Darilyn Burtley is a Chicago-born actor and vocalist currently starring as Tina Turner in the Second North American Tour of TINA – The Tina Turner Musical.
Her work spans stage and screen, with appearances on NBC’s Chicago P.D. and Showtime’s The Chi alongside performances at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane Theatre, and other leading stages.
Explore selected performance highlights below.
Darilyn Guest Stars as Saber in Showtime’s The Chi: Black Messiah
Darilyn Sings as Eurydice
Darilyn appears in an ad for WeatherTech.
Darilyn’s spot in a repHresh ad.
singing as Beverly in the Broadway musical Come From Away
Darilyn plays Alexis in the pilot for a series she’s currently cowriting.
Darilyn sings a Dorothy from The Wiz.
Darilyn performs the American National Anthem.
A clip from Darilyn's stint as a featured singer for a prominent cruiseline.
the classic song from Showboat performed by Darilyn Burtley.
Darilyn sings a portion of On My Own from Les Miserables.
Darilyn sings Abba live.
Darilyn stars in this music video for Diane Coffee’s “Not Ready To Go” with Polyvinyl records.
