Phillipa Soo

Phillipa Anne Soo is an American actress and singer. 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, Rebecca in The Parisian Woman, Cinderella in Into the Woods, and Guenevere in Camelot. She also originated the role of Natasha Rostova in the Off-Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 as well as the role of suffragist Inez Milholland in Suffs. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)