Marissa Bode, 24, is the first actor who uses a wheelchair to portray Nessarose, a character who uses a wheelchair, in ...

The actress, 24, described the incident while speaking to Entertainment Weekly in a recent interview, explaining that she ...

Marissa Bode talks to Teen Vogue about being the first actress in a wheelchair to play the role of Nessarose in Wicked.

Marissa Bode, the first authentic wheelchair user to play Nessarose in Wicked, has nothing but praise for the film's cast and ...

As a huge fan of the musical, and a researcher in disability studies, I was interested to see if this casting decision ...

I love seeing disabled characters be played authentically by real disabled people, because no one knows us better than us,” ...

Young Nessarose, played by Cesily Collette Taylor, in Wicked is praised for her adorable line delivery of "Yeah." Find out ...

Marissa Bode is the first actress living with a disability to portray the character "Nessarose" in the musical adaptation.

Marissa Bode has been a wheelchair user since the age of 11, and is now blazing a trail in Hollywood as the first version of ...

Marissa Bode has made many core memories over the last couple of years. A year after graduating, she was offered the role of Nessarose in the Wicked movies by leads Cynthia Erivo (who plays Elphaba) ...

People packed into Bonham Theatre to watch Bode, who is playing Nessarose, the Wicked Witch of the West’s, or Elphaba’s, ...

The film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Wicked" is expected to be one of the biggest openings this year with estimated ...