ABOUT ALI EWOLDT
Breaking through in the theater world with her Broadway debut as Cosette in the revival of Les Misérables , she would later become the first Asian-American actress to star as Christine Daaé in Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera .
She did regional theater work in her childhood and did musical theater in high school. She graduated cum laude from Yale University .
At Disneyland, she performed the role of Princess Jasmine. She also worked at a Tokyo Disney theme park.
Her mother was Filipina and her father, Caucasian.
Sarah Brightman originated the role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera, a role that Ali would fill in the revival of the musical.