Cristin Milioti’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Cristin Milioti (born August 16, 1985) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her work in Broadway theatre productions such as That Face, Stunning, and the Tony Award-winning musical Once. She is also known for playing Tracy McConnell on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother from 2013 to 2014, and Teresa Petrillo Belfort in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street. She has won a Grammy Award and has been nominated for a Tony Award.

Early life

Milioti was born and raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She is of Italian descent, but calls her family “Olive Garden Italian”. In middle school, she found her love of acting at Long Lake Camp for the Arts in New York City. She attended Cherry Hill High School East, graduating in 2003. She took acting classes at New York University, but dropped out during her freshman year. However, she is listed in the university’s advertising.

Career

Milioti’s first acting roles were bit parts in national advertising campaign ads, notably one for the Ford Edge. She also appeared in television programs such as 30 Rock and films such as Greetings from the Shore. Milioti is also known for her stage performances. In 2007, she appeared on Broadway as Alice Ashbrook in Helen Edmundson’s award-winning adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s novel Coram Boy. She was the 2010 star of That Face, receiving a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress for her work in Stunning. In 2012, she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in Once, a play in which she had performed from 2011 to 2013. Her Once performance, with fellow principal soloist Steve Kazee, earned the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. She also read aloud a short story for the 2011 This American Life episode “Adventure”. In 2012 she appeared on several songs of Glen Hansard’s debut album Rhythm and Repose.

In 2013, Milioti was cast in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother as the title Mother (credited as “The Girl with the Yellow Umbrella”, identified as Tracy McConnell in the series finale), appearing for the first time in the season eight finale titled “Something New”, and was promoted to a series regular for the series’ ninth and final season. Milioti portrayed Jordan Belfort’s (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) first wife, Teresa Petrillo, in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street. In February 2014, she was cast as Zelda, the female lead on NBC’s comedy pilot A to Z. In 2015 she co-starred on the second season of FX’s Fargo as Betsy Solverson, the cancer-stricken wife of state trooper Lou Solverson and mother of future deputy Molly Solverson.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Awards and nominations