Notable Alumni
AMDA has a distinguished record of training students for careers in the performing arts. Among its most notable graduates are:
- Brad Bass (Wicked)
- Matt Barber (Dance Professional and Writer)
- Angela Bettis (Girl, Interrupted, Bless the Child)
- Tyne Daly (Grey's Anatomy, Cagney & Lacey, Judging Amy, Gypsy)
- Tiffany Engen (Legally Blonde (musical))
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family,The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Class)
- Rose Freymuth-Frazier (Undressed)
- Caissie Levy (Hair, Wicked, Rent, Hairspray)
- Gretchen Mol (3:10 to Yuma, Life on Mars, The Shape of Things, Boardwalk Empire)
- Meredith Patterson (All My Children, 42nd Street)
- Chase Peacock (High School Musical on Stage!, American Idiot (musical))
- Soara-Joye Ross (Les Misérables)
- Christopher Sieber (Shrek the Musical, Spamalot, Chicago)
- James Stevenson (Guiding Light, Passions)
- Kai Soremekun
- Paul Sorvino (GoodFellas, Law & Order)
- Lee Tergesen (Royal Pains, Life on Mars, Oz, Generation Kill, Weird Science)
- Carrie Welling (singer/songwriter of the band "The Shells")
- Chryssie Whitehead (Every Little Step, A Chorus Line, Grey's Anatomy)
- Marissa Jaret Winokur (Hairspray, Stacked)
- Natalie Zea (Dirty Sexy Money, Boys Don't Cry)
- Clara Campi (NoMansLand, Full Masti)
- Jason DeRulo
- Talitha Farrow
- Christopher Jackson (The Lion King, In the Heights)
- Janelle Monáe
- Will Blunderfield (Nettwerk recording artist)
- Paul Louis (S Club 7 in Miami, Creator of children's syndicated series, "Jelly Bean Jungle")
- Katrice Gavino (Summer of Love)
- Mamie Parris (Ragtime, 9 to 5)
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