At 34 years old, Phillipa Soo has originated more characters on Broadway than many actors will in their lifetime. She began, most notably, as Alexander Hamilton’s wife, Eliza Schuyler, in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s revolutionary 2015 Broadway production. Since then, she’s played the titular role in the Broadway adaptation of Amélie and transformed into Guinevere in Aaron Sorkin’s 2023 revival of Camelot, at Lincoln Center. Ever embodying complex female characters, Soo now shifts her focus to the screen, starring as nurse Avery Morgan in ABC’s new medical drama, Doctor Odyssey. To celebrate its release, Soo shares her key components to the good life. —Carolina de Armas
Airport: An empty one, with a good coffee shop and no lines.
App: NYT Cooking.
Bag: A black velvet Chanel clutch.
Bedtime: 10:45 p.m.
Bike: Old, yellow, with a basket.
Birthday: Intimate dinner with friends.
Boyfriend/girlfriend: One who knows exactly how you like your coffee.
Breakfast, weekday:
Eggs on rice.
Breakfast, Weekend: Pancakes and bacon.
Car: A bike.
Cocktail: Vodka martini with a twist, very dry.
Cocktail appetizer: Arancini.
Date: A stroll with coffee in hand.
Dinner, Weekday: Roasted chicken and vegetables.
Dinner, Weekend: Xiao long bao.
Disguise: Outrageous glasses and a beanie.
Dress: Audrey Hepburn’s Givenchy gown in Sabrina.
Drive: Upstate New York as the leaves turn.
Saying: “… if you know what I mean.”
Escape: Music.
Excuse: “I have rehearsal.”
Family: My fam.
First Lady/First Man: Barack and Michelle Obama.
Fit: Relaxed.
Flaw: The flaws you learn from.
Foil: The foil of a Hershey’s Kiss.
Friend: One who is as weird as you are.
Good-bye:
“Love you!”
Hideaway: A quiet corner in a theater, pre-show.
Hotel: Post Ranch Inn, California.
Indulgence: Expensive dinners.
Insult: Arrives after you need it.
Jacket: My worn-in Khaite jean jacket.
Kiss-off: “Go fuck yourself.”
Last Meal: Cheeseburger, fries, and a martini.
Lunch, Weekday: Salad/grain, protein bowl of some sort.
Lunch, Weekend: Cacio e pepe.
Match: Pesto the penguin vs. Moo Deng the hippo.
Movie: Amélie.
Name: Cleopatra.
Neighbor: One that’s friendly but keeps to themselves.
NonFiction book: Breath, by James Nestor.
Novel: Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee.
Pair of pants: Rachel Comey Handy Pant.
Pair of shoes: Blundstones.
Pen or Pencil: Pen.
Pet: Dog.
Piece of advice: Vote.
Podcast: Rachel Maddow’s Ultra.
President: Serves the country and its people, not their own interests or the interests of their billionaire friends.
Restaurant: Lilia, in Brooklyn.
Ride: Canoe on a glassy lake.
Second spouse: My fake spouse, Lin-Manuel Miranda, as Hamilton to my Eliza.
Singer: Sara Bareilles.
Spouse: My husband, Steve.
Street: Franklin Street, Greenpoint.
Storm: First snow of the season in New York City.
Television series: Peaky Blinders.
Theme song to your life: “Radio,” by Emily King.
Time of day: Morning.
Toast: Sourdough with salted room-temperature butter.
Vacation: Italy.
View: The Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn.
Phillipa’s Essentials
