Betty Buckley

BETTY BUCKLEY

with CHRISTIAN JACOB

Buckley is a master storyteller that combines her consummate acting skills with extraordinary musicality to create a unique and mesmerizing evening of music with her long-time collaborator, 8-time Grammy-nominated pianist/MD Christian Jacob.

Buckley, whose career spans theater, film, television and concert halls around the world is also a multi-award winning actor /singer. She won a Tony Award for Cats and received her second Tony Award nomination for Triumph of Love, an Olivier Award nomination in London for her performance in Sunset Boulevard, which she repeated to more rave reviews on Broadway. She is a 2012 Theater Hall of Fame Inductee, the 2017 recipient of the Julie Harris Award from The Actor’s Fund for Artistic Achievement and in 2023 is being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Songbook Association.

She headlined the First National Tour of the new Broadway Production of Hello, Dolly! in 2018/2019. Her other Broadway credits include 1776, Pippin, Song And Dance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Carrie. She starred in the London production of Dear World in 2013 and Promises, Promises (Evening Standard Nomination).

Off Broadway she has starred in The Old Friends (2014 Drama Desk Nomination), White’s Lies, Juno’s Swans, Edwin Drood for the NYSF and Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road. Regional credits include The Perfectionist, Gypsy, Threepenny Opera, Camino Real, Buffalo Gal, Arsenic And Old Lace and Grey Gardens (2016 Ovation Award Nomination).

Ms. Buckey is featured in the film, By Design, written and directed by Amanda Kramer and making it’s debut at The Sundance Film Festival in January 2025. She is also featured in the film Eternity for A24 Studios starring Miles Teller and Elizabeth Olsen to be released in 2025. In March 2024, she co-starred in Imaginary for Blumhouse Productions and released by Lionsgate. Other film credits include the M. Night Shyamalan 2017 International hit film Split in which she co-starred with James McAvoy and received a Saturn Award Nomination, Shyamalan’s The Happening, Lawrence Kasden’s Wyatt Earp, Woody Allen’s Another Woman, Roman Polanski’s Frantic, Bruce Beresford’s Tender Mercies and Brian DePalma’s screen version of Stephen King’s Carrie.

On TV, Buckley has had a recurring role on Law & Order SVU for NBC. She co-starred in the third season of AMC’s hit series Preacher and has guest starred on The Cleaning Lady, Supergirl, Chicago Med and Pretty Little Liars. For HBO, she has appeared on Getting On, The Leftovers, The Pacific and for three seasons on OZ. She starred as Abby Bradford in the hit series Eight is Enough. She recorded the audio play The Vanishing Negative by Aaron Mark for Audible in 2020. She has received two Emmy Nominations. In 2022, Ms. Buckley released the compilation recording Betty Buckley Sings Stephen Sondheim as a tribute to the late composer. The recording consists of 24 songs previously recorded throughout her career. Buckley has recorded 19 CD’s and has received two Grammy nominations.