Lea Michele credits

Lea Michele filmography
Films 4 (1 upcoming)
Television 9 (1 upcoming)
Theatre 9
Workshops 6
Music videos 2

The following is the list of film, television and theatre credits for American actress, singer-songwriter and author Lea Michele. Michele came to worldwide prominence after being cast in the main role of Rachel Berry in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. She portrayed the character again in the film Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (2011). Before global fame, Michele acted on Broadway, and originated the role of Wendla Bergmann in the rock musical Spring Awakening. As a child actress, she appeared in Les Misérables as Young Cosette and the Broadway revival of Ragtime as the Little Girl. She made her film debut in the ensemble romantic comedy New Year's Eve (2011).[1] Michele then voiced the main character Dorothy Gale in the animated film Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014).[2][3] She will star in the upcoming Fox horror-comedy series Scream Queens alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts and Abigail Breslin.[4] Michele has also been cast in William H. Macy's upcoming sex comedy The Layover alongside Kate Upton.

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night Christina (voice)
2011 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie Rachel Berry Concert movie
2011 New Year's Eve Elise
2014 Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Dorothy Gale (voice)
2016 The Layover Kate In pre-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Third Watch Sammi Episode: "Spring Forward Fall Back"
2008 Around the Block Herself (host) Television short
2009–15 Glee Rachel Berry Lead role; 118 episodes
2010 The Simpsons Sarah (voice) Episode: "Elementary School Musical"
2011 The Cleveland Show Rachel Berry (voice) Episode: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta?"
2012 The Glee Project Herself (mentor) Episode: "Individuality"
2012 Inside the Actor's Studio Herself (guest) Episode: "18x03"
2013 Top Chef Episode: "Lea Michele's Halloween Bash"
2014 Sons of Anarchy Gertie Episode: "Smoke 'em If You Got 'em"[5]
2015 Scream Queens Hester Lead role; upcoming series

Theatre

Year Title Role Location
1995–96 Les Misérables Young Cosette Imperial Theatre
1997 Ragtime Little Girl Toronto Centre for the Arts
1998–99 Lyric Theatre
2004–05 Fiddler on the Roof Shprintze Minskoff Theatre
2005 The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank Round House Theatre
2006 Hot and Sweet Naleen New York Musical Theatre Festival[6]
2006 Spring Awakening Wendla Bergmann Atlantic Theatre Company
2006–08 Eugene O'Neill Theatre
2008 Les Misérables Éponine Hollywood Bowl

Readings and workshops

Year Title Role Location
2000–01 Spring Awakening Wendla Bergmann Roundabout Theatre Company[7]
2006 Wuthering Heights Lucy Unknown
2007 The Gypsy King Anisette National Alliance for Musical Theatre
2008 Nero Octavia Vassar College[8]
2008 Samson and Delilah Delilah Upright Cabaret[9]
2009 Untitled Burt Bacharach & Steven Sater Collaboration Unknown Los Angeles[10]

Music videos

Song Year Artist Director
"Cannonball" 2013 Herself Robert Hales[11]
"On My Way" 2014 Herself Hannah Lux Davis[12]

As producer

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Glee Creative consultant Episode: "The Quarterback"[13]

As writer

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Brunette Ambition Author Memoir, style guide, and how-to book
[14]
2015 You First: Journal Your Way to Your Best Life
[15]

References

  1. "Glee's Lea Michele to Celebrate New Year's Eve". Movie Web. October 22, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  2. "Quick Takes: 'Glee' star Lea Michele cast in animated 'Dorothy of Oz'". Los Angeles Times. June 12, 2010.
  3. "In Dorothy's Shoes". Time for Kids. April 21, 2014.
  4. "Lea Michele, Joe Manganiello, More Join Ryan Murphy's 'Scream Queens'". The Hollywood Reporter. January 17, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  5. "Lea Michele Rides to FX's 'Sons of Anarchy'". The Hollywood Reporter. July 28, 2014.
  6. "Katie Finneran, Lea Michele Complete Cast of NYMF's Hot and Sweet". Playbill.com. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  7. "Spring Awakening Workshopped at Roundabout Theatre Company". Playbill.com. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  8. "Photo 1 of 6 | Idina Menzel and Lea Michele Bring Nero to Vassar". Broadway.com. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  9. "Photo Flash: Lea Michele Makes Her Sold Out LA Upright Cabaret Debut". Broadwayworld.com. February 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  10. ""Steven Sater Working on Chitty Remake, Musical With Bacharach, Spring Awakening Film and More", By Adam Hetrick, Mar 11, 2010 Playbill". Playbill. March 11, 2010. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  11. "Glee's Lea Michele Knocks Over a Piano in 'Cannonball' Video Debut". The Hollywood Reporter. January 10, 2014.
  12. "New Release: Lea Michele "On My Way" Directed By Hannah Lux Davis". IMVDb. May 19, 2014.
  13. "Lea Michele IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  14. "Lea Michele – Brunette Ambition". Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  15. "Lea Michele – You First". Retrieved April 26, 2015.

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