Marissa Bode’s acting career began with a lie. A white lie, of course — her local community theater in small-town ...

“Wicked” actress Marissa Bode is asking for kindness after receiving ableist comments on social media. In a video posted to her TikTok page on Saturday, Bode said that while she is usually a ...

Marissa Bode is addressing the derogatory comments made about her “Wicked” character. Bode, who portrays the character Nessarose, the younger sister of Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba, posted a five ...

Everyone deserves a chance to fly, and as embodied by Marissa Bode, when given access, they do.” The celebration kicked off the opening night for the nation’s largest disability film festival ...

“Wicked” star Marissa Bode has spoken out against the negative comments and jokes about her character Nessarose’s disability, calling them “aggressive,” “very gross” and “harmful.

Meet Marissa Bode, who plays Nessarose in Wicked: the first actress with a disability in the role, she says she manifested the part – then got a surprise call from Ariana Grande and Cynthia ...

“Wicked” actor Marissa Bode is speaking out against the ableist discourse surrounding her character, Nessarose, after the movie musical’s debut. The 24-year-old, who makes her feature film ...

When she was 8 years old, Marissa Bode made her acting debut as an orphan in “The Prince and the Pauper” at her local community theater in Mazomanie, Wisconsin. “I had one line and I was so ...

While Marissa Bode is excited by the warm reception her movie Wicked has received, she has also felt “uncomfortable” by certain jokes aimed at her character, Nessarose. “It is absolutely OK ...