Lindsay Pearce

Lindsay Pearce
Birth name Lindsay Heather Pearce
Occupations Actress, singer
Years active 2011–present

Lindsay Heather Pearce, is an American actress and singer. Pearce is best known for being one of the runners-up on The Glee Project, which gave her a recurring role on the TV show Glee.

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Early life

Pearce was born in Modesto, California and is an adopted child. She has starred in amateur shows since the age of thirteen. For the first six months of her life she was deaf, and appreciates her ear for music because of this.[1]

She is the sister of soccer player Heath Pearce.[2]

Career

In early 2011, Pearce auditioned for The Glee Project, a singing/acting reality show where the winner would receive a seven-episode arc on the third season of Glee. She was picked as one of twelve competitors to be on the show from over 40,000 applicants. Throughout the show, her identity has become "the theater girl", indicated by her vocal skills and professionalism. She reached the show's finale, but did not win the competition; however, the producers were impressed enough to give her and the other runner-up, Alex Newell, each a two-episode arc on Glee.

In the third season premiere of Glee, Pearce was introduced as Harmony, an ambitious and talented singer who overawes Kurt and Rachel when they watch her and her group sing a mash-up of "Anything Goes" from Anything Goes and "Anything You Can Do" from Annie Get Your Gun. This first episode featuring her character aired September 20, 2011, and she will appear at least once more.[3] Her debut was widely acclaimed by critics such as TVLine's Michael Slezak, who said Harmony was "brilliantly brought to life" by Pearce, and Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club, who wrote that she "may be the best new character ever".[4][5] The mash-up was released as a single for digital download after the episode aired.[6]

Pearce is currently starring as Snow White in El Portal Theatre's production of the musical A Snow White Christmas, which will run from November 30, 2011 through December 18, 2011. Neil Patrick Harris and Marina Sirtis co-star as the Magic Mirror and the Wicked Queen respectively.[7]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Glee Project Contestant Runner Up
2011 Glee Harmony Recurring, season 3

References

  1. ^ "Lindsay Pearce (Glee Project)". Pop Tower. http://www.poptower.com/lindsay-pearce-glee-project.htm. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  2. ^ Hoppes, Lynn. "'Glee' actress sister to Major League Soccer player". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=6996855. Retrieved 23 September 2011. 
  3. ^ Slezak, Michael (August 25, 2011). "Glee Project's Lindsay Pearce on Her 'Villain Edit,' 'God-Given' Gift, and 'Kissing Bandit' Rep". TVLine. http://www.tvline.com/2011/08/glee-project-lindsay-pearce-interview/. Retrieved September 22, 2011. 
  4. ^ Slezak, Michael (September 21, 2011). "Glee Season Premiere Recap: 'Beat' Generation". TVLine. Mail.com Media. http://www.tvline.com/2011/09/glee-recap-season-3-episode-1-purple-piano-project/. Retrieved September 22, 2011. 
  5. ^ VanDerWerff, Todd (September 21, 2011). ""The Purple Piano Project"". The A.V. Club. The Onion. http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-purple-piano-project,61937/. Retrieved September 21, 2011. 
  6. ^ Hensel, Amanda. "'Glee' Recap: 'The Purple Piano Project' Goes Up in Flames". PopCrush. http://popcrush.com/glee-recap-the-purple-piano-project-flames/. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  7. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (August 22, 2011). "'The Glee Project's' Lindsay Pearce to Star in 'A Snow White Christmas' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media). http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/glee-projects-lindsay-pearce-star-225976. Retrieved October 23, 2011.