Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Honoree
Lin-Manuel Miranda is a Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony award-winning composer, lyricist, and actor. He is the creator and original star of Broadway Tony-winning Hamilton and In the Heights. His additional Broadway credits include Bring It On: The Musical (co-composer/co-lyricist, Tony nomination for Best Musical), and West Side Story (2009, Spanish translations).
A 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award recipient, Miranda composed songs for Disney's Moana (2017 Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Song.) He has actively supported the relief efforts in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in September 2017, creating the benefit single, Almost Like Praying.
TV/Film credits include Saturday Night Live (2017 Emmy nomination, Guest Actor), Sesame Street, The Electric Company, House, How I Met Your Mother, DuckTales, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 200 Cartas, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Moana, and Mary Poppins Returns. Miranda received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 2002. He lives with his family in New York City.