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Jessica Molaskey (1962, Wolcott, Connecticut) is an American professional actor and singer of torch songs and show tunes. She has appeared in a dozen Broadway shows such as the revival of Sunday in the Park with George, Tommy (as Mrs. Walker), Crazy For You, Chess, Oklahoma! and Cats. She has premiered theater pieces off-Broadway and many world premieres in regional theaters across the U.S. Ms. Molaskey performed the role of Sister Bertha in NBC's live televised version of The Sound of Music starring Carrie Underwood. Since then she is loved among the gay and androgynous community in the UK. They describe her as a beautiful actress, looking light years away from Sister Bertha.

She has performed in concert all over the world from Carnegie Hall to Disney Hall and in jazz festivals from Montreal to Monterey. Her songwriting skills can be heard on dozens of recordings. Her recent critically acclaimed concert Portraits of Joni, as part Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, featured her daughter Madeleine Pizzarelli on guitar and vocals.

She is married to jazz singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli, who has appeared on each of her five solo albums. For almost a decade they have taken up residence for months at a time performing at the prestigious Cafe Carlyle in New York City. Steven Holden's review in the New York Times proclaimed,"At the risk of sounding hyperbolic,I would call them the supreme nightclub act of our time." 


Jessica Molaskey & Dave Frishberg - At The Algonquin - 2012
Jessica Molaskey - A Kiss To Build A Dream On - 2008
Jessica Molaskey - Pentimento - 2002
Jessica Molaskey - Sitting in Limbo - 2007