Shoba Narayan
BIO
In what Playbill called "a personal milestone and a key moment on Broadway," Shoba Narayan made her Broadway debut in the Josh Groban-starring musical NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 as the first South Asian female in a principal role since Bombay Dreams. The musical garnered 12 Tony nominations. She recently completed starring and touring as Eliza Hamilton in the world phenomenon and Broadway smash hit HAMILTON from Lin-Manuel Miranda. She is currently starring as Nessarose in WICKED on Broadway. Film and television credits include the award winning independent feature film GROWING UP SMITH directed by Frank Lotito, QUANTICO (Mark Gordon / ABC), HALAL IN THE FAMILY with Aasif Mandvi, GOSSIP GIRL (The CW), COIN HEIST (Netflix) and MISTRESS AMERICA directed by Noah Baumbach.
Shoba is also a Bharatanatyam (South Indian Classical) dancer and teacher. She has performed extensively throughout the US and India, and has placed first in international dance competitions. Youtube videos of her performances have gathered upwards of 500,000 hits.
