About the artist
Erika Henningsen is an American actress and singer best known for her work on Broadway, most notably originating the role of Cady Heron in the Tony-nominated musical Mean Girls, based on the film of the same name. A University of Michigan graduate, she made her Broadway debut playing Fantine in Les Misérables before landing leading roles across major regional and national productions.
Her voice combines the belting power and clarity expected of contemporary musical theater with a warm, expressive pop sensibility, making her equally suited to earnest ballads and comedic, character-driven numbers. Beyond Mean Girls, she has become known to audiences through animated and streaming projects, including voice work on the musical series Hazbin Hotel, contributing songs such as «Ready for This» and «Happy Day in Hell» that showcase her range across theatrical pop styles.
Henningsen represents a generation of musical-theater performers who move fluidly between stage and screen, bringing Broadway-caliber vocal technique to pop and genre-adjacent projects. Her work spans classic musical-theater repertoire and newer, genre-blending scores, reflecting the increasingly porous boundary between Broadway and mainstream pop and animation music.