Bio
Patina Miller is an American actress best known for her role as Commander Paylor in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay films and as Daisy Grant, Elizabeth's press coordinator, in the television series Madam Secretary.
Miller is a New York actress who made her Broadway debut in the 2011 hit Sister Act. She played the nightclub-singer-turned-nun Deloris Van Cartier, for which she received her first Tony nomination, as well as Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations.
She earned accolades for her performance in Pippin, for which she received the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, and earned Drama League, Astaire and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award nominations. The show won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical at the 67th Annual Tony Awards.
In addition, she has starred in multiple off-Broadway productions, including Ragtime, Lost in the Stars, Romantic Poetry, Hair, First You Dream and Being Alive.
Miller made her feature film debut in 2014 in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.
Her television credits include a series regular role on the daytime drama All My Children.
Miller performed her first solo concert at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts during its 2013-2014 theatrical season. She then made her New York City debut in February 2014 as part of Lincoln Center Theater's American Songbook series, which subsequently aired on PBS.
Miller was born and raised in Pageland, South Carolina, and received a degree in musical theatre from Carnegie Mellon University.