33-564: Philippa Pronunciation FIL-i-pa Gender Female Origin Word/name Greek Meaning "lover of horses" Region of origin English speaking countries Other names Related names Filippa , Filipa , Pippa, Phillipa, Phillippa, Philipa, Philippe, Philippine Philippa is a feminine given name meaning "lover of horses " or " horses ' friend", from
66-713: A Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album that same year . Her performance was captured in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton which was released in 2020 for which she earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie . Soo's other Broadway credits include the title role in Amélie (2017), Rebecca in The Parisian Woman (2017–18), Cinderella in Into
99-566: A New York Times best seller . Soo plays the role of Fox on the 2024 concept album Warriors by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis . Inspired by Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton , the character she played in Hamilton , Soo started the Eliza Project initiative in partnership with Graham Windham , the first private orphanage in New York City that is mentioned in the last song at the end of
132-502: A Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for her performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton which was released in 2020. In 2024, Soo was cast as Avery Morgan in ABC medical drama series Doctor Odyssey . She co-wrote a children's book, Piper Chen Sings , with her sister-in-law Maris Pasquale Doran. The book was published by Random House Studio in 2024 and became
165-664: A nomination for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical . Soo played her final performance in Hamilton on July 9, 2016, and the role of Eliza was taken over by Lexi Lawson . Soo played the titular character in the pre-Broadway engagement of Amélie at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from December 2016 to January 2017. Soo reprised her role when Amélie began preview performances on Broadway at
198-657: A revised book. In 2013, she was cast in a small recurring role in the NBC television series Smash as the character Lexi. She appeared in five episodes in the second season before the show's cancellation. She had a small supporting role as Nia in the 2014 television pilot Dangerous Liaisons , but it did not get picked up to series. In 2018, it was announced that Soo had been cast in the CBS series The Code . The show aired for one season before its cancellation in July 2019. In 2021, she received
231-589: A tent custom-built for the show. After seeing her performance in Great Comet , director Thomas Kail and composer and writer Lin-Manuel Miranda asked her to take part in an early 2014 reading of the musical Hamilton , where she read the part of "Eliza" ( Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton ). Soo played Eliza when the show premiered off-Broadway at The Public Theater and on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theater . For her performance in Hamilton , Soo received
264-580: Is also the primary native language and English is the primary language of government and education, such as Ireland , Gibraltar , and the Commonwealth Caribbean . While English is also spoken by a majority of people as a second language in a handful of countries such as Denmark , the Netherlands , Norway and Sweden , these countries are not considered part of the English-speaking world as
297-415: Is an American actress and singer. Known for her leading roles on Broadway primarily in musicals, she has received two Grammy Awards along with nominations for a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award . Soo gained prominence for originating the role of Eliza Hamilton in the musical Hamilton on Broadway . She earned a nomination for the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and received
330-432: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles English speaking countries The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language. In the early 2000s, between one and two billion people spoke English, making it the largest language by number of speakers , the third largest language by number of native speakers and
363-712: Is not the native language of most of the people. English holds official status in numerous countries within the Commonwealth of Nations . English is the primary natively spoken language in several countries and territories. Five of the largest of these are sometimes described as the " core Anglosphere "; they are the United Kingdom , the United States , Australia , Canada , and New Zealand . The term "Anglosphere" can sometimes be extended to include other countries and territories where English or an English Creole language
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#1732884097255396-518: Is so widely spoken, it has often been called a " world language ", the lingua franca of the modern era, and while it is not an official language in most countries, it is currently the language most often taught as a foreign language . It is, by international treaty, the official language for aeronautical and maritime communications. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations and many other international organizations, including
429-1124: Is studied most often in the European Union , and the perception of the usefulness of foreign languages among Europeans is 67% in favour of English, ahead of 17% for German and 16% for French (as of 2012 ). In some of the non–English-speaking EU countries, the following percentages of adults claimed to be able to converse in English in 2012: 90% in the Netherlands; 89% in Malta; 86% in Sweden and Denmark; 73% in Cyprus, Croatia, and Austria; 70% in Finland; and over 50% in Greece, Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovenia, and Germany. In 2012, excluding native speakers, 38% of Europeans consider that they can speak English. Books, magazines, and newspapers written in English are available in many countries around
462-2848: The Anglosphere in the 1800s. Common alternative spellings include Filippa and Phillipa . Less common is Filipa . The name is commonly shortened to the nicknames Pippa , Pippy , Pippita , Pipka , Pippulina , and Pip . Notable people with the name Philippa include: Pre-modern era [ edit ] Saint Philippa (died 220), Christian martyr and saint Philippa of Hainault (c. 1310/15–1369), queen consort of Edward III of England Philippa Roet (c. 1346 – c. 1387), wife of Geoffrey Chaucer Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355–1382), English noblewoman and granddaughter of Edward III of England Philippa of Lancaster (1360–1415), English princess, consort queen of Portugal Philippa Mortimer (1375-1400), English noblewoman and great-granddaughter of Edward III of England Philippa of England (1394–1430), daughter of King Henry IV of England, Queen of Sweden, Denmark and Norway Philippa of Coimbra (1437–1497), Portuguese noblewoman and nun Modern era [ edit ] Philippa Boyens (born 1962), New Zealand screenwriter Philippa Coulthard , Australian actress Pip Courtney , Australian journalist and television presenter Philippa Cullen (1950–1975), Australian performance artist Philippa Dunne , Irish actress and writer Philippa Fawcett (1868–1948), English mathematician and educationalist Philippa Foot (1920–2010), British philosopher Philippa Forrester (born 1968), British television presenter and producer Philippa Gregory (born 1954), British novelist Pippa Mann (born 1983), British racing car driver Pippa Middleton (born 1983), English socialite, author, and sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Philippa Pearce (1920–2006), English children's author Philippa Schuyler (1931–1967), American pianist and child prodigy Phillipa Soo (born 1990), American actress/singer Pip Tomson (born 1977), English journalist and presenter Philippa Whipple (born 1966), British high court judge and barrister Philippa Whitford (born 1958), Scottish politician and breast surgeon Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (born 1966), South African poet and performance artist Philippa York (born 1958), Scottish journalist and former professional cyclist See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Philippa Filipa References [ edit ] ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names . Oxford University Press. p. 219-20. ISBN 0-19-861060-2 . ^ "View Name: Philippa" . behindthename.com . Retrieved 2007-12-20 . [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
495-542: The Greek Philippos, which is derived from philein , meaning to love and hippos , meaning horse . The English masculine form is Philip , which was formerly the vernacular form for both sexes. The Latinate Philippa was used in official church records for women bearing the name in medieval times, but they were actually called Philip or the French Philippe . The name Philippa came into common use for women in
528-841: The International Olympic Committee . It is also one of two co-official languages for astronauts (besides the Russian language) serving on board the International Space Station . The English language has a particular significance in the Commonwealth of Nations, which developed from the British Empire. English is the medium of inter-Commonwealth relations. The English language as used in the Commonwealth has sometimes been referred to as Commonwealth English , most often interchangeably with British English . English
561-673: The NBC series Smash in 2013 and currently has a main role starring as a nurse in the ABC / Hulu medical drama series Doctor Odyssey (2024). She has also taken supporting roles in Hulu miniseries Dopesick (2021) and the Apple TV+ series Shining Girls (2022). Soo was born in Libertyville, Illinois , a suburb of Chicago . Her father is Asian American (her paternal grandparents emigrated from China to
594-402: The United Kingdom (68 million), and Nigeria (60 million). As of 2022, there were about 400 million native speakers of English. Including people who speak English as a second language , estimates of the total number of Anglophones vary from 1.5 billion to 2 billion. David Crystal calculated in 2003 that non-native speakers outnumbered native speakers by a ratio of three to one. Besides
627-798: The Walter Kerr Theatre on March 9, 2017, opening officially on April 3. The show closed on May 21, 2017. That same year Soo returned on Broadway as Rebecca in The Parisian Woman , an original play by Beau Willimon . The production began preview performances at the Hudson Theatre on November 7, 2017, and opened on November 30 for a limited run through March 11, 2018. In 2022, Soo portrayed suffragist Inez Milholland in Shaina Taub 's musical Suffs . The production premiered Off-Broadway at The Public Theatre to positive reviews. Entertainment Weekly declared, "Soo, best known for originating
660-678: The Best Theatre of 2022, Scott Heller praised Soo as "a gift to the musical theater" and that in that year she "showed more sides to her talent than ever". On November 1, 2022 it was announced Soo would star as Guenevere in the Broadway revival of Camelot opposite Andrew Burnap , and Jordan Donica . The production debuted in March 2023 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center with Bartlett Sher as director and Aaron Sorkin with
693-428: The English language globally has had a large impact on many other languages, leading to language shift and language death , and to claims of linguistic imperialism . English itself has become more open to language shift as multiple regional varieties feed back into the language as a whole. Phillipa Soo Phillipa Anne Soo ( / ˈ f ɪ l ɪ p ə ˈ s uː / FIL -ip-ə SOO ; born May 31, 1990)
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#1732884097255726-532: The United Kingdom, and then by that of the United States . Through all types of printed and electronic media of these countries, English has become the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions and professional fields, such as science , navigation and law . The United States and India have the most total English speakers, with 306 million and 129 million, respectively. These are followed by Pakistan (104 million),
759-685: The United States) and her mother is European. Her father is a doctor and her mother, who is from Southern Illinois , is involved in the arts. Soo attended Libertyville High School from 2004 to 2008. She graduated from The Juilliard School 's acting program in 2012. After graduating from Juilliard in 2012, Soo was cast as Natasha Rostova in the Ars Nova production of Dave Malloy 's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 , based on Leo Tolstoy 's War and Peace . The show went on to transfer from Ars Nova to another Off-Broadway space, Kazino,
792-628: The Woods (2022), and Guenevere in Camelot (2023). She also originated the role of Natasha Rostova in the off-Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (2012) as well as the role of suffragist Inez Milholland in Suffs (2022). Soo has appeared in the films Over the Moon , The Broken Hearts Gallery (both 2020), and Tick, Tick...Boom! (2021). She made her television debut in
825-529: The language is still viewed primarily as a foreign tongue and does not serve an important cultural role in society. English is an official language ( de facto or de jure ) of the following countries and territories. Although not official, English is also an important language in some former colonies and protectorates of the British Empire where it is used as an administrative language , namely Brunei , Malaysia , and Sri Lanka . Because English
858-559: The major varieties of English — American , British , Canadian , Australian , Irish , New Zealand English —and their sub-varieties, countries such as South Africa , India , Nigeria , the Philippines , Singapore , Jamaica , and Trinidad and Tobago also have millions of native speakers of dialect continua ranging from English-based creole languages to Standard English . Other countries and territories, such as Ghana , also use English as their primary official language even though it
891-416: The most widespread language geographically. The countries in which English is the native language of most people are sometimes termed the Anglosphere . Speakers of English are called Anglophones . Early Medieval England was the birthplace of the English language; the modern form of the language has been spread around the world since the 17th century, first by the worldwide influence of England and later
924-623: The original Eliza in Hamilton ." She remained with the show through September 4, 2022. Soo would go on to win her second Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for her work in Into the Woods . On August 2, 2022, it was announced that Soo would play Sarah Brown in a revival of Guys and Dolls at The Kennedy Center . The cast included Soo's husband, Steven Pasquale , as well as James Monroe Iglehart , Jessie Mueller , Rachel Dratch , and Kevin Chamberlin . In The New York Times article on
957-472: The role of Eliza Schuyler in Hamilton, grounds the story with her poignant voice, infusing Inez Milholland with emotion and vulnerability so striking, you're reminded of why she's so closely associated with another woman who wrote herself into the narrative." The production opened on April 6 and ran a limited run through May 29, 2022. Soo did not reprise her role when Suffs transferred to Broadway. On May 26, it
990-614: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philippa&oldid=1260196492 " Categories : Given names English feminine given names English-language feminine given names Feminine given names Greek feminine given names Given names of Greek language origin Given names derived from animals Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
1023-521: The show. Through the program, Soo plans to provide students at the Graham School with acting, dancing, and rap workshops. According to Soo, the core mission of "The Eliza Project" is "to use the arts as a means of expression, as an outlet for personal experience, and to uplift the creative spirit." Soo became engaged to actor Steven Pasquale in February 2016. They married on September 24, 2017. In 2019,
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1056-462: The world; English is the most commonly used language in the sciences, with Science Citation Index reporting as early as 1997 that 95% of its articles were written in English, even though only half of them came from authors in English-speaking countries. In publishing, English literature predominates considerably, with 28% of all books published in the world [Leclerc 2011] and 30% of web content in 2011 (down from 50% in 2000). The increasing use of
1089-539: Was announced Soo would play Cinderella in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim 's Into the Woods at the St. James Theatre . Soo starred opposite Sara Bareilles , Brian D'Arcy James , Gavin Creel , Joshua Henry , Patina Miller , and Cheyenne Jackson . She received acclaim for her role, with The Hollywood Reporter critic David Rooney describing her performance as, "one of her best roles since her shattering performance as
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