Krysta Rodriguez is a stage performer who is credited for Broadway productions of In the Heights, Spring Awakening, Good Vibrations, A Chorus Line and The Addams Family, where she originated the role of Wednesday Addams. On TV, she first appeared in an episode of Gossip Girl. In 2013, she joined the second season of NBC's Smash as Karen's (Katharine McPhee) new actress roommate.