Lea Michele

TV Actress

Lea Michele was born in The Bronx, New York, United States on August 29th, 1986 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 37, Lea Michele biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Lea Michele Sarfati, Lea Michele
Date of Birth
August 29, 1986
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York, United States
Age
37 years old
Zodiac Sign
Virgo
Networth
$14 Million
Salary
$80 Thousand
Profession
Actor, Composer, Film Actor, Musician, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Stage Actor, Television Actor, Voice Actor
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Lea Michele Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 37 years old, Lea Michele has this physical status:

Height
159cm
Weight
53kg
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Build
Athletic
Measurements
Not Available
Lea Michele Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Rockland Country Day School,, Tenafly High School, Stagedoor Manor, Tisch School of the Arts
Lea Michele Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Zandy Reich ​(m. 2019)​
Children
1
Dating / Affair
Landon Beard (2006-2008), Matthew Morrison (2007), John Lloyd Young (2008-2009), Theo Stockman (October 2009, Cory Monteith (2009, 2011-2013), Matthew Paetz (2014-2016), Robert Buckley (2016), Zandy Reich (2017-Present)
Parents
Mark David Sarfati, Edith Thomasina
Siblings
She is an only child.
Other Family
Albert Sarfati (Paternal Grandfather), Celia Sylvia Veissy (Paternal Grandmother)
Lea Michele Career

Michele made her Broadway debut in 1995, at the age of eight, as a replacement in the role of Young Cosette in Les Misérables. Michele was also the understudy for the role of Gavroche. This was followed by the role of the Little Girl in the 1998 original Broadway cast of Ragtime. Michele had been portraying the part of the Little Girl for a year in the original Toronto cast, before the production was transferred to Broadway. As a child, she voiced a main character, Christina, in the animated film Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night, released on October 13, 1998. In 2004, Michele began portraying Shprintze in the Broadway revival of the musical Fiddler on the Roof, and understudied the role of Chava. She also performed on the cast recording of the show.

Michele next played the role of Wendla Bergmann in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's musical version of Spring Awakening, starring in early workshops and Off-Broadway performances, before finally originating the role in the 2006 Broadway production at the age of twenty. In February 2005, she performed as Wendla at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Around the same time that Spring Awakening was set to go to Broadway, Michele was offered the role of Éponine Thénardier in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables. She elected to remain with Spring Awakening, which premiered on Broadway in December 2006. For her performance, she was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. In January 2008, Michele starred in a concert production of the musical Alive in the World as Phoebe, aiding the Twin Towers Orphan Fund.

In April 2008, she performed a Flops n' Cutz concert at Joe's Pub with her boyfriend at the time, stage actor Landon Beard. She also debuted her solo cabaret Once Upon a Dream at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency. In May 2008, Michele left the Broadway cast of Spring Awakening with her co-star Jonathan Groff. She then performed as Claudia Octavia in a reading of Sheik and Sater's new musical, Nero, in July 2008 at Vassar College. In August 2008, she portrayed Éponine in the Hollywood Bowl's Les Misérables concert, which was directed by Richard Jay-Alexander. She starred alongside Brian Stokes Mitchell as Javert and John Lloyd Young as Marius Pontmercy, both of whom would go on to guest star on Glee. While in Los Angeles for the Les Misérables concerts, she sang at the Upright Cabaret at Mark's Restaurant in Hollywood in August 2008. The next month, she performed at the benefit Broadway Chance Style: Up Close & Personal along with stars such as Laura Bell Bundy, Eden Espinosa and Kristoffer Cusick.

From 2009 until its ending in 2015, Michele starred in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee as Rachel Berry, the show's female lead and star singer. The role was written specifically for Michele by co-creator Ryan Murphy. Michele won a number of awards for portraying Rachel, including the 2009 Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. She was also nominated for the 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Michele was included on Time's list of the 100 Most Influential People In the World for 2010. In December 2010, she received Billboard's first-ever Triple Threat Award. Several songs performed by Michele on the show were released as singles available for digital download. Her cover of The All-American Rejects' song "Gives You Hell" reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. Michele was featured as lead singer for 14 of the top 20 best-selling Glee cast songs as of 2010. In 2011, she was nominated for two Grammy Awards, for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ("Don't Stop Believin'") and Best Compilation Soundtrack Album (Glee: The Music, Volume 1). That same year, Michele was nominated again for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. In 2012 and 2013, she won the People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy Actress.

In May 2010, Michele and the cast of Glee embarked on a music tour of the United States, playing 10 shows in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City. The final show of 2010 was at Radio City Music Hall. Jonathan Groff, who played Michele's love interest Jesse St. James on the show, performed with her at the Los Angeles and New York City shows. Glee Live! In Concert! then expanded a year later to include 22 shows across North America and 9 shows in England and Ireland. The cast acted in character for the concerts, which were met with positive reviews.

In October 2010, Michele and co-star Matthew Morrison performed as Janet Weiss and Brad Majors, respectively, in the 35th anniversary benefit concert of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The event benefited The Painted Turtle and also starred Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito. In February 2011, Michele performed at The Grammys' MusiCares Person of the Year event in Los Angeles, honoring Barbra Streisand. She sang "My Man" from the Streisand film Funny Girl. Before the Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2011, Michele performed "America the Beautiful" with the United States Air Force Tops In Blue. She then starred in Garry Marshall's romantic comedy film New Year's Eve portraying Elise, a back-up singer and the love interest of Ashton Kutcher's character. The film was released worldwide on December 9, 2011.

On September 18, 2012, it was announced that Michele would be working on her first solo album. She began recordings for the album soon after on October 19, 2012. Michele stated that it was a "pretty slow process" and the album would be more "pop/rock driven" rather than Broadway influenced. On November 27, 2013, it was announced that the first single from her debut album Louder would be "Cannonball", which was released on December 10, 2013. "Cannonball" debuted at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first main Glee cast member to chart as a lead soloist. The single sold over 51,000 copies in its first week of sale. The music video was released on January 9, 2014. Michele subsequently released four promotional singles in the lead-up to the album: "Battlefield", "Louder", "What Is Love?", and "You're Mine". Louder was released on February 28, 2014, and debuted on the Billboard 200 at number four, selling over 62,000 copies in its first week. The second single from the album, "On My Way", was released on May 4, 2014, with the music video premiering on May 19, 2014.

Michele next voiced the lead role of Dorothy Gale in the animated musical film Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, which opened in North American theaters on May 9, 2014. In May 2013, it was announced that Michele had signed a deal with Harmony Books and Random House to pen a part memoir, part how-to book titled Brunette Ambition. The book was released on May 20, 2014. Michele had multiple book signings in the United States, including a signing and Q&A event hosted by Jonathan Groff. The book debuted at number nine on the U.S. Nonfiction Best Seller list a week after it was released, and made its debut on The New York Times Best Seller list at number three. Michele released a second book, You First: Journal Your Way to Your Best Life, on September 22, 2015, which was also published by Random House.

In July 2014, it was announced that Michele would guest star in the final season of FX's drama series Sons of Anarchy, playing the role of Gertie, a truck stop waitress who connects with Gemma Teller Morrow (Katey Sagal). Michele's episode, "Smoke 'em If You Got 'em", aired on October 14, 2014. From 2015 to 2016, Michele starred in the Fox horror-comedy series Scream Queens, alongside original scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, portraying the quirky, neck brace-wearing Hester Ulrich. She was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Favorite Actress in a New TV Series, and two Teen Choice Awards for Choice TV Actress: Comedy and Choice TV: Villain for her performance in the role. On March 15, 2016, the charity single "This Is for My Girls", on which Michele was one of eight featured singers, was released as a charity single. The song, written by Diane Warren, benefited the White House's #62MillionGirls campaign and the Obama administration's Let Girls Learn initiative, set up by the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama.

Michele began recording for her second studio album in April 2015. She stated that the album would be less pop-influenced than her debut, and would "[go] back to [her] roots" with a more theatrical sound. In January 2017, Michele played three shows on a mini tour titled An Intimate Evening with Lea Michele, to support her second studio album, Places. The tour continued with additional shows in the UK and North America in April and May 2017. The lead single from the second album, "Love Is Alive", was released on March 3, 2017. Three promotional singles were subsequently released in the lead-up to the album: "Anything's Possible", "Run to You", and "Getaway Car". Places was released on April 28, 2017, and debuted at number 28 on the Billboard 200 chart with over 16,000 units sold in its first week.

On April 4, 2017, Michele appeared as Amanda in the first episode of Hulu's science fiction anthology series Dimension 404, alongside Robert Buckley and Joel McHale. She subsequently portrayed political advisor Valentina Barella in ABC's sitcom The Mayor, created by Jeremy Bronson and executive produced by Daveed Diggs, starring opposite Brandon Micheal Hall and Yvette Nicole Brown. On October 8, 2017, Michele performed as a headlining act at the third annual musical theatre festival Elsie Fest, founded by her Glee co-star Darren Criss. In April 2018, it was announced that Michele would venture on a co-headlining tour with Criss. The LM/DC Tour included shows in several North American cities in May and June 2018. The tour continued from October to December 2018 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

In May 2019, it was announced that Michele will host a health and wellness digital series for the Ellen DeGeneres Network, titled Well, Well, Well with Lea Michele. Michele's third studio album, Christmas in the City, was released on October 25, 2019. She also starred as the lead in a holiday television film, Same Time, Next Christmas, for ABC. From December 19, 2019, Lea Michele performed live with a series of shows in The Concert Hall at the New York Society for Ethical Culture.

Michele released her cover album, Forever: A Lullaby Album, on November 5, 2021.

On July 11, 2022, it was announced that Michele would return to Broadway in the stage musical production of Funny Girl. Michele replaced Beanie Feldstein in the leading role of Fanny Brice on September 6, 2022 after Feldstein announced an exit from the production two months earlier than originally planned. She is scheduled to perform seven shows a week, excluding Thursday evenings. The parallels between Michele taking on the role and her Glee character's story line where she lands her dream role in the musical's first Broadway revival have been widely discussed in the media. Her character's obsession with the musical was written into Glee in part because of Michele's own interest in it since she first saw the movie adaptation in 2007. On September 11, 2022, four days into her run as Fanny Brice, Michele announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19, requiring her to isolate for at least ten days. She returned to the stage on September 20, 2022.

Critics widely praised Michele's performance. On opening night, Michele received multiple standing ovations for her performance, which had been highly anticipated. Jackson McHenry writing for Vulture stated, "With every eye roll toward the audience and every belt, Michele seems to face the pressure to not just be good, or great, but the greatest. This is less a star vehicle than gladiatorial combat. She makes it through with blood on the sand." Jesse Green, writing for The New York Times, initially gave the musical a poor review when it starred Beanie Feldstein. After seeing Michele's iteration, he praised her performance, while maintaining his criticisms of the overall production, stating, "Both vulnerable and invulnerable, kooky and ardent, [Michele] makes the show worth watching again. She can't make it good, though. Michael Mayer's production is still garish and pushy, pandering for audience overreaction."

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Lea Michele is pregnant! Glee veteran, 37, shows off her baby bump as she expects her second child: 'Mommy, Daddy and Ever are overjoyed'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 27, 2024
Lea Michele is pregnant with her second child. The Glee veteran made the announcement on Instagram on Wednesday as she shared images of her baby bump. The 37-year-old Broadway star from the Bronx was wearing a creamy ivory top that was pulled back to reveal her tummy as she cradled it with both hands.

Lea Michele and Liam Neeson are among the many famous faces in crowd at the New York Jets' home upset of the Philadelphia Eagles... where Aaron Rodgers is seen off crutches for the first time since suffering from injury

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 16, 2023
Although Taylor Swift didn't make it, there were no celebrities in attendance at Sunday's NFL game, which featured the New York Jets defeating the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, who was unbeaten. Lea Michele and Liam Neeson were among the celebrity faces in the crowd, while injured Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers made great strides in his recovery from a torn Achilles as he was discovered on crutches for the first time since undergoing surgery last month.

Lea Michele wears an arm sling after suffering herself while out for a walk in New York City in a casual-cool style

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 19, 2023
When Lea Michele was seen relaxing on a stroll in New York City on Tuesday, she seemed completely at ease. When taking a phone call on the go, the 37-year-old Glee actress opted for a casual chic look. Since suffering an unexplained injury in recent days, she sported a sling holding her arm.

On the 10-Year Anniversary Of His Death, Lea Michele Speaks To Cory Monteith

perezhilton.com, July 13, 2023
On the 10-year anniversary of Cory Monteith's death, Lea Michele is honoring him. On Thursday morning, the Funny Girl actress took a moment to reflect on the effect her late love and Glee co-star had on her life ten years after he tragically died. We can’t believe it’s been so long… And neither can Lea!

Lea Michele Talks 'Challenges' Of Facing Glee Backlash While Pregnant

perezhilton.com, September 22, 2022
Lea Michele is talking about her latest Glee controversy. And she's shifting the attention from her job to her... pregnancy. The Funny Girl actress spoke out on Wednesday during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show on Wednesday about her traumatic behavior during her time on the set of Glee. You've probably guessed by now how the TV actress was such a pain to work with on the popular series. Several of her co-stars yelled her out for her on-set conduct two years ago, as well as Heather Morris, who said she was "unpleasant."

When commemorating Husband Zandy Reich's Birthday — LOOK!

perezhilton.com, January 24, 2022
Lea Michele is finally giving fans a look at her baby boy! The Glee alum has kept her son Ever’s face hidden from social media since his birth in August 2020 for privacy reasons, but on Sunday, she had a change of heart!While celebrating her husband Zandy Reich’s 39th birthday, the singer decided to share the CUTEST photo of the father-son duo on Instagram, reflecting:
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26 Dec 2022

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20 Dec 2022

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19 Dec 2022

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12 Dec 2022

Lucia the morning after she played albie.

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8 Dec 2022

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