Lindsay Mendez Biography
Lindsay Mendez is an American actress and singer who is well known for her work in American musical theatre. She is also best known for starring in the CBS legal drama series All Rise which is set to premiere for its 3rd season on June 7, 2022, on OWN TV.
For her performance as Carrie Pipperidge in a Broadway revival of Carousel, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2018. She has also received recognition on Broadway including Elphaba in Wicked, Godspell, and Jan in Grease. In the preview of A Little More Alive, she played the role of Lizzie. She has also taken roles such as; Princesses, Well and Living in Paris, The Marvelous Wonderettes, 35MM, and Jacques Brel is Alive
In addition, she appeared in Dogfight as Eddie and Rose in 2012, and in Wicked as Elphaba and Fiyero. Together with pianist Marco Paguia, she sings blues and jazz at other dining clubs and cabarets, and together, they released a jazz album in 2013, entitled This Time. Furthermore, together with composer Ryan Scott Oliver, they founded and run Actor Therapy which is a five-week training experience for young actors in New York.
In 2013, Mendez was nominated for the Drama League Award for distinguished performance for her role in Off-Broadway’s Dogfight as Rose Fenny. Lindsay also filmed a series of video blogs for Broadway.com while she performed in Wicked called Fly Girl: Backstage at Wicked with Lindsay Mendez. Furthermore, in the 2018 Broadway revival of Carousel, she played the role of Carrie. For her role as Carrie, she won the Tony Award in the category of Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Lindsay Mendez Age
Mendez is 41 years old. She was born on March 1, 1983, in Norwalk, California, United States. She celebrates her birthday on the 1st of March every year.
Lindsay Mendez Height
Mendez stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches tall.
Lindsay Mendez Family
Mendez’s father is known as Mike Mendez who is of Mexican descent while her mother is known as Beckie Mendez who is of Russian Jewish ancestry. She has a brother, Michael Mendez.
Lindsay Mendez Husband
Mendez is divorced twice. She was first married to Michael Borth in 2008, however, later in 2014, they divorced for reasons not known to the public. Later in 2016, she tied the knot with Philip Wakefield however, their marriage did not work out hence she filed for divorce on January 6, 2022.
Lindsay Mendez Divorce
On January 6, 2022, filed for divorce from her husband Philip Wakefield in the Los Angeles County Courts. Mendez separated from her husband two days before Christmas on December 23, 2021. She made allegations of a number of domestic abuse in the relationship. She also added that Philip had told her friend that he has been thinking of murder-suicide during their daughter’s first birthday party.
Lindsay Mendez Daughter
Mendez has a daughter known as Lucille Roselind Wakefield who she had while she was married to Philip Wakefield. While she was separating from her ex-husband Philip, she requested the judge to grant her full custody of their daughter.
Lindsay Mendez Salary
Mendez has an annual salary of $ 500, 000.
Lindsay Mendez Net Worth
Mendez has a net worth of $3 Million which she has earned through her career as an actress and singer.
Lindsay Mendez All Rise
All Rise is an American legal drama television series that first premiered on CBS on September 23, 2019. The series revolves around the personal lives of judges, public defenders, and prosecutors, who are in a Los Angeles courthouse. However, after running for two seasons, the series was canceled in May 2021 and later picked up by the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) in September. Thus the third season of the series will premier on OWN and will debut on June 7, 2022.
It follows Judge Lola Carmichael (Simone Missick), who is a newly appointed judge. Judge Lola Carmichael is an idealistic former prosecutor and a newly appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who pushes the boundaries and challenges the expectations of what a judge can be. In addition, she is married to Robin Taylor (Todd Williams) who is an FBI Agent and during the second season, they had their first child.
In the series, Mendez plays the role of Sara Castillo who are a court reporter and a friend of Emily Lopez. Other casts in the series include; Tony Denison as Vic Callan, Paul McCrane as Judge Jonas Laski, Suzanne Cryer as DDA Maggie Palmer, Peter MacNicol as Judge Albert Campbell, Ryan Michelle Bathe as Rachel Audubon, Shalim Ortiz as Joaquin Luna, Anne Heche as Corrine Cuthbert, Roger Guenveur Smith as Judge Marshall Thomas, and J. Alex Brinson as Deputy Sheriff Luke Watkins.
Lindsay Mendez Modern Family
Modern Family is an American family comic sitcom television series that is based on situations that many families encounter in real life. The series aired from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020, with a total of 11 seasons. Modern Family follows the lives of three diverse but related families; Parents Phil and Claire, Jay and Gloria, and Mitchell, and Cameron. The three families reside in suburban Los Angeles and are related through patriarch Jay Pritchett. They each go through trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.
In addition, Modern Family won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for five consecutive years and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. In the series, Mendez played the role of Bel Air Black Widow. Other casts in the series include; Ed O’Neill as Jay Pritchett, Sofía Vergara as Gloria Maria Ramirez Delgado Pritchett, Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy, Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett, Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker, Sarah Hyland as Haley Dunphy, Ariel Winter as Alex Dunphy, Nolan Gould as Luke Dunphy, Rico Rodriguez as Manuel Alberto, and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily Tucker-Pritchett.
Lindsay Mendez 21 Chump Street
21 Chump Street is an American 14-minute musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda. This musical is based on a true story as reported in the series This American Life. 21 Chump Street follows Justin who is a high school honors student who ends up falling for a transfer girl, Naomi. With hopes of winning Naomi’s affection, Justin goes to great lengths to fulfill her request to find marijuana.
However, he later finds out that his crush is an undercover cop who is on a mission to find drug dealers in the school. In addition, 21 Chump Street portrays the aftermath of peer pressure and drug use in schools. Mendez plays the role of Naomi Rodriguez who joins Park Vista Community High School in Lake Worth, Florida as undercover police with the aim to uncover drug dealers in school.
Other casts include; Anthony Ramos as Justin Laboy, Alex Boniello as Tevin, Cousin 1, and Boy, Gerard Canonico as Derek, Cousin 2, and Lawyer, Antwaun Holley as Andrew, Cousin 3, and Police Officer, and Lin-Manuel Miranda as the narrator.
Lindsay Mendez Pregnant
In 2021, there were rumors that Mendez was pregnant. However, this was not true, and neither did she comment on the rumors.
Lindsay Mendez College
Mendez attended Orange County high school of the Arts where she majored in musical theater.
Lindsay Mendez Broadway
Mendez has been to seven Broadways. She performed as Carrie Pipperidge in a Broadway revival of Carousel and for this, she was awarded the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2018. She has also performed as Laura on Significant Other on the 2017 Broadway, as Elphaba’s replacement on Wicked in 2014, as Mennonite/Dance Captain on Everyday Rapture in 2010, and as Jan on Grease in the 2007 and 2008 broadway theater.
Lindsay Mendez Songs
- The ballad of sara berry
- Pretty funny
- Leave luanne
- First date / last night
- Before it’s over
- circus
- Avalanche
- Dogfight
- Band geeks
- Make me happy
- Mama, let me in
- Come to a party
Lindsay Mendez Movies And Tv Shows
- Murphy Brown
- Elementary
- Modern Family
- All Rise
- Smash
- Significant Other