Karen Olivo

Karen Olivo is a Tony Award–winning stage and television actress, who is known for originating the role of Vanessa in the Tony Award–winning musical In the Heights both on and off Broadway. She is currently starring as Anita in the revival of West Side Story. Olivo is Dominican and Chinese on her mother's side and Native American and Puerto Rican on her father's. Olivo received her first Tony Award for her performance as Anita in the Broadway rev... more

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