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Phillipa Anne Soo[lower-alpha 1] (born May 31, 1990) is an American actress and singer.

Phillipa Soo
Soo at the White House in 2016
Born	Phillipa Anne Soo (1990-05-31) May 31, 1990 (age 32)[1] Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Juilliard School (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Steven Pasquale ​ (m. 2017)​

Soo is perhaps best known for originating the role of Eliza Hamilton in the Broadway musical Hamilton, a performance which earned her a nomination for the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album that same year.[2][3][4] Soo's other Broadway credits include the title role in Amélie (2017), Rebecca in The Parisian Woman (2017–18), and Cinderella in Into the Woods (2022). 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).

Soo has also appeared in the films Over the Moon, The Broken Hearts Gallery (both 2020), and Tick, Tick...Boom! (2021).[5] In 2021, she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series or Movie for her performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton which was released in 2020. She recently appeared in the Hulu limited series Dopesick (2021) and the Apple TV+ series Shining Girls (2022).

Early life and education

Soo was born in Libertyville, Illinois. She is of half-Chinese descent; her paternal grandparents emigrated from China to the United States. Her father is a doctor and her mother, who is from Southern Illinois, is involved in the arts.[6]

Phillipa attended Libertyville High School in suburban Chicago from 2004 to 2008.[7] Soo graduated from The Juilliard School's acting program in 2012.[8]

Acting career

Theater

After graduating from Juilliard in 2012, Soo was cast as Natasha Rostova in the Ars Nova production of Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, based on Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. The show went on to transfer from Ars Nova to another Off-Broadway space, Kazino, a tent custom-built for the show.

After seeing her performance in Great Comet, director Thomas Kail and composer and writer Lin-Manuel Miranda asked her to take part in an early 2014 reading of the musical Hamilton, where she read as the leading female role, "Eliza" (Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton). Soo remained with the show through its Off-Broadway and Broadway debuts. She received a 2016 Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, along with Laura Benanti, Carmen Cusack, Jessie Mueller, and winner Cynthia Erivo.[9] Soo played her final performance in Hamilton on July 9, 2016, and the role of Eliza was taken over by Lexi Lawson.[10]

Soo appeared in the title role in the pre-Broadway engagement of Amélie at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from December 2016 to January 2017. Amélie then began preview performances on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on March 9, 2017, opening officially on April 3.[11][12] The show closed on May 21, 2017.[13] That same year Soo returned on Broadway as Rebecca in The Parisian Woman, an original play by Beau Willimon. The production began preview performances at the Hudson Theatre on November 7, 2017, and opened on November 30 for a limited run through March 11, 2018.[14]

In 2022, Soo portrayed suffragist Inez Milholland in Shaina Taub's musical Suffs. The production premiered Off-Broadway at The Public Theatre to positive reviews. Entertainment Weekly declared, "Soo, best known for originating the role of Eliza Schuyler in Hamilton, grounds the story with her poignant voice, infusing Inez Milholland with emotion and vulnerability so striking, you're reminded of why she's so closely associated with another woman who wrote herself into the narrative."[15] The production opened on April 6 and ran a limited run through May 29, 2022.

On May 26, it was announced Soo would play Cinderella in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods at the St. James Theatre.[16] Soo starred opposite Sara Bareilles, Brian D'Arcy James, Joshua Henry, and Patina Miller. She received acclaim for her role with The Hollywood Reporter critic David Rooney describing her performance as, "one of her best roles since her shattering performance as the original Eliza in Hamilton."[17] She remained with the show through September 4, 2022.[18] On August 2, 2022, it was announced that Soo would play Sarah Brown in a revival of Guys and Dolls at The Kennedy Center. In the production she will star opposite her husband, Steven Pasquale, their first collaboration, as well as James Monroe Iglehart, Jessie Mueller, Rachel Dratch, and Kevin Chamberlin.[19]

On November 1, 2022 it was announced Soo would star as Guenevere in the Broadway revival of Camelot opposite Andrew Burnap, and Jordan Donica. The production will debut in March at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center with Bartlett Sher as director and Aaron Sorkin with a revised book.[20]

Film and television

In 2013, she was cast in a small recurring role in the NBC television series Smash as the character Lexi. She appeared in five episodes in the second season before the show's cancellation.[21] She had a small supporting role as Nia in the 2014 television pilot Dangerous Liaisons, but it did not get picked up to series.[22]

In 2018, it was announced that Soo had been cast in the CBS series The Code.[23] The show aired for one season before its cancellation in July 2019.[24] In 2021, she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for her performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton which was released in 2020.

Philanthropy

Inspired by Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, the character she played in Hamilton, Soo started the Eliza Project initiative in partnership with Graham Windham, the first private orphanage in New York City that is mentioned in the last song at the end of the show. Through the program, Soo plans to provide students at the Graham School with acting, dancing, and rap workshops. According to Soo, the core mission of "The Eliza Project" is "to use the arts as a means of expression, as an outlet for personal experience, and to uplift the creative spirit."[25]

Personal life

Soo became engaged to actor Steven Pasquale in February 2016.[26] They married on September 24, 2017.[27] In 2019, the two starred opposite each other in an episode of The Code.[28] She has a dog named Billie, which she adopted for her 30th birthday in 2020.[29]

Acting credits

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Keep The Change	Karen	Short film
2016	Moana	Additional voices
2018	Here and Now	Oona
2020	Hamilton	Eliza Hamilton	Filmed recording of 2016 Broadway musical
	The One and Only Ivan	Thelma	Voice role
	The Broken Hearts Gallery	Nadine
	Over the Moon	Chang'e[30]	Voice role
2021	Tick, Tick... Boom!	"Sunday" Legend	Cameo appearance
2022	One True Loves	Emma Blair	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Smash	Lexi	5 episodes
2014	Dangerous Liaisons	Nia	Television film
2019	The Code	Lieutenant Harper Li	13 episodes
2021	The Bite	Cydni Estereo	6 episodes
2021	Dopesick	Amber Collins	7 episodes
2022	Shining Girls	Jin-Sook	8 episodes

Theatre

Year(s)	Production	Role	Location	Category
2012	Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812	Natasha Rostova	Ars Nova	Off-off-Broadway
2013–14			Kazino Meatpacking District	Off-Broadway
2014	A Little Night Music[31]	Anne Egerman	Berkshire Theatre Festival	Regional
2015	Hamilton	Eliza Hamilton	The Public Theater	Off-Broadway
2015–16			Richard Rodgers Theatre	Broadway
2016–17	Amélie	Amélie Poulain	Ahmanson Theatre	Regional, Pre-Broadway
2017			Walter Kerr Theatre	Broadway
2017–18	The Parisian Woman	Rebecca	Hudson Theatre
2020	Tumacho	Catalina Vucovich-Villalobos	Connelly Theater	Off-Broadway
2022	Suffs	Inez Milholland	The Public Theater
	Into the Woods	Cinderella	St. James Theatre	Broadway
	Guys and Dolls	Sarah Brown	Kennedy Center	Regional
2023	Camelot	Guenevere	Vivian Beaumont Theatre	Broadway

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	Drama League Awards	Distinguished Performance	Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812	Nominated	[32]
2014	Lucille Lortel Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical		Nominated	[33]
2015			Hamilton	Won	[34]
2016	Tony Awards	Best Actress in a Musical		Nominated	[35]
	Grammy Awards	Best Musical Theater Album		Won	[36]
2020	Critics' Choice Super Awards	Best Voice Actress in an Animated Movie	Over the Moon	Nominated	[37]
2021	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Hamilton	Nominated	[38]
2022	Grammy Award	Best Musical Theatre Album	Into the Woods	Pending	[39]

Notes

See also

• Chinese Americans in New York City

References

External links

• Phillipa Soo at the Internet Broadway Database
• Phillipa Soo at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Phillipa Soo at Playbill Vault
• Phillipa Soo at IMDb
• Phillipa Soo on Twitter

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[de] Phillipa Soo

Phillipa Anne Soo (geboren 31. Mai 1990)[1] ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Sängerin.[2] Soo ist vor allem bekannt durch die Rolle der Eliza Hamilton in dem Broadway-Musical Hamilton,[3][4] für deren Darstellung sie 2016 für den Tony Award als beste Hauptdarstellerin in einem Musical nominiert wurde.[5] Sie spielte auch die Rolle der Natasha Rostova in der Off-Broadway-Produktion von „Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812“ im Jahr 2013[6] und die Titelrolle in der Broadway-Produktion von „Amélie, A New Musical“ im Jahr 2017.[2] Zuletzt trat Soo am Broadway in „The Parisian Woman“ auf, das von November 2017 bis März 2018 lief. In dem Film „Over the Moon“ sprach sie die Stimme von Chang'e.[7]

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[es] Phillipa Soo

Phillipa Anne Soo (Libertyville, Illinois, 31 de mayo de 1990) es una actriz y cantante chino-estadounidense conocida por interpretar a Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton en el musical Hamilton. Fue nominada en el 2016 al Premio Tony por su actuación.[1][2][3] Otros de sus roles más conocidos son el de Natasha en el musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 y en Amélie, la versión musical de la película homónima. Más recientemente, ha aparecido en Broadway en The Parisian Woman, desde noviembre del 2017 hasta marzo de 2018.

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[ru] Су, Филлипа

Филлипа Су (англ. Phillipa Soo, род. 31 мая 1990, Либертивилл, США) — американская актриса и певица. Наиболее известна тем, что сыграла роль Элизы Гамильтон в Бродвейском мюзикле «Гамильтон», за что в 2016 году была номинирована на премии Тони и Грэмми[2][3][4]. Эта постановка также была разыграна на Disney+, и за работу в ней актриса была номинирована на премию «Эмми». Помимо прочего, Су сыграла Наташу Ростову во внебродвейском мюзикле «Наташа, Пьер и Большая комета 1812 года» и заглавную роль в бродвейской постановке «Амели» в 2017 году.

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