Lea Michele

Lea Michele Sarfati born August 29 1986 is an American actress singer songwriter and author Possessing a soprano vocal range which spans multiple octaves she is known for her performances of screen and stage Michele has received various accolades including a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award four Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010 and 2023 Born and raised in New York City she began her career as a child actress on Broadway appearing in productions of Les Misérables 19951996 Ragtime 19971999 Fiddler on the Roof 20042005 and Spring Awakening 20062008 Michele came to prominence playing Rachel Berry an overachieving highschool student on the Fox series Glee 20092015 receiving critical acclaim for her musical and character performance winning a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and earning nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and two Golden Globe Awards in the same category Michele and the rest of the Glee cast received three Grammy Award nominations for music recorded for the series also spawning multiple hits on the Billboard charts Michele subsequently starred as Hester Ulrich on the Fox series Scream Queens 20152016 and as Valentina Barella on the ABC sitcom The Mayor 2017 Michele made her feature film debut in New Years Eve 2011 and was signed to Columbia Records in 2012 She released her debut single the following year Cannonball followed by her debut studio album Louder 2014 which debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States Three years later she released her second studio album Places 2017 which debuted at number 28 on the Billboard 200 In 2019 she released Christmas in the City her third studio album and in 2021 she released her fourth studio album Forever Michele has also published two books Brunette Ambition 2014 and You First Journal Your Way to Your Best Life 2015 In 2022 Michele returned to Broadway starring as Fanny Brice in the musical revival of Funny Girl where she received widespread critical acclaim for her performance