Hi, I’m Marjie.
Raised in small-town northern Minnesota, I’m a Brooklyn-based actor with a love for period pieces, dark comedies, and smart, heart-filled dramas.
I spent many years of my early career singing and dancing my heart out (and my knees) — including choreographing and collaborating on creative teams, as well as creating my own solo cabaret honoring Judy Garland, What Would Judy Do?
These days, I focus more on straight theatre and film and TV.
In the fall of 2024, I co-founded Kind Strangers Collective, an NYC-based theatre company committed to bold storytelling, amplifying new voices, and forging opportunities to perform work that excites and challenges us most. We’re two sold-out productions in, with many more to come.
Some favorite performances…
Mac, a sharp-witted, emotionally scarred woman who robs the dead for a living, in the one-woman one-act The Thief of Tears from Jeffrey Hatcher’s Three Viewings.
The Skin of Our Teeth, directed by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize–winner David Auburn and starring Tony-winner Harriet Harris.
Judy Haynes in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (I can recite the movie by rote).
Headshots
Resumes
Acting Reel
Scene from Nicole Holofcener’s “Walking and Talking” (1996), remade for artistic purposes only.
Marjie Shrimpton as Amelia
Noa Barenblat as Laura
Direction, videography, and editing by Julia Discenza
Short Film Projects
Now with over 62,000 views on YouTube!
Co-created and produced by Julia Discenza and Marjie Shrimpton
Performance and choreography by Marjie Shrimpton
Direction, videography, and editing by Julia Discenza
Gallery
Voice Over
When the Light Finds Us
By Judy Henderson with Jimmy Soni
Hachette Book Group, April 2025
Produced by John Marshall Media for Hachette Audio
Hachette Audio
Audiobook
“When the boss is away”
Animation by The Brothers Mcleod
Female voices by Marjie Shrimpton
Produced by Stockpress Corp.
Stockpress Shorts
Animated Series
“Cost per seat”
Animation by The Brothers Mcleod
Female voices by Marjie Shrimpton
Produced by Stockpress Corp.