Solea Pfeiffer

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Solea Pfeiffer
Born (1994-09-22) September 22, 1994 (age 31)
Zimbabwe
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (BFA)
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2016–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.[1] 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.[2]

Life and career

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Pfeiffer was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in Seattle, Washington.[3] 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.[4] Her parents are anthropologists at the University of Washington.[3] Pfeiffer graduated from University of Michigan with a BFA and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[5]

Pfeiffer began her interest in music by taking violin lessons at four years old.[3] She attended theater camps and performed in her middle and high school productions.[3]

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.[3]

A year later, she made her national tour debut as Eliza Hamilton in the Angelica Company of Hamilton, earning positive reviews.[6][7][8]

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.[9] Pfeiffer earned positive reviews for her performance.[10][11]

In 2022, she performed in Almost Famous as Penny Lane at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater on Broadway.[12] A year later, Pfeiffer starred in Hadestown on Broadway replacing Eva Noblezada as Eurydice at the Walter Kerr Theatre. During her run, she starred opposite Reeve Carney and Jordan Fisher as Orpheus.[13]

In the summer of 2024, she starred as Myrtle Wilson in Florence Welch's Gatsby: An American Myth at the American Repertory Theatre.[14] Later that same year, she joined the cast of Moulin Rouge! as Satine on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. She starred opposite John Cardoza and Fisher as Christian.[15]

Personal life

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Since 2020, Pfeiffer has been in a relationship with Kevin Csolak.[16][17]

Credits

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Filmography

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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[18] Leanne Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

Stage

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Year(s) Production Role Location Category
2015 Grease Sandy Dumbrowski 5th Avenue Theatre Seattle, Washington[19]
2016 Guys and Dolls Sarah Brown Power Center for the Performing Arts Ann Arbor, Michigan[19]
West Side Story Maria Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles[3]
Sunday in the Park with George Celeste #1 / A Waitress New York City Center Off-Broadway[20]
2017 Hamilton Eliza Hamilton - US National Tour[6]
Sondheim on Sondheim Performer Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles[21]
2018 Songs for a New World Woman 1 New York City Center Off-Broadway[22]
2019 Camelot Guenevere Lincoln Center Theater Benefit Concert[23]
Almost Famous Penny Lane The Old Globe San Diego[24]
The Light in the Piazza Clara Johnson Civic Opera House Chicago[25]
Evita Eva Perón New York City Center Off-Broadway[10]
2020 Gun & Powder Mary Clarke Signature Theatre Arlington, VA[26]
2021 Simply Sondheim Signature Theatre online[27]
2022–2023 Almost Famous Penny Lane Bernard B. Jacobs Theater Broadway[12]
2022 Chess Svetlana Sergievsky Broadhurst Theatre Benefit Concert[28]
2023 Hamlet Ophelia Delacorte Theater Shakespeare in the Park
2023–2024 Hadestown Eurydice Walter Kerr Theater Broadway
2024 Gatsby: An American Myth Myrtle Wilson American Repertory Theatre Regional
2024–2025 Moulin Rouge! The Musical Satine Al Hirschfeld Theatre Broadway

References

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