Chrisse can be seen in the feature film Extraordinary Measures with Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser and Keri Russell; and in 'The Two Live Crew Job' in Season II of TNT Network's Leverage.

Chrisse Roccaro’s career as a character actress, singer and teacher, performing for stage, radio, television, and film, has spanned more than 25 years in Portland and New York.

Recent appearances include as a featured soloist in Cabaret Chanteuse at Tony Starlight's Supper Club; Hannah the Matchmaker in Crossing Delancey; Clairee in Steel Magnolias; Beatrice in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds; Doris in The Cemetery Club; Karen in Jake's Women; Gen. Cartwright in Guys & Dolls; Fr. Schneider in Cabaret; Grandmother in Women & Wallace; Saulina/Sally in Old Money; Monica in By the Bog of Cats; Mother in Da; Judy/Ginger in Ruthless; and Madam Arcati in Blithe Spirit, for which she won a 2003 Drammy Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Actress in a Supporting Role and a 2003 OTAS Award for Best Actress in a Play. She created the role of Aunt Concetta in La Famiglia: Who Stole My Dead Husband?

Recent directorial credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Only Way Out Is Through (premier 09); The Road To Mecca; Three Viewings; Same Time Next Year; Side By Side By Sondheim; No Way To Treat A Lady, Quilters, Cabaret; and the opera, Rita, and Scenes from Mozart for Lewis & Clark College. She was musical director for the premier of Can't Say I Do, a new musical presented by Key Productions in January 2007.

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