Renee Elise Goldsberry Exiting HAMILTON in Fall, Filming Netflix's 'Altered Carbon'

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Renée Elise Goldsberry, 2016 Tony Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, will be leaving HAMILTON this fall to begin filming of her starring role in the upcoming Netflix series "Altered Carbon," based on the 2002 novel by Richard Morgan.

The series is set in the 25th century when the human mind becomes digitized and the soul is transferable from one body to another. Goldsberry will play revolutionary leader Quellcrist Falconer.

No replacement has been announced for her HAMILTON role of Angelica Schuyler.

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Goldsberry's previous Broadway credits include GOOD PEOPLE, THE COLOR PURPLE, RENT and THE LION KING. She received the Lortel and Drama Desk Awards for her performance in The Public Theater's Off-Broadway premiere of HAMILTON.

Her television appearances include "The Good Wife," "The Following," "Law & Order: SVU," "Masters of Sex," "Younger" and "OLTL." Film appearances include roles in "Sisters," "Every Secret Thing," "All About You" and she played Mimi in "Rent: Live on Broadway."

HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War, and was the new nation's first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway, Hamilton is the story of America then, told by America now.

The musical is produced by Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theater.

The Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording - recipient of the 2016 Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album and a regular on numerous Billboard top 10 lists - is available everywhere nationwide.

HAMILTON: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter's book about the making of the musical, is on sale and has been a selection on The New York Times Best Seller List.

The musical celebrates its 1st anniversary on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on August 6. A touring production begins a 21-week run in San Francisco in March 2017, followed by a 21-week engagement in Los Angeles. A London production will be mounted, also in 2017.