Patti Ann LuPone is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her work in stage musicals. She has won two Grammy Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Olivier Awards. She also had recurring roles in two Ryan Murphy FX series, the thriller American Horror Story: Coven and the drama Pose. She appeared on The CW comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Rabbi Shari.
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Patti Ann LuPone is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her work in stage musicals. She has won two Grammy Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Olivier Awards. She also had recurring roles in two Ryan Murphy FX series, the thriller American Horror Story: Coven and the drama Pose. She appeared on The CW comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Rabbi Shari. She voices the character Yellow Diamond in the animated series Steven Universe and its epilogue seriesSteven Universe Future. She was born on April 21, 1949, in Northport, New York, on Long Island, the daughter of Angela Louise, a library administrator at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University. Her great-great aunt was 19th-century opera singer Adelina Patti. Her older brother is a Tony-nominated actor, dancer, and director who originated the role of Zach, the director, in A Chorus Line. She graduated from Juilliard in 1972 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. In 1972, she became one of the original members of The Acting Company, formed by John Houseman. She made her Broadway debut in Three Sisters in 1973. She received her first of seven Tony Award nominations for the 1975 musical The Robber Bridegroom. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Eva Perón in the 1979 original Broadway production of Evita. She played Fantine in the original London cast of Les Misérables and Moll in The Cradle Will Rock.
Her film appearances include Witness, Driving Miss Daisy, State and Main, Parker, and The Comedian. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and she is famous for her stronghigh \”Broadway\” belt singing voice. In a 2008 interview, she maintained that she was \”an actor who sings\”, and thankful she \”had a voice\”. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee. In 2012, she was honored at an event called ‘Patti’s Turn’ at the Kaye Playhouse in New York City. In 1976, David Merrick hired her to be a replacement to David Merick as a replacement for the replacement for David O. Merrick in The Way of the World. In 2008, she made her debut in the play The Three Sisters as Irina in 1973 as a substitute for David Merricks. In 2010, she appeared in the Broadway revival of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as Joanne in the West End revival of Company. In 2015, she starred in the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Lucia in the new 2005 production of Sweeney Todd. In 2016, she played Mrs. Lovett in the production of War Paint on Broadway as a Featured Actress in the New York Theatre Company production of Women On The Verge Of A NervOUS Breakdown. In 2018, she won a second Tony Award and a second Olivier Award in 2019, winning Best actress in a Supporting Role in a musical for her roles in Company.
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