Name Jasmine Jones Home town Brooklyn | Parents Ron Cephas Jones Role Actress Movies Mistress America, Titus | |
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Similar People Ron Cephas Jones, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Lin‑Manuel Miranda, Noah Baumbach, Leslie Odom Jr | ||
Jasmine cephas jones phillipa soo and renee elise goldsberry before hamilton aug 4 2015
Jasmine Cephas Jones (born July 21, 1989) is an American stage and screen actress, known best for portraying the roles of Maria Reynolds and Peggy Schuyler in the Broadway musical, Hamilton.
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- Jasmine cephas jones phillipa soo and renee elise goldsberry before hamilton aug 4 2015
- Jonathan groff and jasmine cephas jones
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards and nominations
- References
Jonathan groff and jasmine cephas jones
Early life
Jones is the daughter of actor Ron Cephas Jones and British-born jazz singer Kim Lesley. She attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and grew up in Brooklyn, where she still resides.
Career
Jones has made small appearances in multiple independent films, including Titus (2013) and Fairfield (2014). She has also appeared in episodes of Blue Bloods and Unforgettable.
In 2015, she originated the roles of Maria Reynolds and Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer in the original Off-Broadway production of Hamilton. When the show moved to Broadway, she continued in those roles, and remained with that production until December 8, 2016. In 2016, she won a Grammy Award for her work as one of the principal soloists on the Hamilton cast album.
In the 2017 Super Bowl, she, along with fellow Hamilton stars Renée Elise Goldsberry and Phillipa Soo, sang "America the Beautiful".
Jones also appears in the 2015 film Mistress America.
Personal life
Jasmine Cephas-Jones has been in a relationship with fellow Hamilton original Broadway cast member Anthony Ramos, whom she met and began dating during rehearsals for the Off-Broadway production of Hamilton at The Public Theatre in 2015.