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Lilli Cooper
Cooper at Animate! Raleigh in 2025
Born (1990-03-04) March 4, 1990 (age 35)[1]
New York City, U.S.
EducationVassar College (AB)
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
SpousePaul McLoughlin
Children2
Parents
Websitewww.lillicooper.com

Lilli Cooper (born March 4, 1990) is an American actress.[2]

Cooper's acting credits are mostly in the theatre industry; her on-stage debut was in 2006's Spring Awakening at the age of 15. Currently, her only two on-screen roles were in television's Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock and Hazbin Hotel.

Life and career

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Cooper is the daughter of actor Chuck Cooper[1] and Tisa Farley. Her grandfather acted at the Karamu House in Cleveland.[3] She attended LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and Vassar College,[4] graduating from the latter in 2012.[5]

She was the standby for Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked, and originated the role of Martha Bessell in Spring Awakening.[6] She also played Hélène Kuragina in the American Repertory Theatre production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 in 2015. She originated the role of Sandy Cheeks in the Broadway production of SpongeBob SquarePants, which opened on December 4, 2017.[7] In September 2018, Cooper played Julie Nichols in the musical adaptation of the 1982 film Tootsie in its Chicago debut and reprised the role on Broadway in spring 2019, receiving a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for her performance.[3]

In 2022, she played the role of Doc on Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock. Also in 2022, she took part in the HBO documentary film Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, which saw the 15 year reunion of the original cast of the musical.

In 2024, she served as the voice of the character Velvette in Hazbin Hotel.[8]

Cooper lives in New York City with her husband Paul. Their first child, a son named Bodie, was born in September 2021. Their second child, a son named Desi, was born in April 2024.[9]

Theatre credits

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Year Production Role Notes
2006 Spring Awakening Martha Bessell Atlantic Theater Company • Off-Broadway
2006–08 Eugene O'Neill Theatre • Broadway
2014 The Threepenny Opera Lucy Brown Atlantic Theater Company • Off-Broadway
Wicked Elphaba understudy/standby Munchkinland national tour
Elphaba standby Regent Theatre • Australian tour
2014–15 Gershwin Theatre • Broadway
2015–16 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Hélène Kuragina American Repertory Theater
2016 The SpongeBob Musical Sandy Cheeks Oriental Theatre
Tick, Tick... Boom! Susan Acorn Theater • Off-Broadway
2017 Sundown, Yellow Moon Ray Second Stage Theater (McGinn/Cazale Theater) • Off-Broadway
2017–18 SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical Sandy Cheeks Palace Theatre • Broadway
2018 Tootsie Julie Nichols Cadillac Palace Theatre
2019–2020 Marquis Theatre • Broadway
2020 Mack and Mabel Lottie Ames New York City Center • Encores!
2021 Spring Awakening Martha Bessell Imperial Theatre • Broadway
2022 POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive Chris Shubert Theatre • Broadway
2023 Oliver! Nancy New York City Center • Encores!
The Cottage Marjorie Helen Hayes Theater • Broadway
2024 Titanic Kate Murphey New York City Center • Encores!
Edge of the World Kath Lynn F. Angelson Theater[10]

Television credits

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Year Title Role Notes
2022–2024 Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Doc 22 episodes
2024–present Hazbin Hotel Velvette (voice) 2 episodes

Accolades

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Year Awards Category Work Result
2019 Tony Awards Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Tootsie Nominated[11]
2024 Broadway.com Audience Awards Favorite Featured Actress in a Play The Cottage Nominated

References

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  1. ^ a b Cooper, Lilli (18 September 2007). "Lilli Cooper: Full-Time Student, Full-Time Broadway Actress". Broadway.com. John Gore Organization. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. ^ Cotton, Chanelle (28 November 2017). "Getting to Know SpongeBob SquarePants' Lilli Cooper". Broadway Inbound. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Kennedy, Mark (5 June 2019). "Tony-winner Chuck Cooper cheers Tony-nominee daughter, Lilli". Asbury Park-Press. New Jersey, Asbury Park. Associated Press. p. E 22. Retrieved 13 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lilli Cooper". WP Theater. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. ^ Barry, John W. (22 June 2018). "Power at Vassar". Poughkeepsie Journal. New York, Poughkeepsie. p. E 10. Retrieved 13 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Peterson, Tyler (25 March 2015). "At This Performance: WICKED's Reigning 'Elphaba' Standby Lilli Cooper!". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. ^ Mink, Casey (29 November 2017). "From College to Broadway: Lilli Cooper + Ethan Slater Team Again for 'SpongeBob SquarePants'". Backstage. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Lilli Cooper". IMDB.
  9. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  10. ^ Nick Blaemire and Ethan Slater’s Edge of the World to Have One-Night-Only Concert
  11. ^ Moynihan, Caitlin (24 May 2019). "Tootsie's Lilli Cooper on Her 'Cuckoo Bananas' Tony Nomination & More". Broadway.com. John Gore Organization. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
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