Kate Reinders

**Kate Reinders** (born on December 10, 1980) is an American actress and singer. She plays Miss Jenn in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

## Biography

Kate Reinders was born on December 10, 1980 in Seattle Washington. She was raised in Spring Lake, Michigan. She attended Western Michigan High School and graduated in 1998.

### Career

Kate Reinders' Broadway debut was in *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* as a swing and understudy for characters Amy Lawrence and Becky Thatcher. She next joined the 2002 Broadway revival of *Into the Woods* as an understudy for Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Milky White, and Rapunzel. Her first starring role was in the 2003 revival of *Gypsy* as June; she went on to play Caroline in the 2005 jukebox musical *Good Vibrations*.

Kate Reinders played Glinda in the 2005 Chicago production of *Wicked*, alongside Ana Gasteyer as Elphaba; for this role, she received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for Best Actress in a Principal Role. She and Gasteyer finished their runs in the Chicago company on January 22, 2006. On May 30, 2006 Kate Reinders replaced Megan Hilty as Glinda in the Broadway production. While playing this role she performed "Popular" in a Daily Double about *Wicked* on an all-celebrity episode of Jeopardy!. TV personality Nancy Grace gave the correct question. Kate Reinders ended her run on January 7, 2007, along with former Chicago co-star Ana Gasteyer.

Kate Reinders performed in the show *Party Come Here*, which ran as part of the Williamstown Theatre Festival from July 25 through August 5, 2007. She appeared in the play *The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero* at the Off-Broadway DR2 Theater in 2007.

Kate Reinders was also a member of the band Tastiskank, along with Sarah Litzsinger. Kate Reinders and Litzsinger co-starred opposite Constantine Maroulis in an independent TV pilot called *Teachers.* She also had a recurring role as Ginger on the third season of the television series *Ugly Betty*. Kate Reinders starred as a regular character, "Paula Morgan", on the Lifetime series *Sherri* starring former *The View* co-host Sherri Shepherd. The show premiered on October 5, 2009.

Kate Reinders returned to the Gershwin Theatre on October 27, 2008, and took part in *The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken*, a selection of scenes and songs cut from early drafts of the musical *Wicked*.

Kate Reinders appears in the Mohegan Sun commercial "Everyone's Invited", singing to the tune of the Rick James song "Super Freak" alongside former Wicked co-star Saycon Sengbloh. She appears in the concert revue *For The Record: Baz Luhrmann* in Los Angeles, presented by *ROCKLA* for *Show at Barre*. It opened February 12, 2011, and closed June 30, 2011, with Jenna Leigh Green, Arielle Jacobs, and Tracie Thoms. Kate Reinders voices the character Jezebel in the video game *Saints Row: Gat out of Hell*.

Kate Reinders originated the role of Portia in the Broadway musical comedy *Something Rotten!*, which opened April 22, 2015, at the St. James Theatre. Her last performance was on July 16, 2016.

Kate Reinders was seen recently on Broadway as the standby for Corky in *Meteor Shower*.

It was announced on October 8, 2018, that Kate Reinders would assume the role of Cynthia Weil in the Broadway production of *Beautiful: The Carole King Musical*, replacing Kara Lindsay on October 19.