In the summers of 2000, 2001, and 2002, Michele attended Stagedoor Manor, a performing arts training center in the Catskills. Michele refrained from auditioning for Broadway roles during her freshman, sophomore and junior years so she could focus on her education. In her teens, when she was not working on the stage, Michele had a part-time job at a bat mitzvah dress shop. During her time there, she was on the volleyball team, the debate team, and participated in choir. For her high school education, Michele attended Tenafly High School. In 1997, Michele was homeschooled while living and working in Toronto, where she performed in a production of Ragtime. Michele went along to support a friend, but ended up landing the part herself. During the audition, she sang "Angel of Music" from The Phantom of the Opera – the only musical she knew at the time. Michele stated that she intentionally left off her surname because she was teased about its pronunciation. When she went on her first audition, for the role of Young Cosette in Les Misérables, she gave her name as Lea Michele, and has used it professionally ever since. Michele started using her middle name at an early age. Michele was educated at Rockland Country Day School for elementary school in Congers, New York. The family also rented an apartment in Manhattan, where they would live when Michele was performing on Broadway. She spent the first four years of her life living in the Bronx, until she and her parents moved to the more suburban area of Tenafly, New Jersey. Michele was raised in her mother's Catholic faith, and has stated that her father "gladly" attended Mass with them. Her mother is an Italian American with ancestors from Rome and Naples, while her father is a Sephardic Jew with Judaeo-Spanish-speaking ancestors from Thessaloniki, Greece. She is the only child of Edith Thomasina (née Porcelli), a retired nurse, and Mark David Sarfati, a real estate agent and former delicatessen owner. Lea Michele Sarfati was born in The Bronx, New York. On September 6, 2022, Michele returned to Broadway starring as Fanny Brice in the musical revival of Funny Girl, where she received widespread critical acclaim for her performance. Michele has also published two books, Brunette Ambition (2014) and You First: Journal Your Way to Your Best Life (2015). In 2019, she released Christmas in the City, her third studio album. Three years later, she released her second studio album, Places (2017), which debuted at number 28 on the Billboard 200. She released her debut single the following year, " Cannonball", followed by her debut studio album, Louder (2014), which debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. Michele made her feature film debut in New Year's Eve (2011), and was signed to Columbia Records in 2012. Michele subsequently starred as Hester Ulrich on the Fox series Scream Queens (2015–2016) and as Valentina Barella on the ABC sitcom The Mayor (2017). Michele and the rest of the Glee cast earned a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series from four nominations and three Grammy Award nominations for music recorded for the series, also spawning multiple hits on the Billboard charts. Michele came to prominence playing Rachel Berry on the Fox series Glee (2009–2015), for which she received an Emmy Award nomination, two Golden Globe nominations and won four People's Choice Awards, three Teen Choice Awards and a Satellite Award. She began her career as a child actress on Broadway, appearing in productions of Les Misérables (1995–1996), Ragtime (1997–1999), Fiddler on the Roof (2004–2005), and Spring Awakening (2006–2008). Lea Michele Sarfati ( / ˈ l iː ə m ɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ l/ LEE-ə mish- EL born August 29, 1986) is an American stage and television actress, singer, and songwriter.
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