Yvette González-Nacer

Yvette González-Nacer is a Cuban-American actress and musician. She is best known for originating one of the Fates in the original Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown, starring in the national tour of Moulin Rouge!, and playing Kiki in The Fresh Beat Band.

Early life and education
González-Nacer was born to Cuban immigrant parents in Miami, Florida. She became interested in music early, taking violin lessons when she was 3 years old and taking voice lessons in high school. She attended the University of Miami after receiving an opera scholarship. González-Nacer is a polyglot, able to speak five languages.

Career
González-Nacer's early career focused on music rather than acting. She spent time as a member of a jazz band and toured alongside Engelbert Humperdinck.

Theater
In 2004, González-Nacer played the character Maria in Dolores Prida's off-Broadway show 4 Guys Named Jose ... and Una Mujer Named Maria. Her performance was praised as "comically endearing" by Variety. and as "unfairly charming" by Back Stage West. The following year, she performed alongside Luis Valdez in Corridos Remix. In 2009, she played Vanessa in the first national tour of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights.

González-Nacer made her Broadway debut in 2019, playing one of the three Fates in Anaïs Mitchell's musical Hadestown. She had previously played the role in a 2017 performance at the New York Theatre Workshop. Nacer handled the highest part of the three. Her performance in the musical was complimented in reviews by The Daily Beast, The Hollywood Reporter, and Rolling Stone. In 2022, she joined the cast of Moulin Rouge! for the show's first national tour. Initially an alternate, she took over the role of Satine shortly after the tour began. Her performance was received positively by The Washington Post and Metro Weekly. González-Nacer played Mrs. Wright in Real Women Have Curves, which received a limited run at the American Repertory Theater from 2023 to 2024.

Television and film
González-Nacer starred in the television series The Fresh Beat Band from 2009 to 2013, later rejoining the case for the animated spinoff series Fresh Beat Band of Spies in 2015. She embarked on a concert tour alongside the cast of The Fresh Beat Band in 2012. She was nominated in the "Best Young Actress/Television" category at the 2011 Imagen Awards for her work in The Fresh Beat Band, losing to Selena Gomez. In 2016, González-Nacer played Cha Cha in Grease Live!, a television film adaptation of the 1978 film Grease.

Music
González-Nacer released her first album, "Not Gonna Wait," in 2012. In 2020, she released a Christmas album featuring her Hadestown castmates Jewelle Blackman and Kay Trinidad titled "If The Fates Allow: A Hadestown Holiday Album."