Sara Bareilles is an award-winning singer, songwriter, actor, producer, activist, and New York Times best-selling author whose accolades to date include two Grammy® Awards, three Tony® Award nominations, and three Primetime Emmy® Award nominations. As a recording artist and songwriter, she has sold more than 3 million albums and 15 million singles in the U.S., and her songs have been streamed more than 3.5 billion times worldwide. On Broadway, she composed music and lyrics for Waitress, stepping into the lead role both on Broadway and in the West End. Other musical theater credits include her Tony-nominated performance as ‘The Baker’s Wife’ in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, a song on the Tony Award-nominated score for SpongeBob SquarePants, and an Emmy Award-nominated appearance as Mary Magdalene in NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live.” On the screen, she executive-produced and wrote original music for the Apple musical drama series Little Voice, produced by J.J. Abrams. She plays Dawn Solano on the Emmy-nominated musical comedy series Girls5eva, all three seasons of which are streaming now on Netflix. Most recently, her song “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” appears in the Peabody Award-winning documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, on which she also serves as executive producer; the song was shortlisted for Best Original Song and the film was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2026 Oscars. She is currently at work on a musical theater adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s best-selling novel The Interestings, and a new album due later this year. A documentary about the making of the album, Sara Bareilles: Good Grief, will premiere at the Tribeca Festival in June.