Lauren Ashley Zakrin is an American musical actress. She was first known as a finalist on MTV’s “Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods.” She had done musical theater before, and auditioned for the show after being prompted by a friend. After the show, she became an understudy for Elle Woods on the Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde (musical)

Legally Blonde is a musical with music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach. The story is based on the novel Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown and the 2001 film of the same name. It tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to...

 tour, and covered the role of Elle with Laura Bell Bundy while Becky Gulsvig was unable to perform. Later, she replace Emily Padgett and starred as Sandy in on the tour of Grease

Grease (musical)

Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...

 in October of 2009. She is currently an understudy for Glinda on the National Tour of Wicked. During the summer of 2011 Zakrin performed as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical at The Muny

The Muny

The Muny, short for The Municipal Theatre Association of St. Louis, is an outdoor musical theatre, located in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri...

 Theater in St. Louis Missouri. From October 2011, Zakrin will be the understudy for Sophie Sheridan & Ali in the national tour of Mamma Mia!.

External links

• Official Website