She’s the voice behind Lily Chu’s audio book, *The Stand-In.* Next up: TV roles alongside Michael Keaton and Elisabeth Moss.

Phillipa Soo

She originated the role of Eliza Hamilton in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit. Now the American actress is branching out

By Bridget Arsenault

Phillipa Soo has a voice that gets your attention. It helped earn her a Tony nomination for her portrayal of Eliza in Hamilton and won her the Lucille Lortel Award for lead actress in a musical in 2015. Now the 31-year-old is taking her exceptional voice off Broadway and using it to help a debut author.

An Audible Original, Lily Chu’s The Stand-In is narrated by Soo. The audio book, set in present-day Toronto, tells the story of Gracie, a young Chinese-Canadian woman who gets mistaken for a famous Chinese actress visiting the city to star in a play. In turn the actress hires Gracie as her double, sending her off to attend red-carpet events and press launches in her place.