Phillipa Soo
Phillipa Anne Soo ( FIL-ip-ə SOO; born May 31, 1990) is an American actress. Known for her leading roles on Broadway primarily in musicals, she has received two Grammy Awards along with nominations for a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Soo gained prominence for originating the role of Eliza Hamilton in the musical Hamilton on Broadway. She earned a nomination for the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and received a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album that same year. Her performance was captured in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton which was released in 2020 for which she earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Soo's other Broadway credits include the title role of Amélie Poulain in Amélie (2017), Rebecca in The Parisian Woman (2017–18), Cinderella in Into the Woods (2022), and Guenevere in Camelot (2023). She also originated the role of Natasha Rostova in the Off-Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (2012) as well as the role of suffragist Inez Milholland in Suffs (2022).
On film, Soo has appeared in the animated film Over the Moon (2020), the romantic comedy The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020), and the romantic dramedy One True Loves (2023), the later of which she also served as an executive producer. She made her television debut in the NBC series Smash in 2013. She later had leading roles in the CBS military drama The Code (2019) and in the ABC medical drama series Doctor Odyssey (2024) with supporting roles in the Hulu miniseries Dopesick (2021) and the Apple TV+ series Shining Girls (2022).
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