January LaVoy

January LaVoy (born Trumbull, Connecticut) is an American actress, most recognized as Noelle Ortiz on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. LaVoy made her Broadway debut in the Broadway premiere of the play Enron at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 27, 2010.[1]

January LaVoy
Alma materFairfield University, B.A.
National Theatre Conservatory, M.F.A.
OccupationTelevision actress
Theater actress
Voice acting
Websitewww.januarylavoy.com

Theatre credits

In the fall of 2012, LaVoy created the character of Lena in the world premiere of Pearl Cleage's What I Learned in Paris at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work has been seen in regional theatres across America, including the Denver Center Theatre Company, Pittsburgh's City Theatre and Public Theater, CATF in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, Philadelphia's Wilma Theater, and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. LaVoy played the character Risa in the 2007 Lucille Lortel Award-winning play, Two Trains Running.[2] She received the 2004 Denver Post Ovation Award, as Best Actress, for her portrayal of Portia in the Denver Center Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.[3]

LaVoy played the role of Helen Keller in the play, Helen Keller Speaks, performed first on March 14, 2009, at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University in Connecticut. The play was written by John Orman, a professor of politics at Fairfield University and a former teacher of LaVoy's. The play captures the social activist views of Keller based on her documented speeches and letters between 1913 and 1919.[4]

LaVoy was featured in Signature Theatre Company's Off-Broadway production of Samm-Art Williams' Home playing Woman One/Pattie Mae Wells.[5] She also performed in the world premiere of the musical Coraline at the MCC Theater.[6]

Voiceover and audiobooks

LaVoy has voiced many national commercials, including for Toll House, Revlon, Home Depot, Danone, and UnitedHealth Group.

She has recorded dozens of audiobooks for publishing houses such as Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Penguin Audio, and Macmillan Audio, including:

Television and film credits

In addition to her role on One Life to Live, LaVoy has been seen on Law & Order (including the SVU and Criminal Intent franchises), All My Children, Guiding Light, and 3 Lbs.. She also appeared in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, and the upcoming short High Ground.

Education

LaVoy received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, where she was a member of Theatre Fairfield, the resident production company.[7] She received her Master in Fine Arts degree from the National Theatre Conservatory at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in Colorado.[8]

References
  1. Weisberg, LaVoy, Kahn and More Added to Broadway's Enron
  2. In a Diner, Chewing the Fat and Burying the Dead
  3. LaVoy Finds There Is One Life to Live
  4. Giving Voice to Helen Keller
  5. NYC's Signature Opens Doors to Home, With Bonner, Carroll, LaVoy, Nov. 11
  6. "Complete Casting Announced for MCC's Coraline". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
  7. "Life After Fairfield: January Lavoy '97". fairfield.edu. Fairfield University. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  8. "January LaVoy Bio". Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
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