Throughout her illustrious career, Bernardita Peters has dazzled audiences and critics with her performances on stage, film and television, in concert, and on recordings. She has garnered numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, a Golden Globe, four Emmy and four Grammy Award nominations and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Mejor conocida por su trabajo en el escenario y una de las intérpretes más aclamadas por la crítica de Broadway, Bernadette acaba de concluir un exitoso debut en el West End en la producción de Cameron Mackintosh de Viejos amigos, celebrando la vida y obra de Stephen Sondheim.
Bernadette interpretó a Dolly Gallagher Levi en el exitoso musical, ¡Hola muñequita!. ¡También protagonizó Encores de City Center! Producción, Una cama y una silla: una historia de amor en Nueva York con la música de Stephen Sondheim y orquestaciones de Wynton Marsalis. Antes de eso, protagonizó en Broadway la obra de Stephen Sondheim. Un poco de música nocturna y Locuras.
Peters obtuvo el premio Tony y el premio Drama Desk por su actuación en el musical de Andrew Lloyd Webber. Canción y baile. También ganó un premio Tony por su actuación en Annie consigue tu arma. Recibió nominaciones al Tony por sus destacadas actuaciones en la aclamada reposición de Sam Mendes de gitano, en Neil Simon La chica del adios, musical de Stephen Sondheim ganador del premio Pulitzer Domingo en el parque con George, la oda al cine de Jerry Herman/Gower Champion, mack y mabely el musical de Leonard Bernstein/Comden y Green En la ciudad. Además de estos honores, Peters obtuvo una nominación al Drama Desk por su inolvidable interpretación de la Bruja en la película de Stephen Sondheim. En el bosque.
She also enjoys a career which boasts an impressive list of television credits, most recently the Apple TV+ series, “High Desert” and a guest-starring role on the NBC-TV series, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” for which she earned an Emmy nomination. The popular series was made into a TV movie musical titled “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas” for The Roku Channel. Other TV appearances include “The CW’s “Katy Keene”; CBS All Access’ “The Good Fight”; and Amazon Prime’s Golden Globe winning series, “Mozart in the Jungle”.
Additional television credits include NBC-TV’s “Smash,” ABC-TV’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Ugly Betty”. In addition to starring in the Lifetime TV movie Living Proof, Peters has lit up the silver screen in over 30 films throughout her distinguished career. She received a Golden Globe Award for her memorable performance in “Pennies From Heaven.” Other film credits include The Jerk, The Longest Yard, Silent Movie, annie, Pink Cadillac, Slaves of New York, Woody Allen’s Alice, Impromptu, Eso es de familia, Coming Up Roses, The Broken Hearts Gallery and most recently, a surprise appearance in the popular Jonathan Larson biopic, tick, tick…BOOM!
Bernadette has recorded six solo albums, including the Grammy-nominated I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall, y Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein, in addition to numerous original Broadway cast recordings.
Peters devotes her time and talents to numerous events that benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Her “pet project” Broadway Barks, co-founded with Mary Tyler Moore, is an annual, star-studded dog and cat adoption event that benefits shelter animals in the New York City and tri-state area.
The American Theater Wing honored her efforts and awarded her with the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award which recognizes an individual from the theatre community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations, regardless of whether such organizations relate to the theatre.
This past November, while in London Bernadette presented West End Woofs, a sister organization to Broadway Barks that she co-hosted with her good friend, Elaine Paige. The event is the first of its kind in the UK that fostered a spirit of community among animal shelters and rescue groups.
She is a New York Times best-selling author who has penned three children’s books: “Broadway Barks”, “Stella is a Star”, and “Stella and Charlie: Friends Forever”. All of her proceeds from the sale of these books benefit Broadway Barks. Peters resides in New York and Los Angeles with her rescue dogs, Charlie and Rosalia