If you ask her where she is from
Libby will probably start with: "it's complicated!”
She was born in Georgia, but grew up mostly in Nevada and South Korea. She also lived in California for three months in high school if that counts.
Now, she is a Chicago and New York based actor.
She often gets cast as
vulnerable, sensitive characters who are dealing with heavy circumstances a.k.a. she cries very well (check her reel).
Her favorite role to date is when she played Rose Mundy in Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa directed by Alan Langdon, and Then Jane in Bekah Brunstetter’s The Oregon Trail. She prays to add Charlotte Corday from The Revolutionists, Chekhov’s legendary Nina, Olivia from Twelfth Night, and a character like Jobu Tupaki to her resume soon.
Libby sings and dances well, but she is an actor first.
She is fluent in and enjoys all mediums, but her true love is live theatre. Greek tragedies, Shakespeares, and Chekhovs are where she likes to live.
Her role models are Cynthia Erivo, Jessie Mueller, Daniel Day Lewis, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Taeri Kim, Stephanie Hsu, and Saorise Ronan in no particular order.
She is also a proud Teaching Artist
Libby has been teaching ever since she assisted her English tutor mother with lessons as a 6th grader. Sharing her love for the arts is a passion of hers. She would be a teacher if she didn’t love acting so much.
She has taught digital art at One River School, theatre improv to 3rd graders at Creative Muse, and Greek Mythology to 5th graders in NY public schools with Marquis Studios.
An aspiring comedy nerd
and fan of anything funny, Libby is usually watching Ali Wong specials, Veep, Arrested Development, or some old SNL clips on the weekends. She would watch Parks and Rec too if she believed Peacock was a real streaming service.
Before she became an actor
she had a short career as an industrial designer. She even went to art school. She still likes to draw and design things in her free time. She also writes a little, which you can read samples of here.
Libby is currently an Acting MFA student at Northwestern University. Before that, she attended Circle in the Square Theatre School, which is a secret school in the basement of a Broadway theatre (she also runs their Instagram account). Before that, she attended Seoul National University which has recently become famous in the U.S. thanks to Squid Game.