Jeffrey Carlson
American actor
Jeffrey S. Carlson (June 23, 1975 – July 6, 2023) was an American Broadway, film, and television actor and singer, known for his role as the transgender character, Zoe Luper, on the long-running daytime soap opera All My Children.
Early life
Carlson was born in Long Beach, California. His mother named him Jeffrey, because she was a fan of All My Children and of the character Jeff Martin on the show. He studied acting at the University of California, Davis, where he graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in dramatic art. Carlson then trained at New York City's Juilliard School as a member of the Drama Division's Group 30 (1997–2001). He was a member of the Guthrie Experience at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was the recipient of the 2004 Marian Seldes/Garson Kanin Fellowship, and a Beinecke Fellow in 2007 and 2016.
Career
Carlson debuted on Broadway in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? in 2002 and also appeared in the Broadway revival of Tartuffe in 2003. He later appeared in the short-lived Boy George Broadway musical Taboo in 2003 and 2004. He was nominated for the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for the role of Marilyn in Taboo.
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