Tina Benko

Ms. Benko recently performed in Claudia Rankine’s play HELP at The Shed and in Sarah Ruhl’s BECKY NURSE OF SALEM at Lincoln Center. Other Broadway includes: THE ROSE TATTOO, THE CRUCIBLE, MACBETH, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, and NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES.

NY Theatre credits include SPINDLESHUTTLENEEDLE at Clubbed Thumb,  SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE and THE LITTLE FOXES both directed by Ivo Van Hove, John Guare’s NANTUCKET SLEIGHRIDE, Jonathan Spector’s EUREKA DAY for Colt Couer, Rajiv Joseph’s  DESCRIBE THE NIGHT for The Atlantic Theatre Company, JULIUS CAESAR for Shakespeare in the Park/Public, Julie Taymor’s production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Theatre For A New Audience, Elfriede Jellinek’s JACKIE (Lucille Lortel nomination),Toni Morrison’s DESDEMONA directed by Peter Sellars, and Daniel Fish’s WHO LEFT THIS FORK HERE at Baryshnikov Arts Center.

Film and TV credits include: THE REHEARSAL ( EmmyAward/best supporting actress/ digital series), MAPPLETHORPE, LIFE AFTER YOU, THE SOUND OF SILENCE, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME, THE SCOTTISH PLAY, MARY, FAIR MARKET VALUE, KALEIDOSCOPE, THE OTHER TWO, TURN: WASHINGTON SPIES, MONSTERLAND, FLESH AND BONE, FBI MOST WANTED, RAISING KANAN.

Ms. Benko has performed with Improvisational troupes Improbable UK, and Theatresports, and has been involved in new play development at New Dramatists, The Lark, NewYork Theatre Workshop, Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference, NewYork Stage and Film, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has taught at Carnegie Mellon, NY Film Academy, HB Studios, Fordham University, and Columbia University.