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 | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Education | Brown University (BA, MFA) |
Occupation(s) | actor, professor |
Spouse | Adam Green |
Children | 2 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | Breaking | Hana | feature film debut |
2022 | Sand Mama | Vera | Short film |
Television
Year | Project | Role | Venue |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Protest Leader | Episode: Alpha Dog |
2011 | Pan Am | Mother | Episode: We'll Always Have Paris |
2014 | Elementary | Support Group Women | Episode: End of Watch |
2019 | NOS2A2 | June Partridge | 2 episodes |
2019 | Bad Education | Lisa | HBO television film |
2021 | The Blacklist | Janelle Green | Episode: The Avenging Angel |
2022 | Blue Bloods | Alcie Abenthy | Episode: Cold Comfort |
2022 | Fleishman Is in Trouble | Avigayil | Episode: This is My Enjoyment |
2022-2023 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Bernice | 3 episodes |
2023 | Dead Ringers | Lara | Episode: One |
Theatre
Year | Project | Role | Venue | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Hamlet | Player Queen / Gentlewoman | The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway | |
2013 | Finks | Natalie | Ensemble Studio Theatre, Off-Broadway | [10] |
2016 | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Mavis Parodus Bryson | Goodman Theatre, Chicago | [11] |
2017 | Junk | Amy Merkin | Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway debut | [12] |
2023 | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Mavis Parodus Bryson | Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) | [13] |
James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway | [14] | |||
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play | Finks | Nominated | |
2023 | Outstanding Featured in a Play | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Pending | ||
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Pending | ||
External links
References
- Finks, Playbill.com accessed 05/05/2023
- Tisch School Directory, Silverman accessed 05/05/2023
- Anita Silverman Obituary accessed 05/05/2023
- Nebraska Playbill.com accessed 05/05/2023
- Silverman bio, Goodman Theatre accessed 05/05/2023
- Fellowship Recipients accessed 05/05/2023
- Brustein to Transfer accessed 05/05/2023
- Miriam Silverman Playbill profile accessed 05/05/2023
- Silverman, Green wedding announcement, New York Times accessed 05/05/2023
- "NY Premiere of Finks, With Aaron Serotsky, Leo Ash Evens and Miriam Silverman, Extends Through May". Playbill. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window". Goodman Theatre. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- "Junk: Who's Who". Lincoln Center Theatre. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window". BAM. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window About the Cast". signonbroadway. Retrieved May 7, 2023.