Biography
Lillias White (born July 21, 1951) is an American actress and singer. She is particularly known for her performances in Broadway musicals. In 1989 she won an Obie Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway musical Romance in Hard Times. In 1997 she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for portraying Sonja in Cy Coleman's The Life. She was nominated for a Tony Award again in 2010 for her work as Funmilayo in Fela Kuti's Fela!.
White is also known for her roles as Calliope in the Disney film Hercules (1997), and its animated series of the same name; Evette in the film Pieces of April (2003); and as Fat Annie in the Netflix series The Get Down. She has also starred as Bloody Mary in Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific on PBS' Great Performances with Reba McEntire, and in the PBS documentary In Performance at the White House. She is an active cabaret singer and has appeared in concert with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and at Carnegie Hall.
Filmography
all 25
Movies 15
TV Shows 10
Voice 4
self 3
The Drummer (2020)
Russian Doll (2019)
Search Party (2016)
Nasty Baby (2015)
Gotham (2014)
Smash (2012)
Person of Interest (2011)
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (2011)
Then She Found Me (2007)
South Pacific: In Concert from Carnegie Hall (2006)
Game 6 (2006)
Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings! (2005)
The Jury (2004)
Pieces of April (2003)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999)
Hercules (1998)
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (1997)
Hercules (1997)
Bleeding Hearts (1995)
North (1994)
NYPD Blue (1993)
Law & Order (1990)
Broadway: The Next Generation
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1951-07-21 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsEmmy Award
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