AMDA alumni create. They are artists and professionals in every performance medium. They are inspirers. They're Broadway's side-splitting comedians and Hollywood's up-and-coming action heroes. Our graduates are contributing to the worlds of theatre, film, television, education, not-for-profit, business, service – the list goes on. We celebrate the talent, skill and commitment of our Alumni, who are doing incredibly worthwhile work all across the country and around the world.
To see interviews with our featured alumni, check out our Alumni Video Library.
To read about our alumni's most recent accomplishments, check out AMDA News.
Below is a list of some well-known AMDA grads:
- Madeline Brewer (Primetime Emmy Award nominee for her portrayal of Janine Lindo in the Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale;” starred as Sally Bowles in the West End revival of Cabaret)
- Tyne Daly (Tony Award winner for her portrayal of Mama Rose in Gypsy on Broadway, six-time Emmy Award winner for her starring roles in "Cagney & Lacey," "Christy," and "Judging Amy")
- Jason Derulo (Teen Choice, BMI Pop Music, and CMT Music Award-winning recording artist; achieved 11 platinum albums with 250 million singles sold worldwide; starred as Rum Tug Tugger in the musical film adaptation of Cats and as Ronald Isley in the feature film Spinning Gold)
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson (four-time Emmy Award nominee for his portrayal of Mitchell Pritchett in the NBC series "Modern Family;" Tony Award winner for his portrayal of Mason Marzac in the Broadway revival of Take Me Out)
- J. Harrison Ghee (Tony Award winner for their portrayal of Jerry / Daphne in the hit-Broadway musical Some Like It Hot; starred as Kwame in the Netflix superhero drama “Raising Dion” and as Robyn in the Fox crime drama series “Accused”)
- Christopher Jackson (starred as George Washington in the original cast of the Broadway mega-hit Hamilton; currently starring as Chunk Palmer in the CBS series "Bull" and Herbert Wexley in the HBO series “And Just Like That;” Emmy Award winner for original song composed for "Sesame Street")
- Caissie Levy (star of multiple Broadway shows including Frozen, Ghost, Les Miserables, and Leopoldstadt; currently starring as Diana Goodman in the London premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal)
- Jeremy Pope (Tony Award nominee for his portrayal of Pharus Jonathan Young in Choir Boy and Eddie Kendricks in Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations on Broadway; Golden Globe nominee for his portrayal of Ellis French in the drama film The Inspection)
- Anthony Ramos (starred as John Laurens / Philip Hamilton in the original cast of the Broadway mega-hit Hamilton; starred as Usnavi in the musical film adaptation of In the Heights and Ramon in the Oscar-nominated film A Star Is Born)
- Christopher Sieber (star of multiple Broadway shows and two-time Tony Award nominee for his portrayal of Sir Dennis Galahad in Spamalot and Lord Farquaad in Shrek The Musical; starred as Kevin Burke in the ABC sitcom “Two of a Kind” and Simon Banks in the ABC series “It’s All Relative”)
- Sarah Stiles (Tony Award-nominee for her portrayal of Sandy Lester in Tootsie and Jessica in Hand To God on Broadway; starred as Bonnie Barella in the Showtime series “Billions” and as Gladys in the Epic series “Get Shorty”)