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Lea Michele
Lea Michele | |
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| Born | Lea Michele Sarfati () August 29, (age&#;38) The Bronx, New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, dancer |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Spouse | Cory Monteith ( January - February ) Zandy Reich (present) |
Lea Michele Sarfati (born August 29, ),[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 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 Day School [4] for elementary school in New York and then Tenafly High School.[5] Michele was home schooled one year while working in TorontoCanada on Ragtime. She went to Stagedoor Manor in the Catskills, a performing arts trai
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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 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 original Broadway cast of "Ragtime", and in 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 Around the same time that the show was set to go to Broadway, Lea was of
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Lea Michele
American actress and soloist (born )
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