Amber Iman

Amber Iman stars as Persephone in in Hadestown on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

Iman made her Broadway debut as Nina Simone in 2013's Soul Doctor and went on to perform in 2016's Shuffle Along. Between that show and her 2024 return to Broadway in Lempicka, which earned her a Tony Award nomination, she performed with touring productions of Hamilton and A Christmas Carol and starred in the world-premiere musical Goddess at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California. She reprised her performance in Goddess off Broadway at The Public Theater.

For playing Aldonza in Man of la Mancha at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., Iman won the 2018 Emery Battis Award for Acting Excellence and was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical. She also won an LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award for playing Joy in the musical Witness Uganda.