Ari Afsar

Born Arianna Ayesha Afsar in San Diego, California, Ari Afsar is a singer and actress with credits in musical theater, film, and television. A one-time American Idol contestant (2009) and Miss California (2010), she was cast as Eliza Hamilton in the first Chicago production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton in 2016, the same year she released her debut single, "Love You I Don't." Afsar charted in the U.S. in 2018 as part of a quintet of Elizas on "First Burn," an alternate version of "Burn" from the blockbuster musical. Raised and based in Southern California, Afsar started si...