Patti LuPone
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LuPone at 2010 Drama League
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Patti Ann LuPone April 21, 1949 Northport, New York, United States |
| Residence | Edisto Beach, South Carolina, United States |
| Education | Guthrie Theater |
| Alma mater | Juilliard School (BFA, 1972) |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Spouse(s) | Matthew Johnston (1988–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | pattilupone.net |
Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, best known for her work in stage musicals. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and a two-time Tony Award winner. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee.
LuPone began her professional career with The Acting Company in 1972 and made her Broadway debut in Three Sisters in 1973. She received the first of six (as of 2017) Tony Award nominations for the 1975 musical The Robber Bridegroom. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Eva Perón in the 1979 original Broadway production of Evita. She played Fantine in the original London cast of Les Misérables and Moll in The Cradle Will Rock, winning the 1985 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in both. She won a second Tony Award for her role as Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy.
Other stage musical performances include her Tony-nominated role as Reno Sweeney in the 1987 Broadway revival of Anything Goes, Olivier-nominated role as Norma Desmond in the 1993 original production of Sunset Boulevard in London, Tony-nominated role as Mrs. Lovett in the new 2005 Broadway production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Tony-nominated role as Lucia in the 2010 original Broadway production of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. She also won two Grammy Awards for the recording of the 2007 Los Angeles Opera production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in categories of Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording.
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