Jessie Mueller

Personal context

Summary

Jessie Mueller is an American actor and singer known for originating Jenna in Waitress and for playing Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, as well as roles in Carousel and The Minutes. Her stage work ranges from musical biographies and adaptations to contemporary drama, often centering on women’s lives and relationships. Mueller has described herself as a feminist, while also preferring the term “humanist”; she helped develop the Concert for America benefit series and performed in a 2016 benefit supporting LGBTQ people affected by the Pulse nightclub shooting. No public statements on party politics, DEI, or an anti-woke stance are on record.