Their daughter, Emerson Harper, was born on Augin New York City. In May 2014, it was announced that she was cast as Daisy Grant, press coordinator to Elizabeth McCord (Téa Leoni) in the new CBS drama Madam Secretary. Robin Burch, Miller’s mother, who is a Baptist minister, officiated at the ceremony. Miller played Commander Paylor in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014) and Part 2 in 2015. 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 recently 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 performed as the Leading Player in the American Repertory Theater production of Pippin from Decemto January 20, 2013. Miller also starred as Linda in the City Center Encores! production of Lost in the Stars, which ran from February 3–6, 2011. She played her final performance in the Broadway company on Maand was replaced by Raven-Symoné on March 27. 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. Miller also made her Broadway debut in this production. Miller reprised the role of Deloris Van Cartier in the Broadway production of Sister Act, which began performances on March 24, 2011, at the Broadway Theatre and officially opened April 20, 2011. She remained with the production till it closed on October 30, 2010. Benedict Nightingale of The Times cited her “terrific voice” and continued, “Add warmth, humour, vivacity-and you’ve a star who lacks Whoopi’s 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 Theatregoers Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical and was also nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The London production opened on Jat the London Palladium, and although it received mixed reviews, most critics singled out Miller and praised her performance. 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. She performed in a Central Park production of Hair in the summer of 2008 and was featured in the musical Romantic Poetry at the Manhattan Theatre Club that fall.
In 2007, she was cast in All My Children and appeared in 30 episodes of the daytime soap opera. Career In 2005, Miller was one of three finalists for the role of Effie White in Dreamgirls, which ultimately won Jennifer Hudson the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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