 Throughout her illustrious career, Tony Award-winning actress Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences and critics with her performances on stage, on television, in concert, and in the recording industry. Recently, her new independent film, Let It Snow, was released, and she earned a Emmy nomination for her appearance on FOX's hit TV series Ally McBeal, and soon will play a Broadway diva in Prince Charming, a TNT movie starring Martin Short and Christina Applegate. Other forthcoming projects include Bobbie's Girl, a Showtime movie starring Jonathan Silverman and Rachel Ward. In June 1999, Peters earned her second Tony Award, her third Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her show stopping portrayal of Annie Oakley in one of Broadway's most popular musicals, the smash Tony Award-winning hit Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun. In 1996, she made her highly anticipated solo debut at Carnegie Hall in an exclusive concert benefiting Gay Men's Health Crisis - a performance she repeated in Bernadette Peters in Concert: Live from Royal Festival Hall in London. That concert was recorded and played to critical acclaim on PBS stations across the country, and currently is available on home video. Peters has starred in several TV movies including Cinderella with Brandy and Whitney Houston; Holiday In Your Heart with Leann Rimes; What The Deaf Man Heard; and The Odyssey, starring Armand Assante. Other recent TV/performance credits include PBS's Hey Mr. Producer!: The World of Cameron Mackintosh, and the ABC-TV special Quincy Jones: The First 50 Years. A performer of amazing versatility, Peters has lit up the silver screen in 14 films throughout her distinguished career. She received a Golden Globe Award for her memorable performance in Pennies From Heaven. Her additional film credits include The Jerk with Steve Martin; The Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds, Silent Movie with Mel Brooks, Annie with Carol Burnett, Pink Cadillac with Clint Eastwood, Slaves of New York with Mercedes Ruehl, Woody Allen's Alice with Mia Farrow, and Impromptu with Hugh Grant and Mandy Patinkin.
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