Leslie Odom Jr. children: Lucille Ruby Odom, Able Phineas Odom

Leslie Odom Jr. was born in the New York City borough of Queens. Leslie Lloyd Odom Sr., his father, worked in sales.

One of his maternal great-grandfathers was from South Africa, and another came from Bridgetown, Barbados. Odom’s family relocated to Philadelphia’s East Oak Lane neighborhood, where he grew up. For middle school, he went to Julia R. Masterman School, and for high school, he went to Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts. Odom and his family attended Canaan Baptist Church in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood, where he sang solos in the church choir.

He received an honors degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, before moving to Los Angeles in the summer of 2003.

Odom studied theater and performed in musicals at the New Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia. He then went on to college to study musical theater. He made his Broadway debut as Paul in Rent at the age of 17. In 2001, he was part of the Dreamgirls one-night Broadway concert production. He spent a lot of time in Los Angeles doing theatre, including in 2010 with Leap of Faith, which moved to Broadway in 2012 and starred him as Isaiah Sturdevant. He relocated to New York City shortly after the show ended.

Leslie Odom Jr. children: Lucille Ruby Odom, Able Phineas Odom

Odom and actress Nicolette Kloe Robinson have been married since December 1, 2012. On April 23, 2017, their daughter, Lucille Ruby, was born. On March 25, 2021, their son, Able Phineas, was born.

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