Phillipa Soo
Phillipa Soo was born in Libertyville, Lake County, Illinois, United States on May 31st, 1990 and is the Stage Actress. At the age of 33, Phillipa Soo biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Phillipa Soo (born May 31, 1990) is an American actress and singer.
She is best known for her role as Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in the Broadway musical Hamilton, a nomination for the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
Natasha Rostova, who appeared in a number of New York productions of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 in 2012 and 2013, as well as her title role in Amélie, which Soo originated on Broadway in 2017.
Soo appeared on Broadway in The Parisian Woman, the yearly revue that ran from November 2017 to March 2018.
Early life and education
Soo was born in Libertyville, Illinois. She is of half-Chinese descent; her paternal grandparents immigrated from China to the United States. Her father is a surgeon, and her mother, who is from Southern Illinois, is interested in the arts.
Phillipa was a student at Libertyville High School in suburban Chicago from 2004 to 2008. Soo graduated from The Juilliard School's acting program in 2012.
Personal life
In February 2016, Soo became engaged to actor Steven Pasquale. On September 24, 2017, the couple married. In an episode of The Code in 2019, the two characters appeared opposite each other. Billie, she's adopted for her 30th birthday in 2020, has a dog named Billie.
Acting career
Soo was cast as Natasha Rostova in Dave Malloy's Natasha Rostova, based on Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, after graduating from Juilliard in 2012. The show continued to move from Ars Nova to Kazino, another Off-Broadway space built for the occasion.
After seeing her appearance in Great Comet, filmmaker Thomas Kail, composer, and writer Lin-Manuel Miranda pleaded with her to participate in an early 2014 reading of the musical Hamilton, in which she appeared as the leading female role, "Eliza" (Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton). Soo stayed with the show through its Off-Broadway and Broadway debuts. She was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical by the Tony Award in 2016, alongside Laura Benanti, Carmen Cusack, Jessie Mueller, and winner Cynthia Erivo. Soo appeared in Hamilton on July 9, 2016, and Lexi Lawson took over Eliza's role.
Soo appeared in the title role in Amélie's pre-Broadway appearance at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from December 2016 to January 2017. The Walter Kerr Theatre opened on March 9, 2017, before Amélie began preview performances on Broadway, which opened on April 3. The show came to an end on May 21, 2017. Soo returned to Broadway as Rebecca in The Parisian Women, Beau Willimon's first play. On November 7, 2017, the Hudson Theatre opened on November 27, 2017, and it will remain on November 30 for a limited run through March 11, 2018.
In Shaina Taub's musical Suffrage, Soo portrayed suffragist Inez Milholland in 2022. The production premiered at The Public Theatre in Off-Broadway, earning raves. "Soo, the actress best known for originating the role of Eliza Schuyler in Hamilton, anchors the tale, infusing Inez Milholland with emotion and vulnerability that is so touching," Entertainment Weekly said. On April 6, the play opened on April 6 and ran for a limited number until May 29, 2022.
Soo will appear Cinderella in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods at the St. James Theatre on May 26, according to the actress. Soo appeared on Sara Bareilles, Brian D'Arcy James, Joshua Henry, and Patina Miller. "One of her best appearances since her shattering appearance as the original Eliza in Hamilton," Rooney praised for her role with The Hollywood Reporter critic David Rooney. She appeared on the show from September 4, 2022. Soo will appear in a revival of Guys and Dolls at The Kennedy Center on August 2, 2022. She will co-star Steven Pasquale and James Monroe Iglehart, as well as Jessie Mueller and her husband Steven Pasquale in the film.
Lexi, a fictional character in the NBC television series Smash in 2013, was seen in a small recurring role. In the second season, she appeared in five episodes before the show's cancellation. Nia was a supporting role in the 2014 television series Dangerous Liaisons, but it was not intended to be a series.
Soo had been cast in the CBS series The Code in 2018. The program aired for one season before its cancellation in July 2019. In 2021, she was nominated for Outstanding Support Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for her role in Hamilton's Disney+ live stage recording, which was released in 2020.
The Eliza Project project in association with Graham Windham, the first private orphanage in New York City that is mentioned in the last song at the end of the performance, was inspired by Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, who was playing her character in Hamilton, Soo. Soo hopes to provide acting, dancing, and rap workshops to students at the Graham School through the program. "The Eliza Project's main aim, according to Soo, is to use the arts as a means of expression, as an outlet for personal exploration, and to raise the creative spirit."