Asabi Goodman

Asabi is an American born, Australian entertainer (actor and singer) with almost 40 years of experience in vocal and stage performance. She studied chemical engineering at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), where she was a founding member of the awarding winning, all female a cappella group, The USC Sirens, and has an Advanced Diploma in Stage and Screen Acting from the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory in Brisbane. Asabi has spent many years honing her performance skills by singing with various chorales, performing in a number of musical and staged theatre productions, and singing in bands.


Asabi is also trained in intimacy choreography for stage and screen, having studied under renowned intimacy coaches, Alicia Rodis (Intimacy Directors & Coordinators) and Nigel Poulton (Intimacy Coordinators Australia). She has worked as an intimacy coordinator for the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory, Griffith University, and various independent theatre and film companies.


From 2022 through 2023, Asabi starred in the Australian national touring production of Hairspray! The Musical as Motormouth Maybelle alongside Australian theatre greats such as Rhonda Burchmore, Todd McKenney, and Shane Jacobson. The production toured to Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney before closing in April 2023. After the show's closing, Asabi was invited to join the US Broadway touring production of Hairspray and performed during the final six weeks of the tour in the United States.

From the end of 2023, Asabi will be stepping into the role of Matron "Mama" Morton in the Australian touring production of CHICAGO. Joining her onstage are Anthony Warlow, Zoe Ventoura, Lucy Maunder, and Peter Rowsthorn.

​Asabi is currently represented by Sydney based management company, Kermond Management.