Stephanie Kurtzuba (born March , ) is an American film, television,
and theater actress. She is best known for her roles in the films The
Wolf of Wall Street (), Annie (), and The Irishman (), and on
television in a recurring role on The Good Wife.Kurtzuba was born and
raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where she graduated from Omaha Central High
School. Growing up, she performed in local theater productions, with
her first role at the age of as an orphan pickpocket in the musical
Oliver, and won the Miss Nebraska Pre-Teen pageant. She briefly
attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she studied
journalism, before being accepted to New York University's Tisch
School of the Arts, where she earned an acting degree.After
graduating, she spent time performing in experimental off-off-Broadway
productions, before going into commercial theater. Her first Broadway
show was as part of a backup trio to Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz
in . As a member of the original Broadway casts of Mary Poppins in
and Billy Elliot the Musical in , she performed at the and Tony
Awards.Kurtzuba portrayed Mrs. Kovacevic, a social services clerk with
a Russian accent, in the film adaptation of Annie. Her performance
was praised in the Los Angeles Times and Variety. She is featured on
the song "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" on the Annie soundtrack
album. In The Wolf of Wall Street, directed by Martin Scorsese, she
played Kimmie Belzer, a single mom hired by Jordan Belfort (Leonardo
DiCaprio) and the only female stockbroker at the company. In the
Scorsese Netflix film The Irishman, starring Al Pacino and Robert De
Niro, she portrays Irene, the wife of De Niro's character. She also
appeared in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and Away We Go opposite
John Krasinski.
and theater actress. She is best known for her roles in the films The
Wolf of Wall Street (), Annie (), and The Irishman (), and on
television in a recurring role on The Good Wife.Kurtzuba was born and
raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where she graduated from Omaha Central High
School. Growing up, she performed in local theater productions, with
her first role at the age of as an orphan pickpocket in the musical
Oliver, and won the Miss Nebraska Pre-Teen pageant. She briefly
attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she studied
journalism, before being accepted to New York University's Tisch
School of the Arts, where she earned an acting degree.After
graduating, she spent time performing in experimental off-off-Broadway
productions, before going into commercial theater. Her first Broadway
show was as part of a backup trio to Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz
in . As a member of the original Broadway casts of Mary Poppins in
and Billy Elliot the Musical in , she performed at the and Tony
Awards.Kurtzuba portrayed Mrs. Kovacevic, a social services clerk with
a Russian accent, in the film adaptation of Annie. Her performance
was praised in the Los Angeles Times and Variety. She is featured on
the song "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" on the Annie soundtrack
album. In The Wolf of Wall Street, directed by Martin Scorsese, she
played Kimmie Belzer, a single mom hired by Jordan Belfort (Leonardo
DiCaprio) and the only female stockbroker at the company. In the
Scorsese Netflix film The Irishman, starring Al Pacino and Robert De
Niro, she portrays Irene, the wife of De Niro's character. She also
appeared in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and Away We Go opposite
John Krasinski.
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