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Miriam Silverman

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Miriam Silverman
Silverman in 2026
EducationBrown University (BA, MFA)
OccupationsActor, adjunct teacher
Spouse
Adam Green
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(m. 2009)​
Children2

Miriam Silverman is an American actress. She is also known for her recurring role as Bernice in the Amazon series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and her performances in Hulu's Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022) and Amazon's Dead Ringers (2023). She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in the 2023 revival of the Lorraine Hansberry play The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. She is an acting coach, and currently an adjunct teacher at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.[1]

Early life and education

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Silverman was raised in New York City in Manhattan,[2] the daughter of Anita (née Palm 1942–2023).[3] and Michael Silverman. During her mother's pregnancy, Anita was featured on a special segment of Good Morning America documenting Miriam's birth.[2]

She has two brothers, Joseph and Jeffrey. Her mother was a teacher and her father is a journalist and former managing editor of the Associated Press.[4] She attended Bronx High School of Science graduating in 1996. Her interest in acting started at a young age, with her parents taking her to see Broadway shows. She played Rizzo in a school production of Grease and played soccer. She auditioned for LaGuardia High School For The Performing Arts and was accepted, however she turned down the offer and enrolled at Bronx Science, taking the subway from Manhattan.[5][6]

Silverman graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in Literature and Southeast Asian studies in 2001 and completed a Master of Fine Arts in Acting in 2005. Her first acting role at Brown was Lady Croom in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. She worked at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden between college semesters.

She took a gap year as an undergraduate to teach English in Hong Kong.[7] In 2012, through a fellowship with Theatre Communications Group, she moved to London to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the Royal Shakespeare Company.[8]

Career

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In 2002 she performed in the musical Hot Star, Nebraska at Speakeasy Stage in Boston.[9] In 2008 she performed in a production of Hamlet at the Delacorte Theater. In 2010, she was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for her performance in The Dog in the Manger with the Shakespeare Theatre Company, where Silverman is a repertory member actor. Silverman is also a repertory member actor for Trinity Repertory Company.[10] She has performed several plays in summerstock in the Berkshires with companys like Berkshire on Stage and the Berkshire Playwrights Lab.[11]

She was nominated for a Jeff Award in 2016 for her performance as the lead female character's older sister Mavis Parodus Bryson in the Goodman Theatre's production of Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. She reprised this role in the New York productions at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and then on Broadway in April 2023 at the James Earl Jones Theatre.[12] For her performance in the Broadway production, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

She made her Broadway debut in 2017 as Amy in Ayad Akhtar's Junk at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.[13] Her television appearances including episodes of Fleishman Is in Trouble and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She appeared in the film Breaking which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. In 2023, Silverman was cast in her first leading film role in Motherland produced by Moving Picture Institute.[14]

Personal life

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She married actor Adam Green in 2009. The couple met performing Awake and Sing! at the Arena Stage, directed by Zelda Fichandler.[15] Green, a Harvard graduate, works as the East Coast Union organizer for SAG-AFTRA.[16] The couple lobbied for the Actors' Equity Fair Wage on Stage movement.[17] She is Jewish[18] and a member of the Plaza Jewish Community Chapel.[19]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Project Role Venue
2022BreakingHanafeature film debut
2022Sand MamaVeraShort film
2025MotherlandCora
Sacrifice

Television

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Year Project Role Venue
2009Law & Order: Criminal IntentProtest LeaderEpisode: Alpha Dog
2011Pan AmMotherEpisode: We'll Always Have Paris
2014ElementarySupport Group WomanEpisode: End of Watch
2019NOS2A2June Partridge2 episodes
2019Bad EducationLisaHBO television film
2021The BlacklistJanelle GreenEpisode: The Avenging Angel
2022Blue BloodsAlcie AbenthyEpisode: Cold Comfort
2022Fleishman Is in TroubleAvigayilEpisode: This is My Enjoyment
2022–2023The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselBernice3 episodes
2023Dead RingersLaraEpisode: One
2025Your Friends & NeighborsGretchen Reagan8 episodes
2025LandmanGreta Stidham2 episodes
2026VladimirFlorence6 episodes

Theatre

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Year Project Role Venue Ref.
2002Hot Star, NebraskaMelanieSpeakEasy Stage, Boston[20]
2006Awake and Sing!Hennie BergerArena Stage, Washington, D.C[21]
2006The Calamity of Kat Kat and WillieKat KatBabel Theatre, Off-Broadway[22]
2006Bone PortraitsVariousWalkerspace, Off-Broadway[23]
2006The Fourth Wise ManEnsembleStudio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, New York[24]
2007As You Like ItCeciliaFolger Theatre, Washington D.C[25]
2007SyncopationAnnaTriad Stage, Greensboro, North Carolina[26]
2008Peer GyntVariousGuthrie Theater, Minneapolis[27]
2008HamletPlayer Queen / GentlewomanThe Public Theater, Off-Broadway[27]
2009A Dog and the MangerMarcelaShakespeare Theatre Company, Washington D.C[28]
2010The Love CourseSallyAcorn Theatre, Off-Broadway[29]
2011The Witch of EdmontonWinifredTheatre At St Clements, Off-Broadway[30]
2011Septimus and ClarissaElizabethBaruch Performing Arts Center, Off-Broadway[31]
2013FinksNatalieEnsemble Studio Theatre, Off-Broadway[32]
2014You Got OlderHannahPage 73, Off-Broadway[33]
2015A Delicate ShipSarahPlaywrights Horizons, Off-Broadway[34]
2015Everything You TouchJessCherry Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway[35]
2016The MoorsEmilieYale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut[36]
2016Tiny Beautiful ThingsSugarThe Public Theater, Off-Broadway[37]
2016The Sign in Sidney Brustein's WindowMavis Parodus BrysonGoodman Theatre, Chicago[38]
2017Mary JaneBrianne / ChayaYale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut[39]
2017JunkAmy MerkinVivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway debut[40]
2019A Play Is A PoemThe WifeMark Taper Forum, Los Angeles[41]
2019PlanoGenevieveConnelly Theater, Off-Broadway[42]
2020Antatomy of a SuicideVariousAtlantic Theater Company, Off-Broadway[43]
2020Cult Of LoveRachel DahlWilliamstown Theatre Festival, Regional[44]
2023The Sign in Sidney Brustein's WindowMavis Parodus BrysonBrooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)[45]
James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway[46]
2024MacbethLady MacbethRed Bull Theatre, Off-Broadway[47]
2024Find Me HereKristenClubbed Thumb, Off-Broadway[48]
2025Deep Blue SoundMaryClubbed Thumb (Public Theatre), Off-Broadway[49]
2026The DisappearMira BlairMinetta Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway[50]
2026The VergeClaire ArcherThe Public Theater, Off-Broadway[51]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Project Result Ref.
2010Helen Hayes AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress, Resident PlayThe Dog in The MangerNominated
2013Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a PlayFinksNominated
2016Jeff AwardOutstanding Performer in a Supporting Role in a PlayThe Sign in Sidney Brustein's WindowNominated
2023Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Performance in a PlayThe Sign in Sidney Brustein's WindowWon
2023Tony AwardsBest Featured Actress in a PlayThe Sign in Sidney Brustein's WindowWon

References

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  1. ↑ Tisch School Directory, Silverman accessed 05/05/2023
  2. 1 2 Sherman, Rachel (2023-06-06). "Miriam Silverman Is 'Unafraid of Embracing the Darkness'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 1, 2025. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  3. ↑ Anita Silverman Obituary accessed 05/05/2023
  4. ↑ "Michael D. Silverman, an editor and repo". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  5. ↑ ApplePodcasts.Com Silverman Interview accessed 09/22/2023
  6. ↑ Silverman Talks accessed 06/22/23
  7. ↑ Teeman, Tim (May 24, 2023). "Miriam Silverman Was Born on 'Good Morning America.' Next, a Tony Award?" – via www.thedailybeast.com.
  8. ↑ "Home". tcg.org.
  9. ↑ Nebraska Playbill.com accessed 05/05/2023
  10. ↑ Silverman bio, Goodman Theatre accessed 05/05/2023
  11. ↑ "Greene, Sheehy and Silverman Set for Old Masters Workshop at Berkshire Lab | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  12. ↑ "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window on Broadway Starring Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan Tickets". New York Theatre Guide. 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  13. ↑ Miriam Silverman Playbill profile accessed 05/05/2023
  14. ↑ Grobar, Matt (November 7, 2023). "Miriam Silverman, Emily Arancio, Nestor Carbonell & Holland Taylor Board Indie Drama 'Motherland' From MPI Original Films".
  15. ↑ "Miriam Silverman, Adam Green". The New York Times. 2009-09-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  16. ↑ https://www.sagaftra.org/get-involved/ads-go-union/contact-us
  17. ↑ "Home". Fair Wage OnStage.
  18. ↑ "Ovation | Brown Alumni Magazine". www.brownalumnimagazine.com. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  19. ↑ "Plaza Jewish Community Chapel Exit Strategy Podcast | Plaza Jewish Community Chapel". www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  20. ↑ "MA's SpeakEasy Stages New Rock Musical, Hot Star, Nebraska, March 8-30 | Playbill".
  21. ↑ "Arena's Co-Founder Returns to D.C. Home to Stage Awake and Sing!; Prosky Stars | Playbill".
  22. ↑ "Couples Therapy". www.villagevoice.com.
  23. ↑ "Bone Portraits, by Deborah Stein, at Walkerspace from the 5 - 20 May 2006". New York Theatre Guide. October 19, 2017.
  24. ↑ Rising, Buffalo (June 11, 2006). "Studio Arena Theatre s 2006-07 Season".
  25. ↑ "As You Like It (Folger Theatre, 2007) - Folgerpedia". folgerpedia.folger.edu.
  26. ↑
  27. 1 2 "Peer Gynt, with Mark Rylance, Begins Guthrie Run Jan. 12 | Playbill".
  28. ↑ "The Dog in the Manger 08-09". Shakespeare Theatre Company.
  29. ↑ Hodges, Ben; Denny, Scott (April 1, 2011). "Theatre World 2009-2010". Applause Theatre & Cinema – via Google Books.
  30. ↑
  31. ↑ accessed 06/12/2023
  32. ↑ "NY Premiere of Finks, With Aaron Serotsky, Leo Ash Evens and Miriam Silverman, Extends Through May". Playbill. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  33. ↑ "You Got Older - TheaterMania.com". November 6, 2014.
  34. ↑ "Review of Playwrights Realm's A Delicate Ship at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater". New York Theatre Guide. September 22, 2017.
  35. ↑ "True Love Productions". www.trueloveproductions.com.
  36. ↑ "The Moors | Yale Repertory Theatre". yalerep.org.
  37. ↑ "Tiny Beautiful Things Opens December 7 | Playbill".
  38. ↑ "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window". Goodman Theatre. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  39. ↑ "Yale Rep's 'Mary Jane' A Medical Drama With Tears, Hope". May 8, 2017.
  40. ↑ "Junk: Who's Who". Lincoln Center Theatre. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
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  43. ↑ NY Times Review accessed 06/12/2023
  44. ↑ "Williamstown Theatre Festival's Summer Season to be Produced on Audible | About Audible". www.audible.com.
  45. ↑ "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window". BAM. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  46. ↑ "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window About the Cast". signonbroadway. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  47. ↑ accessed 06/21/2024
  48. ↑ "Summerworks 2024 Announcement | clubbed thumb". www.clubbedthumb.org.
  49. ↑
  50. ↑ AudiblexMinetta.Com The Disapearaccessed 01/25/2066
  51. ↑ publictheater.org The Verge Cast Listingaccessed 09/26/2026
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