Michelle Federer Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Michelle Federer (born December 5, 1973) is an American film and theatre actress. Federer is the daughter of John and Claudia Federer. She grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where she was a student of the Shaker Heights High School Theatre Arts Department under the direction of James Thornton, and she gained early experience working under the direction of Carol Pribble in the University School Theater Program, where she first worked and became friends with future Wicked castmate Michael Seelbach. Federer's father was a math teacher in the Shaker Heights Public School System teaching at Byron... MORE

Michelle Federer (born December 5, 1973) is an American film and theatre actress. Federer is the daughter of John and Claudia Federer. She grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where she was a student of the Shaker Heights High School Theatre Arts Department under the direction of James Thornton, and she gained early experience working under the direction of Carol Pribble in the University School Theater Program, where she first worked and became friends with future Wicked castmate Michael Seelbach. Federer's father was a math teacher in the Shaker Heights Public School System teaching at Byron Junior High School (now Shaker Heights Middle School). As a teen, Federer attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Camp, located in Loch Sheldrake, New York. In 1995, she graduated from Ithaca College, located in Ithaca, New York, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre. She understudied the role of Adele Rice in the 2001 Off-Broadway production of A Man of No Importance at the Lincoln Center. She made her Broadway debut as Nessarose in Wicked, a character she originated. The show opened October 30, 2003, starring Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, with music and lyrics by Stephen LESS