Before starring in the Fox series Glee, Lea Michele made her Broadway debut in Les Misérables and went on to perform in Ragtime, Fiddler on the Roof, and Spring Awakening. She celebrates her birthday August 29.
Michele was also featured on Ryan Murphy's horror-comedy series Scream Queens and most recently starred in The Mayor, produced by Hamilton Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs.
Flip through photos of her career highlights below:
Lea Michele in Les Misérables
Peter Friedman and Lea Michele in Ragtime
Catherine Ashmore
Lea Michele in Ragtime
Lea Michele and Peter Friedman in Ragtime
Laura Michelle Kelly, Lea Michele, Molly Ephraim, Sally Murphy and Tricia Paoluccio in Fiddler on the Roof, 2004.
Lea Michele in Round House Theatre’s production of The Diary of Anne Frank
John Gallagher, Jr., Jonathan Groff, and Lea Michele in Spring Awakening
Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff in Spring Awakening.
Joan Marcus
Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele in Spring Awakening.
Monique Carboni
Lea Michele in the Wardrobe Room during rehearsals for Les Mis
Lea Michele
Lea Michele
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Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele on Glee
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Lea Michele
Lea Michele
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Emma Roberts and Lea Michele
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Lea Michele on "Scream Queens"
Brandon Micheal Hall, Yvette Nicole Brown, Bernard David Jones, Marcel Spears, and Lea Michele in The Mayor
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Yvette Nicole Brown, Brandon Micheal Hall, Lea Michele, and Marcel Spears on The Mayor
Brandon Michael Hall and Lea Michele on The Mayor
Lea Michele on The Mayor
