Jasmine Cephas Jones

CTL-E-5819 · Person · other · 1989–present

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Jasmine Cephas Jones, born 21 July 1989 in London, England, and raised in Midwood, Brooklyn, is an American actress and singer, the daughter of actor Ron Cephas Jones and jazz singer Kim Lesley. Trained at LaGuardia High School and Berklee College of Music, she graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in 2011 and built early credits in independent film and television. In 2015 she originated the dual roles of Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in Hamilton, moving with the production from Off-Broadway to Broadway and remaining until December 2016; she won a Grammy Award as a principal soloist on the cast album. On screen she played Ashley in the film Blindspotting (2018), a role she reprised as star and producer of the Starz series of the same name (2021–2023). In 2020 she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for #FreeRayshawn, the first Black woman to win that category; her father won his own Emmy at the same ceremony, making them the first father-daughter duo to win Emmy Awards in the same year. Her debut album, Phoenix, arrived in 2024.

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Sources

• Playbill, "Jasmine Cephas Jones, Laurence Fishburne, More Win Emmy Awards Ahead of Primetime Broadcast" (September 2020) — won Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for #FreeRayshawn at the 2020 Creative Arts Emmys — https://playbill.com/article/jasmine-cephas-jones-laurence-fisburne-more-win-emmy-awards-ahead-of-primetime-broadcast (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, "Jasmine Cephas Jones" — born 21 July 1989, London; daughter of Ron Cephas Jones and Kim Lesley; originated Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds in Hamilton (2015–2016); Grammy for the cast album; first father-daughter same-year Emmy duo; first Black woman in her Emmy category — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_Cephas_Jones (build store)
• NBC Insider, "About Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ron Cephas Jones' Daughter" — born in London; performing-arts schooling in New York and Berklee; Hamilton Grammy; #FreeRayshawn Emmy as Tyisha — https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/who-is-jasmine-cephas-jones-ron-cephas-jones-daughter (build store)

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