Marissa explained that she was traveling to a small town in Pennsylvania for a speaking engagement. While her first flight, operated by United Airlines, went smoothly, things took a turn when she ...

Wicked actress Marissa Bode posted a vulnerable video describing what happened during a recent flight from New York. Featured Video While she said that she hesitated to share it, disabled travelers ...

In a recent TikTok, the Wicked actor claimed she was denied boarding on a Southern Airways flight because she uses a wheelchair. Marissa explained that she was traveling to a small town in ...

Marissa Bode, the 24-year-old actress who brings Nessarose to life in the buzzing 2024 adaptation of Wicked, is speaking out against online bullies who have targeted her character’s disability. In the ...

Marissa Bode is opening up about an upsetting experience with an airline. The Wicked actress claimed in a TikTok video posted Thursday, April 23 that she was "denied access" on Southern Airways ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marissa Bode says the airline that denied her from boarding a flight has reached out to her to "rectify the situation." (Ethan ...

As the concluding chapter of Wicked‘s big-screen adaptation approaches, Marissa Bode is opening up about how the movie does away with an ableist plot point. The actress and wheelchair user, who ...

Marissa Bode thought she lost out on her dream role of Nessarose in “Wicked.” After a self tape and a series of callbacks, she stopped hearing back from casting. “I was like, ‘It’s dunzo for me.’ I ...

Bode's original politically-tinged introduction to Cynthia Erivo performing "Defying Gravity" was dropped from Thursday's broadcast. NBC decided to steer its musical special Wicked: One Wonderful ...

In Wicked, Elphaba’s sister Nessarose is in a wheelchair, which plays a key part in how her story unfolds (hint: it involves magic slippers). And yet, Marissa Bode is the first actor with a disability ...

Marissa Bode joined her fellow “Wicked” cast members on the red carpet for the 2025 SAG Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. The actress stars alongside Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in the Jon M.

"I got to the gate and was like, 'Hey, could you help me locate my boarding pass?'" Marissa recalled. "And the two people at the gate look at me, and they're like, 'Can you stand?' And I said, 'No.' ...