Eva Noblezada

Eva Maria Noblezada was born on March 18, 1996, in San Diego, California. Her father, Jon, is of Filipino ancestry while her mother, Angie, is of Mexican descent.^[1] Noblezada's paternal grandparents are from Maguindanao and Iloilo.^[2] She and her family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where she attended the Northwest School of the Arts until she was 17.^[3] Her aunt is Annette Calud, who played Celina on Sesame Street and Kim in Miss Saigon on Broadway.^[4]

On July 1, 2013, Noblezada became one of five finalists for the 2013 National High School Musical Theatre Awards.^[5] Her performance of the song "With You" from Ghost during the awards ceremony at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City was noted by casting director Tara Rubin, who arranged an audition for Noblezada, then 17, before producer Cameron Mackintosh for the forthcoming West End revival of Miss Saigon. Noblezada was cast in the lead role of Kim.^{[citation needed]}

In the spring of 2014, Noblezada left the Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte to star in Miss Saigon in London. For her performance as Kim, Noblezada won the 2015 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical.^[6] She performed "I'd Give My Life for You" at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards ceremony.^[7]

Following the limited run of Miss Saigon in London, Noblezada assumed the role of Éponine in the West End production of Les Misérables from April to December 2016.^[8] Like Lea Salonga, she became a young actress who played the same role she did.

On May 2, 2016, Noblezada made her Carnegie Hall debut, celebrating Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, performing "The Movie in My Mind" with her idol Lea Salonga and The New York Pops.^[9]

Noblezada reprised her performance as Kim in the first Broadway revival of Miss Saigon, which opened at the Broadway Theatre on March 23, 2017, for a limited run through January 14, 2018. For her performance, Noblezada was nominated for the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, becoming one of the youngest nominees in the category, at age 21.^[10][1][4]

She played the role of Ayla in the musical Vanara in a London workshop presentation on May 11, 2018. In November 2018, Noblezada opened in the lead role of Eurydice in the Royal National Theatre's production of the musical Hadestown.^[11] She continued in the role of Eurydice when the production transferred to Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre in April 2019.^[12] She received her second Tony Award nomination for her role^[13] and won the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical.^[14] Noblezada played her final performance in the role on August 13, 2023.^[15]

Noblezada made her film debut in the Diane Paragas film Yellow Rose (2019) as the titular character, Rose. She starred alongside her idol Lea Salonga, who originated the role of Kim in Miss Saigon. The film was released by Sony Pictures Stage 6 on October 9, 2020.^[16] In 2022, she starred in the film Easter Sunday, featuring an all-Filipino cast.^[17] In 2022, Blogtalk with MJ Racadio named her one of the "75 Most Influential Filipino-Americans".^[18]

In October 2023, Noblezada starred as Daisy alongside Jeremy Jordan, and now her husband Reeve Carney, later on Broadway) as Gatsby in the world premiere of The Great Gatsby at the Paper Mill Playhouse.^[19] Both Noblezada and Jordan reprised their roles in the original Broadway production, which began previews in March 2024 and opened in April of the same year at the Broadway Theatre.^[20] She played her final performance on January 30, 2025 opposite Ryan McCartan as Gatsby.^[21]

From February to March 2025, it was announced that Noblezada, opposite Carney and her other original Broadway cast co-stars Patrick Page, Amber Gray, and André de Shields would reprise their roles in the West End production of Hadestown for a limited four-week run. The show was professionally filmed during their time in the West End.^[22]

On 31 March 2025, Noblezada joined the cast of the Broadway revival of Cabaret as Sally Bowles for a limited engagement, opposite Orville Peck as the Emcee. Noblezada replaced Auliʻi Cravalho in the role.^[23] She left the Broadway production on 20 July 2025 and was replaced by Marisha Wallace. She reprised the role in the West End production from 22 September 2025 for a limited season, alongside her husband and former Hadestown co-star Reeve Carney as the Emcee.^[24]

Noblezada has been vocal about her personal struggles with anxiety, depression, bulimia, and body dysmorphic disorder.^[25][26][4] She announced her marriage to English actor Leo Roberts in November 2017; they later divorced in 2019.^[27]

After her first marriage ended, Noblezada entered a romantic relationship with her Hadestown co-star Reeve Carney.^[28] They announced their engagement on March 14, 2025,^[29] and were married October 27, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[30]

• Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area