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Speaker Bio
Leslie Odom, Jr., is a multifaceted artist with a career that spans all performance genres. He is a Tony and Grammy Award-winner and a three-time Emmy and two-time Academy Award-nominee who haw won audiences and acclaim on stage, television, film, and in music. Most recently, Odom made his long-awaited return to Broadway, starring in and co-producing the hit revival of “Purlie Victorious,” for which he was nominated for best lead actor in a play. Onscreen, Odom starred in the 2022 “Knives Out” sequel, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” and played Sam Cooke in the award-winning “One Night in Miami…” directed by Regina King. Odom is perhaps best known for his breakout role as Aaron Burr in the landmark Broadway musical “Hamilton.” His first children’s book, “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know, co-written with Nicolette Robinson, was published in 2023, the same year he released his fifth studio album, “When a Crooner Dies.”