# Solea Pfeiffer

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. In 2019, she starred in the New York City Center's production of Evita. Since then, she has joined the Broadway productions of Hadestown as Eurydice and Moulin Rouge! as Satine.

## Life 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.
In 2016, 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.
In 2022, she performed in Almost Famous as Penny Lane at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater on Broadway. A year later, Pfeiffer starred in Hadestown on Broadway replacing Eva Noblezada as Eurydice at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
In the summer of 2024, she starred as Myrtle Wilson in Florence Welch's Gatsby: An American Myth at the American Repertory Theatre. Later that same year, she joined the cast of Moulin Rouge! as Satine on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

## Credits
### Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Eliza Hamilton | Episode: "The Shucker" |
| 2018 | Scandal | Meghan Seeley | Episode: "The List" |
| 2019 | The Good Fight | Enid Blyton | Episode: "The One Inspired by Roy Cohn" |
| 2022 | A Jazzman's Blues | Leanne | Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture |

### Stage

| Year(s) | Production | Role | Location | Category |
| 2015 | Grease | Sandy Dumbrowski | 5th Avenue Theatre | Seattle, Washington |
| 2016 | Guys and Dolls | Sarah Brown | Power Center for the Performing Arts | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 2016 | West Side Story | Maria | Hollywood Bowl | Los Angeles |
| 2016 | Sunday in the Park with George | Celeste #1 / A Waitress | New York City Center | Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | Hamilton | Eliza Hamilton | - | US Tour |
| 2017 | Sondheim on Sondheim | Performer | Hollywood Bowl | Los Angeles |
| 2018 | Songs for a New World | Woman 1 | New York City Center | Off-Broadway |
| 2019 | Camelot | Guenevere | Lincoln Center Theater | Benefit Concert |
| 2019 | Almost Famous | Penny Lane | The Old Globe | San Diego |
| 2019 | The Light in the Piazza | Clara Johnson | Civic Opera House | Chicago |
| 2019 | Evita | Eva Perón | New York City Center | Off-Broadway |
| 2020 | Gun & Powder | Mary Clarke | Signature Theatre | Arlington, VA |
| 2021 | Simply Sondheim | | Signature Theatre | 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 |
| 2023–24 | Hadestown | Eurydice | Walter Kerr Theater | Broadway |
| 2024 | Gatsby: An American Myth | Myrtle Wilson | American Repertory Theatre | Regional |
| 2024–25 | Moulin Rouge! | Satine | Al Hirschfeld Theatre | Broadway |