Patti LuPone

Acting

Born 1949-04-21 Northport, Long Island, New York, USA 108 credits Grammy Awards 2 Tony Awards 2 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical 3 Drama League Award 2 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical 1

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 nominated

1998 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated Frasier

Grammy Awards 2 won

2008 Best Classical Album Won
2008 Best Opera Recording Won

Tony Awards 2 won · 4 nominated

2011 Best Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
2008 Best Actress in a Musical Won
2006 Best Actress in a Musical Nominated
1988 Best Actress in a Musical Nominated
1980 Best Actress in a Musical Won
1976 Best Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical 3 won · 2 nominated

2008 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Won
2006 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
1988 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Won
1980 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Won
1976 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated

Drama League Award 2 won

2008 Drama League Award Won
2006 Drama League Award Won

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical 1 won · 1 nominated

1994 Best Actress in a Musical Nominated
1985 Best Actress in a Musical Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical 1 nominated

2011 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated

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Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, who is best known for her work in stage musicals. She has won two Grammy Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Olivier Awards. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee. On television, LuPone played Lady Bird Johnson in the 1987 TV movie, LBJ: The Early Years, starred in the drama series Life Goes On (1989–1993) and received Emmy Award nominations for the TV movie The Song Spinner (1995) and her guest role in the sitcom Frasier (1998). In the 1990s she had a recurring role as defense attorney Ruth Miller on Law & Order. She also had recurring roles in two Ryan Murphy FX series, the thriller American Horror Story: Coven (2013–2014) and the drama Pose (2019), as well as on Murphy's Hollywood on Netflix. She guest starred in Penny Dreadful (2014–2016) before returning in a lead role. She voices the character Yellow Diamond in the animated series Steven Universe (2013–2019) and its epilogue series Steven Universe Future (2019–2020). She also appeared on The CW comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Rabbi Shari (2017). LuPone appeared in the Oscar-winning films Witness (1985) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and also was featured in State and Main (2000), Parker (2013), and The Comedian (2016). LuPone has a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and she is famous for her strong/high "Broadway" belt singing voice. In a 2008 interview, she maintained that she was "an actor who sings", and thankful she "had a voice"