Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles was named an Ambassador of the Society of Composers & Lyricists at the 2025 SCL New York Holiday Party.
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Sara Bareilles is an award-winning singer, songwriter,
actor, producer, activist, and New York Times bestselling author whose accolades to date include two Grammy®Awards, three Tony® Award nominations, and three Primetime Emmy® Award nominations. As a recording artist and songwriter, she has sold more than three million albums and 15 million singles in the U.S., and her songs have been streamed more than three-and-a-half billion times worldwide.
On Broadway, she composed music and lyrics for Waitress, stepping into the lead role both on Broadway and in the West End. Other musical theater credits include her Tony-nominated performance as The Baker’s Wife in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, a song on the Tony Award-nominated score for SpongeBob SquarePants, and an Emmy Award-nominated appearance as Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar Live. She played Dawn Solano on the Emmy-nominated musical comedy series Girls5eva, and is currently at work on a musical theater adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s bestselling novel The Interestings, alongside author Sarah Ruhl.