Brenda Currin

Brenda Currin grew up in North Carolina. An OBIE Award winning actress, her career began as Nancy Clutter in In Cold Blood. She went on to play Pooh Percy in The World According to Garp with Robin Williams, and appeared in Taps, Reds, and the cult classic C.H.U.D., among others. Brenda worked in the New York theater scene, on and Off Broadway, for much of her adult life. She is acclaimed for her one-person show based on Eudora Welty's stories, "Sister and Miss Lexie" which she premiered in New York and toured all over, U.S. & Europe. Brenda co-founded What Girls Know, a theater program for the healthy development of adolescent girls, which she directed in NYC and other parts of the country, eventually finding its home in New Orleans. Brenda's recent film/TV work includes the soon-to-be-released Gossamer Folds, Out of Blue (starring Patricia Clarkson), Happy Death Day2u, Our Friend, Christmas Belles, and Claws, Season 2. She loved living and working in New Orleans but is happy to be NYC-based once again. In fact, she considers both home.