Biography

Patti LuPone, who recently received critical acclaim for her performance opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Ari Aster’s film Beau is Afraid, is a three-time Tony Award winner for her performances as Joanne in Marianne Elliott’s award-winning production of the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical Company; Madame Rose in the most recent Broadway revival of the Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents classic Gypsy; and the title role in the original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita.

Her New York stage credits include War Paint (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations); Shows for Days; The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Ballet); Company (New York Philharmonic); Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony, Drama Desk, and OCC Award nominations); Sweeney Todd (Tony, Drama Desk, and OCC nominations); Noises Off; The Old Neighborhood; Master Class; Anything Goes (Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award); Oliver!; Accidental Death of An Anarchist; The Water Engine; and The Robber Bridegroom (Tony and Drama Desk nominations). In London, she has appeared in Company (Olivier Award); Master Class; Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination); Les Misérables; and The Cradle Will Rock (Olivier Award). On the opera stage, she has performed The Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), To Hell and Back (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra), The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (LA Opera), and Regina (Kennedy Center).

Her film and television credits include: The School for Good and Evil (Netflix), Last Christmas, Cliffs of Freedom, The Comedian, Parker, Union Square, Driving Miss Daisy, Witness, Marvel’s The Darkhold Diaries (upcoming), Hollywood, Pose, Mom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Penny Dreadful (Critics Choice Award nomination), Girls, American Horror Story, 30 Rock, Glee, Frasier (Emmy nomination), and three seasons as Libby Thatcher on ABC’s Life Goes On.

She is a founding member of both the Drama Division of the Juilliard School and John Houseman’s the Acting Company, and the author of the New York Times best-seller Patti LuPone: A Memoir.