Phillipa Soo

Soo in 2013, photo by Prphotos

Place of Birth: Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 31, 1990

Ethnicity:
*father – Chinese
*mother – English, Scottish, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish

Phillipa Soo is an American actress and singer. She is known for her performance as Elizabeth “Eliza” Schuyler in the Broadway musical Hamilton, and for her roles on the series Dopesick and Shining Girls. She is also known as Pippa Soo.

Her father, David Soo, is a first generation Chinese-American. Her mother, Sheila Chapman, is white, with English, Scottish, Irish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry, and was born in Illinois.

Phillipa is married to actor Steven Pasquale.

Phillipa’s maternal grandfather was Jonas Earl Chapman (the son of Frederick Lesslie/Leslie Chapman and Anna Mae Eater). Jonas was born in Illinois. Frederick was the son of George Chapman, who was born in Goole, Yorkshire, England, and of Harriet Jane Linn, who was born in Wisconsin, to English parents, her mother at least from Yorkshire. Anna was the daughter of Jonas Washington Eater and Julia Etta Campbell.

Phillipa’s maternal grandmother was Anna Mae Page (the daughter of Raleigh Rowe/Row Page and Edith Rosella Hill). Anna was born in Illinois. Raleigh was Charles Dillard Page and Martha Fransana Anna Harmon. Edith was the daughter of Joseph Edward Hill and Tinnie May Lankford.

Source: Genealogies and obituaries of Phillipa’s maternal grandparents, Jonas Earl Chapman and Anna Mae (Page) Chapman – https://www.findagrave.com