Biography
A veteran of such stage productions as "A Raisin in the Sun," "The Oedipus Plays" and "Up Against the Wind," Thoms made her Broadway debut in 2004 opposite Alfre Woodard in "Drowning Crow." Her most notable role, however, was that of Joanne Jefferson in "Rent" (2005) - the filmic adaptation of the award-winning Broadway musical by Jonathan Larson. Along with her stage and movie credits, Thoms also maintained a high visibility on the small …
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Career Milestones
| Raised in Baltimore, MD | ||
| Studied acting at The Juilliard School in NYC | ||
1998 | Earned a Helen Hayes nomination for her performance in "Hair" at Studio Theatre Second Stage | |
2001 | Cast in Center Stage's production of "A Raisin in the Sun" | |
2001 | Cast in the off-Broadway "Up Against the Wind" at the New York Theatre Workshop | |
2002 | Cast as a series regular on UPN's "As If" | |
2002 | Featured in the Comedy Central movie "Porn 'N Chicken" | |
2003 | Delivered memorable guest role as CCH Pounder's tortured daughter on season finale of FX's "The Shield" | |
2003 | Starrred as Georgia Hayes in the off-Broadway play "The Exonerated" | |
2004 | Appeared as a series regular on "Wonderfalls" (Fox) | |
2004 | Appeared in the indie film "Brother to Brother" | |
2004 | Made Broadway debut opposite Alfre Woodard in Regina Taylor's "Drowning Crow" | |
2005 | Breakthrough film role, playing lesbian lawyer Joanne in Chris Columbus' feature adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical "Rent" | |
2005 | Joined the cast of the CBS crime drama "Cold Case" as narcotics detective Kat Miller | |
2006 | Played Anne Hathaway's best friend in adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's best-selling novel "The Devil Wears Prada" | |
2007 | Again acted with Dawson in Quentin Tarantino's "Grindhouse" contribution "Death Proof" | |
2007 | Collaborated with "Rent" co-stars Rosario Dawson and Wilson Jermaine Heredia in thriller "Descent" | |
2008 | Joined Broadway cast of the long-running musical "Rent," reprising her role from the film as Joanne | |
2011 | Appeared on NBC crime drama "Harry's Law," starring Kathy Bates | |
2012 | Cast opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis in sci-fi action "Looper" | |
Awards
2005 | Critics' Choice Award for Best Song in Rent |