Solea Pfeiffer

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. During her run, she starred opposite Reeve Carney and Jordan Fisher as Orpheus.

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. She starred opposite John Cardoza and Fisher as Christian.