Phillipa Soo[a] (born May , ) is an American actress and singer. Soo
is best known for originating the role of Eliza Hamilton in the
Broadway musical Hamilton, a performance for which she was nominated
for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She also originated
the role of Natasha Rostova in the off-Broadway production of Natasha,
Pierre & The Great Comet of in and the title role in the Broadway
production of Amélie in . Most recently, Soo appeared on Broadway in
The Parisian Woman, which ran from November to March .Soo was born in
Libertyville, Illinois to a European-American mother and a
Chinese-American father. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter,
Soo spoke about her upbringing: "In terms of my own experience, my dad
is first-generation, so his parents were from China, and my mom was
born and raised in southern Illinois, and she was involved in the
arts. My dad's a doctor. I was very much always encouraged [to pursue
an acting career], but the mentality of 'get your education' was still
there."Soo attended Libertyville High School in suburban Chicago from
to . Soo graduated from The Juilliard School's acting program in
.After graduating from Julliard in , Soo was cast as Natasha Rostova
in the Ars Nova production of Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & The
Great Comet of , 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.
is best known for originating the role of Eliza Hamilton in the
Broadway musical Hamilton, a performance for which she was nominated
for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She also originated
the role of Natasha Rostova in the off-Broadway production of Natasha,
Pierre & The Great Comet of in and the title role in the Broadway
production of Amélie in . Most recently, Soo appeared on Broadway in
The Parisian Woman, which ran from November to March .Soo was born in
Libertyville, Illinois to a European-American mother and a
Chinese-American father. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter,
Soo spoke about her upbringing: "In terms of my own experience, my dad
is first-generation, so his parents were from China, and my mom was
born and raised in southern Illinois, and she was involved in the
arts. My dad's a doctor. I was very much always encouraged [to pursue
an acting career], but the mentality of 'get your education' was still
there."Soo attended Libertyville High School in suburban Chicago from
to . Soo graduated from The Juilliard School's acting program in
.After graduating from Julliard in , Soo was cast as Natasha Rostova
in the Ars Nova production of Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & The
Great Comet of , 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.
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