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Billy Porter
Billy Porter won a Tony Award & Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for his starring role as Lola in Kinky Boots. He has also been seen on Broadway in Grease, Smokey Joe’s Café, Five Guys Named Moe & Miss Saigon. Other stage credits include Dreamgirls, Ghetto Superstar (The Man That I Am) and Angels in America. Screen credits include The Broken Hearts Club, Twisted and Shake, Rattle and Roll as Little Richard. He can currently be seen on FX's Pose.
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