Nicole Besa

Understudy, Rough Crossing

Nicole is delighted to be spending her first Summer on the Hill! Cast originally as Marianne in Sense and Sensibility (APT 2020; rescheduled due to COVID), Nicole can also be seen on screen as Carla in Chicago Fire, and Nimeda in the feature film Dreaming Grand Avenue.

Nicole is a winner of the 2020 Musician’s Club of Women Farwell Award, and has also received recognition from the youngARTS Foundation, CS Magazine Competition, and NATS Foundation.

Nicole has had the privilege of working with West Anchorage Theatre, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival, Bohemian Theatre, and others. She is a regular recording artist for the Gregorian Institute of America (GIA Publications), and a guest instructor at Loyola University.