Jasmine Cephas Jones is an American-British actress and singer. The daughter of actor Ron Cephas Jones, she studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. She has received a Grammy Award and Emmy Award. She gained her breakthrough when she made her Broadway debut originating the dual roles of Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in the Lin-Manuel Miranda stage musical Hamilton. Her work on Hamilton's accompanying cast album earned her a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Her performance was captured in the Disney+ live stage recording released in 2020. On film, she acted in the films Mistress America, Monsters and Men, The Photograph and Origin. She played a caring mother in the drama film Blindspotting and it's spin-off sequel series of the same name from 2021 to 2023 where she also served as a producer. She also took roles in Girls, Mrs. Fletcher, and FreeRayshawn, the later of which earned her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.