Phillipa Soo (born May 31, 1990) is an American actress best known for orig… Read Full Bio ↴Phillipa Soo (born May 31, 1990) is an American actress best known for originating the role of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton in the 2015 Broadway musical, Hamilton.
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 & Peace; the show went on to transfer Off-Broadway to Kazino, a tent custom built for the show.
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.
After seeing her in Great Comet, director Thomas Kail and composer 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, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. Soo remained with the show through its Off-Broadway and Broadway debuts. She left the show on July 9th 2016 to reprise a previous role in Amelie.
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 & Peace; the show went on to transfer Off-Broadway to Kazino, a tent custom built for the show.
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.
After seeing her in Great Comet, director Thomas Kail and composer 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, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. Soo remained with the show through its Off-Broadway and Broadway debuts. She left the show on July 9th 2016 to reprise a previous role in Amelie.
The Schuyler Sisters
Phillipa Soo Lyrics
There's nothing rich folks love more
Than going downtown and slummin' it with the poor
They pull up in their carriages and gawk at the students in the common
Just to watch them talk
Take Philip Schuyler, the man is loaded
Uh-oh, but little does he know that his daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at
(Work, work) Angelica
(Work, work) Eliza
And Peggy (work, work)
The Schuyler sisters
Angelica, Peggy, Eliza (work!)
Daddy said to be home by sundown
Daddy doesn't need to know
Daddy said not to go downtown
Like I said, you're free to go
But look around, look around, the revolution's happening in New York (New York)
(Angelica, work!)
It's bad enough daddy wants to go to war
People shouting in the square
It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore
New ideas in the air
Look around, look around
Angelica, remind me what we're looking for
(She's lookin' for me)
Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work (work, work)
I'm lookin' for a mind at work (work, work)
I'm lookin' for a mind at work (work, work)
Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, work!
Woo! There's nothin' like summer in the city
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin' pretty
Excuse me, miss, I know it's not funny
But your perfume smells like your daddy's got money
Why you slummin' in the city in your fancy heels?
You searchin' for an urchin who can give you ideals?
Burr, you disgust me
Ah, so you've discussed me
I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me
I've been reading "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine
So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration
"We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal"
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson (uh)
I'ma compel him to include women in the sequel, work!
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be in the greatest city in the world
In the greatest city in the world
'Cause I've been reading common sense by Thomas Paine (look around, look around)
(The revolution's happening) so men say that I'm intense or I'm insane (in New York)
You want a revolution, I want a revelation (look around, look around, New York)
So listen to my declaration (the revolution's happening)
We hold these truths to be self-evident (look around, look around)
That all men are created equal (at how lucky we are to be alive right now)
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be in the greatest city in the world
In the greatest city in the world
(Work, work) Angelica
(Work, work) Eliza
And Peggy (work, work)
The Schuyler sisters (work, work)
We're looking for a mind at work (work, work)
Hey (work, work)
Hey (whoa) (work, work)
Hey (work, work)
In the greatest city
In the greatest city in the world
In the greatest city in the world
Than going downtown and slummin' it with the poor
They pull up in their carriages and gawk at the students in the common
Just to watch them talk
Take Philip Schuyler, the man is loaded
Uh-oh, but little does he know that his daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at
(Work, work) Angelica
(Work, work) Eliza
The Schuyler sisters
Angelica, Peggy, Eliza (work!)
Daddy said to be home by sundown
Daddy doesn't need to know
Daddy said not to go downtown
Like I said, you're free to go
But look around, look around, the revolution's happening in New York (New York)
(Angelica, work!)
It's bad enough daddy wants to go to war
People shouting in the square
It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore
New ideas in the air
Look around, look around
Angelica, remind me what we're looking for
(She's lookin' for me)
Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work (work, work)
I'm lookin' for a mind at work (work, work)
I'm lookin' for a mind at work (work, work)
Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, work!
Woo! There's nothin' like summer in the city
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin' pretty
Excuse me, miss, I know it's not funny
But your perfume smells like your daddy's got money
Why you slummin' in the city in your fancy heels?
You searchin' for an urchin who can give you ideals?
Burr, you disgust me
Ah, so you've discussed me
I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me
I've been reading "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine
So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration
"We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal"
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson (uh)
I'ma compel him to include women in the sequel, work!
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be in the greatest city in the world
In the greatest city in the world
'Cause I've been reading common sense by Thomas Paine (look around, look around)
(The revolution's happening) so men say that I'm intense or I'm insane (in New York)
You want a revolution, I want a revelation (look around, look around, New York)
So listen to my declaration (the revolution's happening)
We hold these truths to be self-evident (look around, look around)
That all men are created equal (at how lucky we are to be alive right now)
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be in the greatest city in the world
In the greatest city in the world
(Work, work) Angelica
(Work, work) Eliza
And Peggy (work, work)
The Schuyler sisters (work, work)
We're looking for a mind at work (work, work)
Hey (work, work)
Hey (whoa) (work, work)
Hey (work, work)
In the greatest city
In the greatest city in the world
In the greatest city in the world
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Daisy Baker
There's nothing rich folks love more
Than going downtown and slummin' it with the poor
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
At the students in the common
Just to watch them talk
Take Philip Schuyler, the man is loaded
Uh-oh, but little does he know that
His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at-
Angelica!
(Work, work!)
Eliza!
And Peggy! (Work, work!)
The Schuyler sisters!
Angelica! Peggy! Eliza!
(Work!)
Daddy said to be home by sundown
Daddy doesn't need to know
Daddy said not to go downtown
Like I said, you're free to go
But look around, look around, the
Revolution's happening in New York
New York
Angelica
(Work!)
It's bad enough daddy wants to go to war
People shouting in the square
It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore
New ideas in the air
Look around, look around
Angelica, remind me what we're looking for
She's lookin' for me!
Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work (work)
I'm lookin' for a mind at work! (Work)
I'm lookin' for a mind at work! (Work)
Whooaaaaa!
Whooaaaaa!
Work!
Wooh! There's nothin' like summer in the city
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin' pretty
Excuse me, miss, I know it's not funny
But your perfume smells like your daddy's got money
Why you slummin' in the city in your fancy heels
You searchin' for an urchin who can give you ideals?
Burr, you disgust me
Ah, so you've discussed me
I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration
"We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal"
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson (unh!)
I'ma compel him to include women in the sequel!
(Work!)
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
In the greatest city in the world!
In the greatest city in the world!
'Cause I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine (look around, look around)
So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane (history is happening in New York)
You want a revolution? (Look around, look around)
I want a revelation (New York)
So listen to my declaration (it's happening)
We hold these truths to be self-evident (look around, look around)
That all men are created equal (at how lucky we are to be alive right now)
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
In the greatest city in the world (in the greatest city)
In the greatest city in the world!
Angelica!
(Work, work!)
Eliza!
And Peggy! (Work, work!)
The Schuyler sisters!
(Work, work!)
We're looking for a mind at work! (Work, work!)
Hey! (Work, work!)
Hey! (Work, work! Whoa!)
Hey! (Work, work!)
In the greatest city (work! Work!)
In the greatest city in the world (work! Work!)
In the greatest city in the world
Erin Romanov
Did you know Peggy saved her baby sister from a burglar? She was hiding from attackers armed with tomahawks upstairs and realized her baby sister was still downstairs. She ran back down and through the house, telling the attackers that the police were on their way, evading their attempts to kill her. She grabbed her sister and narrowly missed a tomahawk thrown by an attacker (the tomahawk actually caught her skirt, but she escaped). In the schuyler home, you can see where the tomahawk marks are. Peggy was regarded as a heroine after the attack. Peggy deserves a better story than just "and peggy"
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.
sad man
Peggy was on heroine!?!?!?!
doggy lady
@sad man yeah she invented it
cassie Hudson
No they were trying inprion there father
Ruben
@cassie Hudson still saved her sister
Kimberly Kyles
wait, baby sister? who’s schuyler #4?
sub
Everyone's talking about the Schuyler Sisters, but can we just appreciate Burr's role in this? Leslie really killed that introduction, and the middle part where he talked to Angelica? Nailed it man. 10/10 antihero right there
You’re Local Person
In general Leslie is an excellent actor
ghoul
Peggy is just trying her best okay-
ShizukaJoestarFP
tell her to try harder