Occupation: | actors |
Date of Birth: | August 29, 1986 |
Age: | 35 |
Net value : | 14 million |
Place of birth: | The Bronx, NY |
Height (m): | 1.59 |
Religion: | Christianity |
Relationship status: | Married |
Lea Michele is an American actress and singer known for her appearance on the television screen as well as Broadway productions. However, she rose to prominence with the role of Rachel Berry in Fox’s ‘Glee’ from 2009 to 2015. For her role, she won several awards and nominations, including four People’s Choice Awards.
Additionally, she has also published two books: Brunette Ambition (2014) and You First: Journal Your Way to Your Best Life (2015). Additionally, she made headlines when actress Samantha Marie Ware accused Lea of her rude behavior during a brief appearance on Glee. On top of that, Lea co-stars Heather Morris, Melissa Benoist, and Amber Riley also confirmed her behavior. She later responded with an apology in response to accusations from many cast members.
LEA MICHELE: BIO, FAMILY, EDUCATION
The actress was born on August 29, 1986 as Lea Michele Sarfati in Bronx, New York, United States. She is the only child of her parents Edith Thomasina and Mark David Sarfati. Her mother is a retired nurse while her father, a real estate agent and former butcher. She has a missed ethnicity of Sephardic Jew and Italian-American descent. Her parents raised her Catholic and spent four years in the Bronx.
She and her family moved to suburban Tenafly, New Jersey and they had also rented an apartment in Manhattan for Lea. Regarding her education, she completed her elementary school at Rockland Country Day School in New York. She is a high school graduate of Tenafly High School. Before that, she was homeschooled in 1997 while traveling to Toronto for her work in the production of Ragtime. During her high school years, she participated in debate, choir, and played on the school volleyball team.
From 2000 to 2002, she joined Stagedoor Manor at the Catskill. And she later accepted to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Instead, she continued her professional career on stage. She began her acting career at the age of eight when she made her Broadway debut in 1995 in Les Miserables as Young Cosette.
ACTING AND SINGING CAREER:
She had appeared in numerous Broadway and off-broadway productions until her television debut in the series Glee. Besides acting, she has also released and covered many singles available for digital download. Additionally, she has featured as the lead vocalist on 14 of Glee’s Top 20 Cast Songs which have been nominated for multiple nominations, including two Grammy Award nominations. As a singer, she made her debut with her debut album ‘Louder’ on December 10, 2013.
She released her second studio album ‘Love Is Alive’ on March 3, 2017 which sold over 16,000 units in its first week. Following this, on October 25, 2019, she released her third studio album titled ‘Christmas in the City’. Her acting roles include a starring role in the TV movies ‘Same Time, Next Christmas’, ‘Sons of Anarchy’ and the horror comedy series ‘Scram Queens’.
LEA MICHELE: PERSONAL LIFE AND BOYFRIEND
Moving on to her personal life, she is a happily married woman. She dated businessman Zandy Reich and announced their engagement on April 28, 2018. After nearly nine months of their engagement, they exchanged vows on March 9, 2019. They married in a private wedding and lavish in Napa, California. in the presence of their close friends and family members.
On May 2, 2020, she announced that she was expecting their first child and gave birth to a boy Ever Leo on August 20, 2020. Additionally, she was previously in a relationship with Glee co-actor Cory Monteith. they first met on the set of the show in 2008 and acted as love interests on the show . However, they then reported to date in 2012 and remained together until Cory’s death in July 2013.
LEA MICHELE: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES
As for her income, she said she earns $80,000 per episode from her work on the series ‘Glee’. Moreover, her net worth is estimated to be around $14 million from her acting and singing career. Besides, she has also purchased a few properties including her home worth around $3.15 million in Brentwood.
She has an unverified Twitter account @leamicheleweb with 12.8k followers. On Facebook, she goes through the verified account under her name with 4.9 million followers. She has a verified Instagram account @Lea Michele with 6.5 million followers.
LEA MICHELE: BODY MEASUREMENTS
She has a slim and healthy body which measures around 36-26-40 inches in chest-waist-hips respectively. His body is 5 feet 3 inches or 1.59 meters tall and weighs around 53 kg. She has dark brown eye color with blonde hair.
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