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Solea Pfeiffer
Born (1994-09-22) September 22, 1994 (age 29)
Alma mater University of Michigan
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active 2016–present

Solea Pfeiffer is a Zimbabwe-born American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Eliza Hamilton in the first national tour of Hamilton, which she landed after performing as Maria in West Side Story at the Hollywood Bowl. Two years later, she starred in the New York City Center's production of Evita. In 2023, she joined the Broadway cast of Hadestown as Eurydice.

Education and career

Pfeiffer was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in Seattle, Washington. Her mother is African-American, and was adopted and raised in Boston, while her father is white. Her maternal grandfather was former congressman Ron Dellums; she and her mother were able to connect with him a year before he died. Her parents are anthropologists at the University of Washington. Pfeiffer graduated from University of Michigan with a BFA and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Pfeiffer began her interest in music by taking violin lessons at four years old. She attended theater camps and performed in her middle and high school productions.

At 21 years old, Pfeiffer was selected by Gustavo Dudamel to perform as Maria in West Side Story at the Hollywood Bowl after the Los Angeles Philharmonic's artistic team showed him YouTube videos of her performing.

A year later, she made her national tour debut as Eliza Hamilton in the Angelica Company of Hamilton, earning positive reviews.

In 2019, Pfeiffer shared the role of Eva Perón with Maia Reficco in the New York City Center's production of Evita, Pfeiffer playing Perón from age 20–33. Pfeiffer earned positive reviews for her performance.

Performance credits

Year(s) Production Role Location Category
2016 West Side Story' Maria Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles
Sunday in the Park with George Celeste #1 New York City Center Off-Broadway
2017 Hamilton' Eliza Hamilton US Tour
Sondheim on Sondheim Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles
2018 Songs for a New World New York City Center Off-Broadway
2019 Almost Famous Penny Lane The Old Globe San Diego
The Light in the Piazza Clara Johnson Civic Opera House Chicago
Evita' Eva Perón, age 20-33 New York City Center Off-Broadway
2020 Gun & Powder Mary Clarke Signature Theatre Arlington, VA
2021 Simply Sondheim Signature Theatre online
2022 A Jazzman's Blues Leanne Netflix online
2022–23 Almost Famous Penny Lane Bernard B. Jacobs Theater Broadway
2022 Chess Svetlana Sergievsky Broadhurst Theatre benefit concert
2023 Hamlet Ophelia Delacorte Theater Shakespeare in the Park
Hadestown Eurydice Walter Kerr Theater Broadway

See also

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