Janelle McDermoth is a multi-platform creator from The Bronx, New York and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
Celebrated by The New Yorker as “a total star, with endless charisma and a magnificent voice,” she recently starred in We’re Gonna Die at Second Stage Theater. Her performance was praised by the New York Times as “deliciously matter of fact”, and garnered a Lucille Lortel Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress, Antonyo Award nomination, and an Outer Critics Circle Honor.
She has appeared on numerous television shows (Blue Bloods, High Maintenance, Law and Order:SVU), Netflix’s, To All The Boys: Always and Forever, Lara Jean and made her Broadway debut as Frieda in A Bronx Tale. Her original music combines the poetics that compel her, the hip hop that raised her, and her penchant for the aforementioned theatrics.
Previously, she served as vocalist, beatboxer, and vocal arranger for a number of award-winning collegiate and professional a cappella groups—most notably, Off The Beat and RANGE.
She's the middle child of three sisters, has lived on four continents, and when she’s not performing, enjoys women’s basketball, astrology podcasts, and portrait photography. @janellemcdrmth
