Phillipa Soo

Phillipa Anne Soo (born May 31, 1990) is an American actress and singer. 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. 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). In 2021, she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a...