Phillipa Soo is best known for originating the role of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in Broadway’s critically acclaimed show Hamilton. The role garnered her the Lucille Lortel Award in 2015 for Lead Actress in a Musical during the show's Off- Broadway, sold- out run at The Public Theater as well as earning her a 2016 Tony Award nomination. Phillipa earned a 2021 Emmy nomination in the category of “Supporting Actress, Limited Series, Movie or Anthology” for the film version of Hamilton, that premiered in July 2020 and is available to stream now on Disney+.

On television, Soo can currently be seen in Hulu’s Dopesick opposite Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard and Kaitlyn Dever and in AppleTV+’s Shining Girls, a new series based on the 2013 best-selling novel by Lauren Beukes. Soo portrays the intelligent and sure-footed Jin-Sook who works in the research department at the Adler planetarium. She stars opposite Elisabeth Moss, Wagner Moura, and Jamie Bell.

Additionally, she recently wrapped production on the film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestseller One True Loves opposite Simu Liu and Luke Bracey. The film will be directed by Andy Fickman (“She’s The Man,” “Parental Guidance”), and follows the moving love story of a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who has finally brought her back to life.

On stage, Phillipa could most recently be seen starring in the world premiere of Shaina Taub’s musical, Suffragist, now titled Suffs, at The Public Theater, directed by Leigh Silverman.

Next up, Phillipa will star as ‘Cinderella’ in the classic James Lapine & Stephen Sondheim production Into the Woods opposite Brian D’Arcy James, Patina Miller, Sara Bareilles, Gavin Creel and Joshua Henry. The acclaimed production will be moving to Broadway’s St. James Theatre for this limited 8- week run. This theatrical event, directed by Lear deBessonet will honor the memory of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim.

In 2020, Soo voiced a lead role in Netflix’s animated feature film Over the Moon that was directed by Glen Keane and written by Audrey Wells, starred in the Selena Gomez- produced The Broken Hearts Gallery opposite Geraldine Viswanathan that was released by Sony Pictures, and in Disney+’s animated feature film The One and Only Ivan. She made her feature film debut in Fabien Constant’s Here and Now opposite Sarah Jessica Parker.

On the small screen, she was previously a series regular on the CBS show The Code and appeared on NBC’s Smash.

In 2018, Soo co-starred on Broadway opposite Uma Thurman in the play The Parisian Woman, and in 2017, she played the title role in the Broadway musical Amelie, based on the Academy Award- winning 2001 French film by the same name.

Soo also originated the role of ‘Natasha Rostova’ in the 2012 Ars Nova production of Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.

She is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama.