Patina Miller

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Miller was cast as the lead role of Delores Van Cartier in Sister Act, a role she had understudied for six months during its initial run in the United States, following a year-long international search. The London production opened on June 2, 2009, at the London Palladium, and although it received mixed reviews, most critics singled out Miller and praised her performance. Benedict Nightingale of The Times cited her "terrific voice." Whoopi Goldberg wry vulnerability but adds dazzle to the razzle around her," while David Benedict of Variety thought her "powerhouse vocals, pitched somewhere between Gloria Gaynor and Whitney Houston, and her thrillingly fast vibrato act as the show's engine." For this role Miller won the whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical and was also nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She remained with the production till it closed on October 30, 2010.

Miller reprised the role of Deloris Van Cartier in the Broadway theatre production of Sister Act, which began performances on March 24, 2011, at the Broadway Theatre and officially opened April 20, 2011. Miller also made her Broadway debut in this production. For this role she won a Theatre World Award and was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. She played her final performance in the Broadway company on March 18, 2012, and was replaced by Raven-Symoné on March 27. Miller also starred as Linda in the City Center Encores! production of Lost in the Stars, which ran from February 3–6, 2011.

She performed as the Leading Player in the American Repertory Theater production of Pippin from December 5, 2012, to January 20, 2013. Miller reprised the role in the Broadway revival, which began performances on March 23, 2013, at the Music Box Theatre and officially opened on April 25, 2013. She won the Outer Critics Circle Award and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical at the 67th Tony Awards for this role.

Miller played Commander Paylor in (2014) and in 2015. In May 2014, it was announced that she was cast as Daisy Grant, press coordinator to Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord (Téa Leoni) in the CBS political drama Madam Secretary. The show premiered on Sunday, September 21, 2014, on CBS as part of the 2014–15 television season.

In 2019, Miller starred as the Witch in the Hollywood Bowl production of Into the Woods and reprised the role in a 2022 Broadway revival at the St. James Theatre.Gans, Andrew. "Read Reviews for Hollywood Bowl Into the Woods, Starring Patina Miller, Sutton Foster, Skylar Astin, Cheyenne Jackson" playbill, July 28, 2019 Since 2021, Milled has been cast on television series as Raquel Thomas, being nominated at the Black Reel Awards, NAACP Image Awards and being recognized by the AAFCA TV Honors for her acting performance. In 2024 she voiced animated character Sera on Hazbin Hotel.

In 2023, Miller sang the U.S. National Anthem at the start of the New York City Marathon in Staten Island and subsequently completed the race in four hours.

• Sister Act (Original London Cast Recording) (2009)
• What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up by Scott Alan, singing the song "Taking Back My Life" (2010)
• Out of Our Heads by Kooman and Dimond, singing the song "Random Black Girl" (2011)
• Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) (2013)
• Into the Woods (New Broadway Cast Recording) (2022)
• Hazbin Hotel (Original Soundtrack) (2024), performing on the songs "Welcome to Heaven" and "You Didn't Know"
• (2025), performing on the songs "Sera's Confession", "Live to Live", and "When I Think About the Future"