A lot of ink is being spilled — deservedly so — on Sutton Foster in “Anything Goes” but one of the show’s two stealth weapons is Laura Osnes, who’s overcome inauspicious beginnings to build a very nice career for herself. (The other scene-stealing wonder is Adam Godley as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.)

Osnes landed the role of Sandy in a Broadway revival of “Grease” by winning NBC’s reality-TV competition “You’re the One That I Want.” Director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall — a judge in the competition — pretty much phoned it in and the production got drubbed by critics. Except that Osnes actually was quite good and ended up being unfairly associated with her lesser-talented co-star and fellow “You’re the One That I Want” alum, Max Crumm.

Osnes’ career could have stopped there but she went on to replace Kelli O’Hara in “South Pacific” — a vote of confidence if there was one. She also participated in the Sondheim birthday bash (entering at 1:50 in this clip). Again, not too shabby for a TV-spawned kid, uh? I should also mention the Frank Wildhorn/Don Black musical “Bonnie & Clyde” in 2009 and 2010, though the reviews were pretty spotty on the road.

Now Osnes looks and sounds lovely as Hope Harcourt, the ingenue in “Anything Goes.” She gives the role a natural elegance enlivened by vintage spark, and sings with a beautiful clarity of tone. And when she walks off the upper deck at the end of “All Through the Night,” her silhouette against the starry sky makes for the show’s single most poetic visual.