Her first audition after college led to the role of Mrs. Walker in the Broadway touring company of The Who's
Tommy. In 1999, she returned to Nashville for five years, where she appeared in the
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat musical and performed on radio as a demo singer. Phillips has starred in multiple Broadway shows, including all three versions of
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Marguerite),
Next to Normal (Diana),
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Marion), and most recently
Leap of Faith (Marla). and as Michele Serling in Deathless by Zack Zadek at
Goodspeed Musicals in 2017.
Television She has guest starred in several television series including
Unforgettable,
Royal Pains, and
Elementary. Between 2013 and 2016, Phillips played attorney Pippa Cox in seven episodes of
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC. NBC nominated her for the
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for the
2016 Emmy Awards, but she did not progress to the final round.
Country music With Tad Wilson, a former cast member (and her future husband), Phillips sang in the country duo, "10th & Carlisle." ==Personal life==