After winning Broadway’s “Most Promising Newcomer” award at the age of 17 in the Broadway production 110 in the Shade, Lesley Ann Warren found stardom on the small screen in the title role of the legendary Rodgers & Hammerstein musical adaptation of Cinderella (1965).

Warren’s feature film debut was in Disney’s The Happiest Millionaire (1967), but it was her brilliant performance in Blake Edwards’s comic masterpiece Victor/Victoria (1982) that earned her nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, the New York Film Critics award, and a People’s Choice Award. Additionally, Warren received nominations for a Golden Globe for Songwriter (1984), and a People’s Choice Award for Choose Me (1984)

Her additional film credits include the 2006 film 10th & Wolf (written and directed by Academy Award winner Bobby Moresco), Secretary (2002), Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey (1999), Clue (1985), Burglar (1987), Pure Country (1992), Cop (1988) and Mel Brooks's Life Stinks (1991).

Warren’s television credits include the miniseries 79 Park Avenue, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She also was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy for her role in the CBS miniseries Family of Spies. Warren received a Cable ACE nomination for her work in Tennessee Williams’s 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. She also received Cable ACE and Golden Globe nominations for her work in HBO Pictures’ Baja Oklahoma. Further television credits include leading roles in the NBC telefilm Evergreen and the Emmy-winning TNT miniseries Joseph (opposite Ben Kingsley).

Warren’s recurring roles in television include a comedic tour-de-force opposite Sydney Pollack on NBC’s hit comedy Will & Grace, the ABC series Desperate Housewives, and most recently, five seasons of the USA Network drama In Plain Sight. Additional credits include the 100th episode of Psych, a tribute to the movie Clue, Community for Yahoo, Gigi Does It for IFC, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce for Bravo, Blunt Talk for Starz, Daredevil for Netflix, Jenji Kohan’s American Princess for Lifetime, Broke for CBS, All Rise for CBS, and season eight of the hit show 9-1-1 for FOX.

Warren’s other recent credits include a series regular role on Panhandle for Sony opposite Luke Kirby; Echo Boomers (2020) starring opposite Michael Shannon; 3 Days with Dad (2019) starring opposite J.K. Simmons; Home Delivery (2025) co-starring opposite Rainn Wilson, Jimmi Simpson, and Donald Faison; and the upcoming feature film Shadow Watchers co-starring Billy Lush and Victoria Elder.

Additionally, Lesley stars in the Silver Screen Award winner at Cannes for Young Directors short film, Olive, written and directed by Tom Koch.