Although [easyazon_link identifier=”B0064UROEA” locale=”US” tag=”tvovermind00a-20″]Carly Jibson[/easyazon_link] is in her early 30s, she’s relatively new to the small screen. However, she’s not new to acting. Carly, who can currently be seen on the TBS show “The Guest Book,” has already made a name for herself on Broadway. Whether you are unfamiliar with the actress who also has a role on the upcoming season of the Amazon show, “One Mississippi,” or simply want to know more about her, here are five things you didn’t know about [easyazon_link identifier=”B0064UROIQ” locale=”US” tag=”tvovermind00a-20″]Carly Jibson[/easyazon_link].
Carly was bitten by the acting bug while living in her hometown of Muskegon, Michigan.
In the summer of 2016, Carly performed in “Crash Nation” at the Cherry County Playhouse, one of the first professional theaters in Michigan. Although she had performed in several high school plays beforehand, this performance spurred her desire to become an actress. Before moving from Muskegon to NYC, she almost finished up her senior year of high school. (According to some reports, she did graduate high school in 2002, but others say she dropped out right before the end of the year.) Either way, at the age of 17, she put the small city behind her and took off on her own to The Big Apple.
It wasn’t long before she landed a coveted role.
After calling NYC home for just 6 months, Carly landed the role of Tracy Turnblad in the first National Tour of “Hairspray.” For the next seven months, she portrayed the character all over the United States. Then, in spring 2004, she returned to New York to star as Tracy Turnblad in the Broadway version of “Hairspray.” She continued to play this role for the next two years. Since then, she has been cast in various other theater productions.
She opted to take a break from the theater.
Around the end of 2008, Carly decided to try something different. Instead of acting on a stage, she wanted to act in front of a camera. Her first TV gig was on the popular soap opera, All My Children. By 2009, she had decided it was time to move in yet another direction.
Carly wrote, produced, and starred in her own concert series.
Next, she opted to step outside of her comfort zone and start writing music. In fall 2009, Carly premiered “Not a B*tch, Not Yet a Woman” in front of a sold out audience at Joe’s Pub in NYC. After receiving great reviews, she took things further and released an original album on iTunes entitled “Best of Me.” At the same time, she returned to the stage, appearing in “Johnny Baseball.”
Carly hosted a benefit for her mom who was diagnosed with stage 4 lung and bone cancer.
After learning her mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2012, Carly threw herself into planning a benefit entitled “Cancer’s Expensive!!! A Benefit for Renee Zimmerman.” The sold out benefit included performances and appearances by numerous Broadway stars, including Tony Award Nominee Chad Kimball, award winning vocalist Katie Thompson, and more. Plenty of other celebrities, such as Ricki Lake and Perez Hilton, donated raffle prizes. Although her mom’s health improved for a short period of time, she ultimately succumbed to cancer in 2013.
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