Lea Michele (born August 29, 1986)nymag.com/arts/theater/features/28900/ is an American stage and television actress and singer, who is known for her roles in Broadway musicals, particularly for her starring role as Wendla in Spring Awakening.

Beginning in the 1990s as a child actor in Broadway's Les Misérables, Michele appeared in several more musicals and enacted the leading role of Wendla Bergman in the hit musical Spring Awakening, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She stars in the Fox television show Glee, which premiered on May 19, 2009.

She, along with costar Cory Monteith, were included in Entertainment Weekly's 2009 "Summer Must List", being named "Summer's Must Songbirds" for their portrayals of Rachel and Finn on Glee, respectively.