3, 2006 replaced by Shoshana Bean. In that role, she won an Acclaim Award from the Cincinnati Enquirer for leading performer in a musical. She then reprised the role as Elphaba in the Broadway production from January 9, 2007, replacing Ana Gasteyer. She played her final performance October 7, 2007, and was replaced by Stephanie J. Block.

Her debut solo album, I'm Not Waiting, was released in May 2006 on the Sh-K-Boom Records label. The album's title song was written especially for her by Andrew Lippa, with whom she has a strong artistic relationship. Murney also sings a jazz acoustic version of the song "I'm Not That Girl" from Wicked. She can also be heard on the original cast albums of The Wild Party and A Class Act, and the Actors' Fund recording of Hair.

Julia did multiple voiceovers for various advertisements.

Daughter of actor Christoper Murney and Anne Murney, Julia was named for the song "Julia" from The Beatles White Album.

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 ==Biography==
-Murney's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-Broadway Off-Broadway] theatrical credits include originating the role of 'Queenie' in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lippa Andrew Lippa]'s ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Party_%28Lippa_musical%29 The Wild Party]'' at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Theatre_Club Manhattan Theatre Club], opposite [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_d%27Arcy_James Brian d'Arcy James], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idina_Menzel Idina Menzel], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taye_Diggs Taye Diggs], for which she was nominated for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award Drama Desk Award]. She was also seen in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vagina_Monologues The Vagina Monologues]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_of_the_Heart Crimes of the Heart]'', ''A Class Act'', ''Time and Again'', and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady_Suite First Lady Suite]''. She appeared in a musical version of the film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saved_%28film%29 Saved]'' at the Playwrights Horizons Theatre, which had previews starting from May 9, and an opening on June 3, 2008. In August 2008, Murney portrayed the title role of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evita_%28musical%29 Evita]'' at Wells Fargo Pavilion in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento Sacramento]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Murney#cite_note-0 [ 1 ]]
+Murney's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-Broadway Off-Broadway] theatrical credits include originating the role of 'Queenie' in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lippa Andrew Lippa]'s ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Party_%28Lippa_musical%29 The Wild Party]'' at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Theatre_Club Manhattan Theatre Club], opposite [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_d%27Arcy_James Brian d'Arcy James], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idina_Menzel Idina Menzel], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taye_Diggs Taye Diggs], for which she was nominated for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award Drama Desk Award]. She was also seen in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vagina_Monologues The Vagina Monologues]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_of_the_Heart Crimes of the Heart]'', ''A Class Act'', ''Time and Again'', and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady_Suite First Lady Suite]''. She appeared in a musical version of the film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saved_%28film%29 Saved]'' at the Playwrights Horizons Theatre, which had previews starting from May 9, and an opening on June 3, 2008. In August 2008, Murney portrayed the title role of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evita_%28musical%29 Evita]'' at Wells Fargo Pavilion in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento Sacramento]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Murney#cite_note-0 [1]
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 Her debut solo album, ''I'm Not Waiting'', was released in May 2006 on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh-K-Boom_Records Sh-K-Boom Records] label. The album's title song was written especially for her by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lippa Andrew Lippa], with whom she has a strong artistic relationship. Murney also sings a jazz acoustic version of the song "I'm Not That Girl" from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_%28musical%29 Wicked]''. She can also be heard on the original cast albums of ''The Wild Party'' and ''A Class Act'', and the Actors' Fund recording of ''Hair''.
+Julia did multiple voiceovers for various advertisements.
 Daughter of actor Christoper Murney and Anne Murney, Julia was named for the song "Julia" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles The Beatles] ''White Album''.
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+More Content ==
+* Listen to Julia Murney talk with hosts of [https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/podcast/broadwaysted/ Broadwaysted] in a podcast episode about her career and more [https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/broadwaysted/episode-226-julia-murney-gets-broadwaysted/ here]!
+==Gallery==
+<gallery widths="185">
+Julia Murney sound check.jpeg
+Julia Murney Diamondbacks game.jpeg
+Julia Murney Elphaba Defying Gravity 02.jpeg
+Julia Murney Mets Game National Anthem.jpeg
+Julia Murney, Jimmy Cortés, Chris Clark, & Kathe Mull Green backstage.jpeg
+Gregory Maguire Elphaba Julia Murney Glinda Kendra Kassebaum New York Times.jpeg
+Elphaba Julia Murney watching cast mates.jpeg
+Elphaba Julia Murney Glinda Kendra Kassebaum.jpeg
+Elphaba Julia Murney Fiyero Sebastian Arcelus.jpeg
+Elphaba Julia Murney Nessarose Jennifer Waldman.jpeg
+Elphaba Julia Murney backstage makeup trance.jpeg
+Elphaba Julia Murney makeup touch up.jpeg
+Julia Murney, Megan Hilty, & Shoshana Bean stadium.jpeg
+Joe Dulude II and Julia Murney backstage.jpeg
+Elphaba Julia Murney broomstick.jpeg
+Elphaba Julia Murney.jpeg
+Julia Murney Elphaba going up.jpeg
+Julia Murney Elphaba Boston Backstage.jpeg
+Julia Murney Elphaba Defying Gravity.jpeg
+Julia Murney Elphaba Wizard and I.jpeg
+</gallery>
+==Videos==
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