Patti LuPone

Patti Ann LuPone born April 21 1949 is an American actress and singer who is best known for her work in stage musicals She has won two Grammy Awards two Tony Awards and two Olivier Awards She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee On television LuPone played Lady Bird Johnson in the 1987 TV movie LBJ The Early Years starred in the drama series Life Goes On 19891993 and received Emmy Award nominations for the TV movie The Song Spinner 1995 and her guest role in the sitcom Frasier 1998 In the 1990s she had a recurring role as defense attorney Ruth Miller on Law Order She also had recurring roles in two Ryan Murphy FX series the thriller American Horror Story Coven 20132014 and the drama Pose 2019 as well as on Murphys Hollywood on Netflix She guest starred in Penny Dreadful 20142016 before returning in a lead role She voices the character Yellow Diamond in the animated series Steven Universe 20132019 and its epilogue series Steven Universe Future 20192020 She also appeared on The CW comedy Crazy ExGirlfriend as Rabbi Shari 2017 LuPone appeared in the Oscarwinning films Witness 1985 and Driving Miss Daisy 1989 and also was featured in State and Main 2000 Parker 2013 and The Comedian 2016 LuPone has a mezzosoprano vocal range and she is famous for her stronghigh Broadway belt singing voice In a 2008 interview she maintained that she was an actor who sings and thankful she had a voice