Phillipa Soo is an American actress best known for originating the role of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton in the 2015 Broadway musical, Hamilton，After graduating from Julliard in 2012, Soo was cast as Natasha 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.