Capathia Jenkins made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, where she created the role of Harriet Jackson. She then starred in the off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell and returned to Broadway in The Look of Love. She also created the roles of The Washing Machine in Caroline, Or Change and Frieda May in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. In 2007 she went back to off-Broadway and starred in (mis)Understanding Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Story for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She was also seen in Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Most recently, she starred as Medda in the Disney production of Newsies on Broadway.

An active concert artist, Ms. Jenkins has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Hong Kong Philharmonic. She made her San Francisco Symphony debut in July 2018. In 2011 she had the honor of performing in the Broadway Ambassadors to Cuba concert as part of the Festival De Teatro De La Habana.

Ms. Jenkins’s television credits include 30 Rock, The Practice, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The Sopranos. She can be seen in the 2012 film Musical Chairs and can be heard on the soundtracks of Nine, Chicago, and Legally Blonde 2.