VIDEO: HAMILTON's Renee Elise Goldsberry On Overcoming Failure

As the strong-willed, independently thinking Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway smash HAMILTON, Renee Elise Goldsberry exudes confidence and won a Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony Award for her effort. That confidence certainly had to be there when she was the last performer to play Mimi Marquez in the Broadway production of RENT.

But it wasn't quite that way during her first Broadway job, as a replacement for the role of Nala in THE LION KING. In an inspiring video for SheKnows, Goldsberry explains how she overcame the obstacles that she felt were causing her to fail on stage.

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With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamiltonis based on Ron Chernow's biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

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, as told by America now.

HAMILTON's creative team previously collaborated on the 2008 Tony Award Winning Best Musical In The Heights.

HAMILTON features scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe, and casting by Telsey + Company, Bethany Knox, CSA.

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

The Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording is available everywhere nationwide. The Hamilton recording received a 2016 Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album.