University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate Carrie Coon was nominated Tuesday for a Tony Award for Best Performance in a Featured Role in a Play.
Coon plays the role of Honey in her Broadway debut in the revival of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” by Edward Albee. Honey is a slightly dimwitted, but overly-polite housewife, who keeps a smile on her face no matter how mean other characters are to her, according to the play’s website.
The play is nominated for several Tony Awards, including Best Revival and Best Direction of a Play, and many of the other actors are up for awards as well.
Coon received her Master in Fine Arts from UW-Madison, according to her cast biography. She has since gone on to act in several plays in Madison and other locations, as well as acting in the television series “The Playboy Club.”
The Tony Awards will be televised June 9 at 7 p.m. on CBS.
