Victoria Clark (born October 10, 1959) is an American soprano who won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical in 2005 for her performance in Adam Guettel's The Light in the Piazza. She also won the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Joseph Jefferson Award for her performances in this role. Life and career Clark grew up in Texas, where she attended the Hockaday School, an all-girls school in Dallas, Texas. She also attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, before whisking off to Yale University (graduated in 1982), where, at the age of eighteen, she sang the role of Mabel in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Pirates of Penzance. She also sang the title role of Gilbert & Sullivan's Patience and directed a production of Ruddigore for the Yale Gilbert & Sullivan Society. After college, Clark continued to direct shows. She currently teaches voice in addition to performing.

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