Ms. Benko appeared on Broadway in Ivo Van Hove’s THE CRUCIBLE, and as Marianne 3 in his acclaimed production of Bergman’s SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE. Other theatre includes: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in Elfriede Jellinek’s solo play JACKIE (Lucille Lortel nomination) at the Women’s Project, Desdemona in Toni Morrison’s play DESDEMONA directed by Peter Sellars at the Barbican Theatre in London as well as in Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, and the Sydney Festival, Titania in Julie Taymor’s MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Theatre For a New Audience, INFORMED CONSENT at Primary Stages, TALES FROM RED VIENNA at Manhattan Theatre Club, THE LITTLE FOXES at New York Theatre Workshop, Katori Hall’s WHADDABLOODCLOT!!! at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Wallace Shawn’s MARIE AND BRUCE at The New Group, TEN HIGH at EST, ROUGH SKETCH at 59East 59, as well as IRENA’S VOW, TOP GIRLS, and NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES. TV and Film credits include FAIR MARKET VALUE, CONTEST, THAT AWKWARD MOMENT, THE AVENGERS, PHOTO-OP, LUCKY DAYS, LAW AND ORDER(S), ROYAL PAINS, BROTHERHOOD, MYSTERIES OF LAURA, PERSON OF INTEREST, BLUE BLOODS, INVISIBLE, BROTHERHOOD, NCIS NEW ORLEANS, and FLESH AND BONE. She recently directed the play LOU based on the memoirs of Lou Andres Salome, and also teaches at Fordham University.