Jeannette Bayardelle
Singer and actress Jeannete Bayardelle was nominated for a Tony award for Best Performance by an Actress in 2022 for her role as Mrs. Neilsen in the Conor McPherson-Bob Dylan musical Girl from North Country. Bayardelle, who is a playwright, composer, and lyricist, has many credits to her name both on and Off Broadway. Yet she had planned to be a laboratory scientist after earning a Bachelor of Science degree at Hunter College in 2002.