Accomplished actor, singer, and dancer, Jesmille Darbouze stars as 'Kristine Linde' alongside Sacramento's Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain in the thrilling reinvention of "A Doll's House."

Directed by Tony nominee Jamie Lloyd, one of contemporary theater's most revolutionary auteurs, and adapted by acclaimed playwright Amy Herzog, this new production which opens on Broadway March 9 at the Hudson Theatre in New York, makes freshly relevant a story that shocked audiences and brought forth a new era of theater.

Written in 1879 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, "A Doll's House" is a three-act play about a housewife who becomes disillusioned and dissatisfied with her condescending husband.
In the 2023 revival, Nora Helmer, a childlike wife and mother accustomed to an existence built around her husband Torvald, comes to confront the truth of her marriage.

ABOUT JESMILLE DARBOUZE:

Jesmille Darbouze grew up in Long Island, NY as the middle child with two brothers. She speaks English and Spanish. After her parents' divorce, Jesmille moved to South Florida and joined musical theatre and performing arts in high school in Miami.

She began her training at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL, and holds a BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University where she took classes in acting, dancing, singing, and theatre. As only one of five black students of color in her program, Jesmille hopes to see more women of her identity and culture in performing arts programs.

All throughout school, Jesmille worked and hustled to make money to support herself. She worked at Banana Republic, Applebee’s, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., and worked the front desk at The Standard hotel in NYC.

While working in the restaurant industry, Jesmille served some of the biggest names in entertainment like Cameron Diaz, Robert De Niro, Patti Labelle, Ben Stiller, Derek Jeter, and Billy Porter. Jesmille woke up at 5 a.m. frequently to go to open calls to try to book work in NYC. She was a part of regional theatre productions, worked on a cruise ship for six months, appeared in Netflix’s "Jessica Jones," and landed her first big role in "The Unsinkable Molly" in 2017.

Jesmille didn't land her debut until the age of 35 in 2019, when she was in the Tony-nominated Broadway musical "Kiss Me, Kate" (directed by Scott Ellis, choreographed by Warren Carlyle, and starring Kelli O’Hara). She was also an understudy in the Tony-nominated play "Betrayal." starring Tom Hiddleston in 2019.

When the Pandemic hit in 2020, Jesmille had her second child and went back to school for nursing. She booked a Hallmark Channel film in 2021 and later began teaching at Marymount Manhattan College. In 2022, Jesmille had dinner with the "A Doll’s House" associate director about the Broadway show and expressed her desire to understudy. She submitted a self-tape audition and three weeks later received a call back that she got the main role as 'Kristine Linde.'

Jesmille is also an acting coach for professional actors and a proud member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA. She is married with two children, her daughter Grace (5) and her son Elliot (2). In her free time, Jesmille enjoys watching ballet, concerts, TV, and film, listening to classical music, reading, and traveling. She is passionate about fitness, incorporating HIIT, kettlebell workouts, and weight training into her exercise routine.

Don't miss Jesmille Darbouze on Broadway in "A Doll's House" which opens March 9 at the Hudson Theatre located at 139-141 W. 44th ST., New York, NY. For tickets and more information call (855) 801-5876.

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