Miriam Silverman

Miriam Silverman is an American actress. After studying acting at Brown University she started her professional career on stage in numerous off-broadway productions including the Public Theatre production of Hamlet in 2008. In 2013, she was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her performance as Natalie in Finks by Joe Gilford.[1] She made her Broadway debut in the Ayad Akhtar play Junk in 2016. She returned to Broadway in the 2023 revival of the Lorraine Hansberry play The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window portraying Mavis Bryson for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Miriam Silverman
Born
EducationBrown University (BA, MFA)
Occupation(s)actor, professor
SpouseAdam Green
Children2

She is also known for her recurring role as Bernice in the Amazon series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and her performances in Hulu's Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022) and Amazon's Dead Ringers (2023). She is currently a theatre professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.[2]

Early life

Silverman was born and raised in New York, the daughter of Anita (née Palm 1942–2023).[3] and Michael Silverman. She has two brothers, Joseph and Jeffrey. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a journalist with the Associated Press. She attended Bronx High School of Science graduating in 1996. Silverman graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in 2001 and completed a Master of Fine Arts in Acting in 2005.

Career

In 2008 she performed in a production of Hamlet at the Delacorte Theater. In 2002 she performed in the musical Hot Star, Nebraska at Speakeasy Stage in Boston.[4] In 2010, she was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for her performance in The Dog in the Manger with the Shakespeare Theatre Company, where Silverman is a repertory member actor.[5]

In 2011, Silverman was awarded an acting fellowship with Theatre Communications Group through the William & Eva Fox Foundation.[6] She was nominated for a Jeff Award in 2016 for her performance as Mavis Parodus Bryson in the Goodman Theatre's production of Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. She reprised this role in the New York productions at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and then on Broadway in April 2023 at the James Earl Jones Theatre.[7]

She made her Broadway debut in 2017 as Amy in Ayad Akhtar's Junk at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.[8] Her television appearances including episodes of Fleishman Is in Trouble and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Personal life

She married actor Adam Green in 2009, the couple met performing Awake and Sing! at the Arena Stage.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year Project Role Venue
2022BreakingHanafeature film debut
2022Sand MamaVeraShort film

Television

Year Project Role Venue
2009Law & Order: Criminal IntentProtest LeaderEpisode: Alpha Dog
2011Pan AmMotherEpisode: We'll Always Have Paris
2014ElementarySupport Group WomenEpisode: End of Watch
2019NOS2A2June Partridge2 episodes
2019Bad EducationLisaHBO television film
2021The BlacklistJanelle GreenEpisode: The Avenging Angel
2022Blue BloodsAlcie AbenthyEpisode: Cold Comfort
2022Fleishman Is in TroubleAvigayilEpisode: This is My Enjoyment
2022-2023The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselBernice3 episodes
2023Dead RingersLaraEpisode: One

Theatre

Year Project Role Venue Ref.
2008HamletPlayer Queen / GentlewomanThe Public Theatre, Off-Broadway
2013FinksNatalieEnsemble Studio Theatre, Off-Broadway[10]
2016The Sign in Sidney Brustein's WindowMavis Parodus BrysonGoodman Theatre, Chicago[11]
2017JunkAmy MerkinVivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway debut[12]
2023The Sign in Sidney Brustein's WindowMavis Parodus BrysonBrooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)[13]
James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway[14]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Project Result Ref.
2013Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a PlayFinksNominated
2023Outstanding Featured in a PlayThe Sign in Sidney Brustein's WindowPending
2023Tony AwardsBest Featured Actress in a PlayPending

References

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