Growing up in the city, Orfeh attended New York City public schools. Immediately after graduation from a performing arts high school, she landed a record deal with EMI Records, headlining the early-1990s dance group, "Or-N-More". Life suddenly became a whirlwind of coast-to-coast concerts, music video shoots and press appearances for Orfeh as the ...
Taking sound advice from good people is one thing, but to start letting everybody's two cents muddy the waters is a recipe for disaster and demise. Sadly, many people don't have your best interests at heart. Tune out the noise and the opinions (we all know what they say about those), and stay your course. Stay on your path and believe in yourself. If it ain't broke, don't fix it-or fire 'em or replace 'em, either!
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[on what advice advice Orfeh has for aspiring performers] WHEW....there's SO much I can say but succinctly put, you have to be prepared for a LOT of work, a lot of rejection, hopefully enough success to sustain you and then, LATHER, RINSE, REPEAT!
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My process is really different. I need an audience to explain and guide my performance, because they're the other character in the show. You know where the laughs are landing. You know where the audience gets swept away in the moment. You can't go by what's happening in the rehearsal room.
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I haven't had the opportunity in my life to allow myself a great deal of vulnerability.
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I learned early on that if your goal is to be famous I think it's not the right thing. I mean sure, everybody wants to be famous. But I think that if you do it for the love of the art of what you do, if you feel like there's nothing else you can do, if there's nothing you want to do more than what it is that you're doing, the success follows the perseverance.
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[on husband Andy Karl] It was like one of those ridiculous moments where you go darn, love at first sight really does exist.
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[on husband Andy Karl] We went to see the exorcist redux on one of our first dates and that's when he really won my heart because he knew I was a psycho horror movie buff.
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How did I start? I got a record deal straight outta high school and worked my ass off every day of my life. I worked really hard. And I never let rejection make me stop doing what I want to do. And believe me, I've had a lot of rejection! - Broadway.com
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I think I'm a good role model. I work hard, I don't hurt people to get ahead and I live my own life. I mind my own business. And I don't drink or do drugs. I don't wanna sound like a Pollyanna, but it's true. I enjoy being a role model. - Broadway.com
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I am a tough chick. I'm a girl that grew up in public school in New York City. I had to be tough! - Broadway.com
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Orfeh was one of the "riffers" for Broadway For Orlando's single and music video for "What The World Needs Now", which was recorded after the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL in June 2016.
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Orfeh (with Or-N-More) was featured in EMI records label mates the O'Jays' video for their hit single "Emotionally Yours" off their album of the same name.
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Her group Or-N-More toured on a double bill with multi-platinum band C&C Music Factory.
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Wrote the club hit "Can't Stop Thinkin' About You" with famous DJ George Morel and Andrew Logan.
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One of Orfeh's first managers was the legendary Frank Dileo, who also managed Michael Jackson, Taylor Dayne, Jodeci, and Richie Sambora.
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Went to high school with Jennifer Aniston, Chaz Bono, Dondre Whitfield, and Carl Anthony Payne. She has remained close friends with Bono.
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Orfeh voiced popular Millie Perkins in the mega smash video game Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.
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Orfeh co-wrote the song "Wishing On You" performed by Nobody's Angel, which appeared on the Model Behavior soundtrack, starring Justin Timberlake in one of his first acting roles.
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Orfeh has several tattoos, which she started getting when she was a teenager. Most are hidden.
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Orfeh and her husband Andy Karl have the distinction of being among a small group of married couples that have both received Tony Award nominations.
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Orfeh was the voice of Wachovia Bank for over three years. Very few women have ever been the voice of a financial institution.
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Orfeh is of French and Italian descent and her first language was French.
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Her single "everyotherday" was featured on the popular "Free2be" compilation CD series.
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Orfeh was signed by music business titan Ron Fair to EMI records and was the prototype for many of the future blue-eyed soul singers he's since discovered.
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Orfeh auditioned alongside a then-unknown Christina Aguilera for the role of Violet in "Coyote Ugly" as did many other future Broadway notables. Both ultimately lost the role to Piper Perabo.
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Starring as "Pippi" in The Great American Trailer Park Musical, an Off-Broadway production. [September 2005]
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New York, NY, USA: Starred in long running off Broadway play Love,Loss and What I Wore [February 2010]
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Received a 2007 TONY award nomination for "Best Featured Actress In A Musical" for her role as "Paulette" in Legally Blonde. [May 2007]
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Opened in Legally Blonde at The Palace Theatre to rave reviews and received both an Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award Nominations for "Outstanding Featured Actress In A Musical" for her turn as "Paulette". [May 2007]
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Orfeh can be heard on the recently released Sk-K-Boom records recording of "The Great American Trailer Park Musical". [December 2005]
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