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Lea Michele
American actress and singer (born 1986)
Lea Michele Sarfati (LEE-ə mish-EL;[2] born August 29, 1986)[1] is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She began her career as a child actress on Broadway, appearing in productions of Les Misérables (1995–1996), Ragtime (1997–1999), Fiddler on the Roof (2004–2005), and Spring Awakening (2006–2008). Michele came to prominence playing Rachel Berry on the Fox series Glee (2009–2015), for which she received nominations for an Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. She also contributed to music recorded for the series, which spawned multiple hits on the Billboard charts, and earned her a Grammy Award nomination.
Michele made her feature film debut in New Year's Eve (2011). She also starred as Hester Ulrich on the Fox series Scream Queens (2015–2016) and as Valentina Barella on the ABC sitcom The Mayor (2017).
In 2012, she was signed to Columbia Records, and released her debut single the following year, "Cannonball", followed by her debut studio album, Louder (2014), which d
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Lea Michele
Lea Michele | |
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| Born | Lea Michele Sarfati (1986-08-29) August 29, 1986 (age 38) The Bronx, New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, dancer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse | Cory Monteith ( January 2010 - February 2013) Zandy Reich (2019-present) |
Lea Michele Sarfati (born August 29, 1986),[1] known by her stage nameLea Michele, is an Americanactress and singer. Michele began working as a child actress on Broadway in shows like Ragtime and Les Misérables. She was the first person to play the character Wendla in the musical Spring Awakening and now plays Rachel Berry in the Fox television series Glee.
Early life
[change | change source]Michele was born in the Bronx, New York City, in 1986. Her mother is Edith Sarfati, a nurse, and her father is Marc Sarfati, a deli owner.[1] Michele's mother is Italian American and Roman Catholic, while her father is a SpanishSephardic Jew.[2][3] Michele grew up in New York City and Tenafly, New Jersey. She went to Rockland County D
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Lea Michele Sarfati was born in the Bronx, New York to Edith Thomasina (Porcelli), a nurse, and Mark David Sarfati, a delicatessen owner-turned-real estate agent. Her mother is of Italian descent (from Rome and Naples), and her father is of Sephardi Jewish ancestry (from Turkey and Greece). Lea was raised Catholic in Tenafly, New Jersey and graduated from Tenafly High School.
At age eight, Lea went with a friend to an open casting call for an up-and-coming musical. After spontaneously deciding to audition, she was offered the role and, two weeks later, she was starring on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in 1995 as a replacement for the role of Young Cosette in "Les Misérables". She was then cast in the role of Tateh's daughter, the Little Girl, in the 1998 original Broadway cast of "Ragtime", and in 2004 she portrayed Shprintze and understudied the role of Chava in the Broadway revival of the musical "Fiddler on the Roof".
When she was 14, Lea was given the role of Wendla Bergmann in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's musical version of
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