American actor and singer Leslie Lloyd Odom Jr. is from the United States.
He made his Broadway acting debut in 1998, and in the same year he won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, he also won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the musical Hamilton. He received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of him in the live stage recording of Hamilton on Disney+.
Leslie Odom Jr. wife, and children
Since December 1st, 2012, Odom has been wed to actress Nicolette Kloe Robinson. On April 23, 2017, their daughter Lucille Ruby was born. Able Phineas, their son, was born on March 25, 2021.
While Robinson was a UCLA student and appeared in a Los Angeles audition for Once on This Island in 2008, the two became friends.
She took up for a cast member who abruptly quit, and assistant director Odom was tasked with swiftly getting her up to speed. This led to a love connection.
Leslie Odom Jr. parents, and siblings
Odom was born in New York City’s Queens. Leslie Lloyd Odom Sr., his father, was a salesman.
His maternal great-great-grandfather was from Bridgetown, Barbados, and one of his great-great-grandfathers was from South Africa. Odom was raised in the East Oak Lane neighbourhood of Philadelphia when his family relocated there.
