Shoba Narayan

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 & 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 starred as Eliza Hamilton in the touring production of Broadway hit, HAMILTON. She currently stars as Nessarose in the Broadway production of WICKED. 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 Bharathanatyam (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 garnered upwards of 500,000 hits.

Shoba is passionate about supporting causes that empower women and provide aid and arts education to children. She has done outreach and benefits with charities like New York ACLU, Equality Now, Miracle Foundation, and a Foster Care and Adoption agencies around the country.

Much love,

S