Lea Michele

Lea Michele

actress, writer, producer

Lea Michele was born on Aug 29, 1986 in USA. Lea Michele's big-screen debut came with Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night directed by Buzz Potamkin in 1998. Lea Michele is known for Scream Queens directed by Barbara Brown, Emma Roberts stars as Chanel Oberlin and Lea Michele as Hester Ulrich. Lea Michele has got 11 awards and 27 nominations so far. The most recent award Lea Michele achieved is Teen Choice Awards. The upcoming new movie Lea Michele plays is Same Time, Next Christmas which will be released on Dec 05, 2019.

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 "Spring Awakening". She starred in early workshops, off-Broadway, and finally originated the role in the Broadway production at age 20. Around the same time that the show was set to go to Broadway, Lea was offered the role of Éponine Thénardier in the Broadway revival of "Les Misérables". She chose to remain with "Spring Awakening", which debuted on Broadway in December 2006. She was later nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. After two years of starring in "Spring Awakening", Lea left the show with co-star Jonathan Groff, to pursue other opportunities.In late 2008, Lea won the role of Rachel Berry on the comedy-drama series Glee (2009), and since the show's premiere on May 19, 2009, has received worldwide critical acclaim for her performance. She received the 2009 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical, and later won three People's Choice Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Along with her award wins, Lea also received Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations.

  • Birthday

    Aug 29, 1986
  • Place of Birth

    The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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Awards

11 wins & 27 nominations

Teen Choice Awards
2015
Choice TV Actress: Comedy
Winner - Teen Choice Award
2014
Choice TV Actress: Comedy
Winner - Teen Choice Award
2013
Choice TV Actress: Comedy
Winner - Teen Choice Award
2013
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Winner - Teen Choice Award
People's Choice Awards, USA
2014
Favorite TV Gal Pals
Winner - People's Choice Award
2014
Favorite Comedic TV Actress
Winner - People's Choice Award
2013
Favorite Comedic TV Actress
Winner - People's Choice Award
2013
Favorite TV Comedy Actress
Winner - People's Choice Award
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