Roberta Colindrez

Roberta Colindrez

The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Female
Biography menu
Menu

Jump to

Introduction Career Credits
The details
Biography

Introduction

Roberta Colindrez is an American actress and writer known for her work in the musical Fun Home.

Career

Colindrez made her off-Broadway debut in 2006, starring in Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. She appeared in several short films and regional theatre productions after that, and in 2011 she wrote and starred in the film Otis Under Sky. In 2013, she began playing Joan in the musical Fun Home off-Broadway. The show closed in early 2014, and after a cameo in the Academy Award winning film Birdman, Fun Home opened on Broadway in 2015, where it won five Tony Awards. She stars in the show alongside Tony nominees Beth Malone, Emily Skeggs, and Sydney Lucas, two time Tony winner Michael Cerveris, three time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn, and Joel Perez. Colindrez has also made guest appearances on several television series.

Credits

Theatre

  • Mala Hierba, Second Stage Theatre
  • Water, NPR Playhouse
  • The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill: Vol. 2
  • Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, off-Broadway, 2006
  • Song for the Disappeared, Sundance Theatre Lab
  • Fun Home, Joan, off-Broadway, Sep. 30, 2013 - Jan. 12, 2014
  • Fun Home, Joan, Broadway, Apr. 19, 2015 – present

Film

  • One Dollar Poem, 2008 (short)
  • Otis Under Sky, Ursula, 2011 (also writer)
  • Beautiful Dreamer, Catherina, 2013 (short)
  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Broadway Woman on Street, 2014

Television

  • Girls, Tako, 2 episodes, 2012–14
  • F to 7th, Baby, short, 2014
  • Gotham, Female Detective, 1 episode, 2014
  • Unforgettable, Pam Lisotta, 1 episode, 2014
  • Boardwalk Empire, 1 episode, 2014
  • Late Night With Seth Meyers, Self/Joan, 1 episode, 2015
  • I Love Dick (TV Movie), Devon, 2016