Ava Briglia is an American child actress currently playing Matilda in the 2016 Broadway cast of Matilda: the Musical. Playing Matilda marks Ava's Broadway debut. Her older sister also had a role in the same show in a previous cast.
Credits[]
Regional Theatre[]
- Gypsy as Baby June
Broadway[]
- Matilda the Musical as Matilda
- School of Rock as Summer
National Tour[]
- School of Rock as Summer
Television[]
- Julie's Greenroom as Herself
- Evil Lives Here as Young Lindsey
Film[]
- Sisters as Esme
Trivia[]
- Ava had her debut performance
- Ava's older siblings, Daniel and Beada, are also actors who have performed in major stage productions.
- Ava's sister, Beada Briglia previously played Hortensia in the Broadway production.
- Ava loves to draw
- During her run, Ava shared the lead role with Willow McCarthy, Aviva Winnick and Tori Feinstein
- Ava was the third to last Matilda to perform on Broadway
- Amy Spanger's nickname for Ava is "Little Marilyn."
- Ava is currently the youngest Matilda worldwide.