Aaron Hernandez

American Sports Story

Lindsay Mendez stars as Tanya Singleton in American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez.

Career Highlights

Lindsay Mendez recently starred in the Tony®-winning Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along opposite Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe. She reprised her Tony-nominated performance as "Mary Flynn" from the NYTW run, which garnered her the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League, Drama Desk and Lortel nominations.In 2018, Mendez won the Tony Award, as well as the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance as "Carrie Pipperidge" in the revival of Carousel. Other Broadway credits include Significant Other, Wicked (“Elphaba," 10th Anniversary company), Godspell, Everyday Rapture and Grease. Off-Broadway/regional credits include The Golden Apple (City Center Encores!), Dogfight (Second Stage, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Rose Tattoo (Williamstown Theatre Festival), 35mm and The Winter’s Tale (Delacorte Theater).In addition to a debut album titled This Time, her concert work includes appearances with Lincoln Center’s American Songbook, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the Kennedy Center, Feinstein's/54 Below in NYC, Lyrics and Lyricists, the San Diego Symphony and the American Pops Orchestra.On television, Mendez previously starred on the Warner Bros. drama All Rise for CBS and OWN. Other television and film credits include Station 19, Elementary, Modern Family, Smash, Murphy Brown and Joanna Gleason’s The Grotto.In 2012, Mendez co-founded Actor Therapy, a training and mentorship program that she runs in New York City, with composer Ryan Scott Oliver.

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Lindsay Mendez stars as Tanya Singleton in American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez.

Lindsay Mendez as Tanya Singleton in FX's American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez

Lindsay Mendez as Tanya Singleton | FX's American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez

American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez

Career Highlights

Ean Castellanos
as D.J. Hernandez

Tammy Blanchard
as Terri Hernandez

Josh Rivera
as Aaron Hernandez

Lindsay Mendez as Tanya Singleton | FX's American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez

American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez

Ean Castellanosas D.J. Hernandez

Tammy Blanchardas Terri Hernandez

Josh Riveraas Aaron Hernandez

Ean Castellanos
as D.J. Hernandez

Tammy Blanchard
as Terri Hernandez

Josh Rivera
as Aaron Hernandez