Very few celebrities who have found their partner in the game, but Leslie Odom Jr met his wife, Nicolette Robinson on the stage. In 2008, Leslie was working as Billy Porter, assistant to the director for his production of Once on This Island in a theatre company in los ANGELES. While I was sitting in the auditions, Leslie was immediately drawn to Nicolette, who was a student at UCLA at the time. Although Nicolette didn’t get cast in the musical, she eventually joined the show later, when another cast member had to leave for personal reasons.
“Billy had to do some juggling within the cast,” said Leslie Hand program in the year 2015. “He moved roles around and he called that nice black girl to the test and took his step. As his assistant it was my job to get to your speed and make sure that she was okay. We have very close very quickly, but usually that kind of things — you call them showmances — end when the show ends, but we never finished. We just have so much fun together.” The couple finally tied the knot in December 2012, and welcomed a daughter named Lucille in April 2017.
While Leslie is well known for his roles in Hamilton and in the NBC Smash, Nicolette has had a few notable roles as well. She has played Jane in The Issueand in 2018, he made his Broadway debut when she played Jenna in the musical Waitress. The couple is set to share the screen in Free of the new series Love in the time of the Crown. To see some of their cutest moments together ahead of us.
