Lea Michele Net Worth: Lea Michele is an American actress, singer, and author who has a net worth of $14 million and a salary per episode of $80,000. She is best known for her performance as Rachel Berry on the Fox television series “Glee”.
The first years of life and career:Lea Michele (Sarfati) was born on August 29, 1986 in The Bronx, New York City, New York. He is the only child of Edith, a retired nurse, and Mark David Sarfati, a real estate agent. Michele began working professionally at the age of eight on Broadway in productions such as Les Miserables, Ragtime and Fiddler on the Roof. While running Ragtime, she lived in Toronto and was homeschooled. Lea attended Tenafly High School where she was active in volleyball, debate and choir and worked part-time at a bat mitzvah clothing store. She stepped back from the stage to focus on her education, but attended Stagedoor Manor performing arts training center in the Catskills during the summer. Michele was accepted to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts,
Career: Career Michele’s took a turn for the better in 2006 with Spring Awakening, a Broadway rock musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik. For her performance, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She left the musical in 2008 and moved to Los Angeles, where she pursued film and television roles. Between auditions and various small roles, she performed at the Upright Cabaret at Mark’s Restaraunt in Hollywood.
From 2009 to 2015, Lea played the role of Rachel Berry on the Fox musician series “Glee.” Ryan Murphy, the show’s co-creator, wrote the role specifically for Michele. In her role on “Glee,” Michele won plaudits for her performance of “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” originally sung by Barbra Streisand in the musical “Funny Girl.” The cast’s rendition of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin'” became the most downloaded song on iTunes the day after it was featured in an episode. The show’s music proved so popular that several soundtracks have already been released, and Michele and several other cast members performed numerous concerts across the country in 2010.
In addition to her work on “Glee,” Michele was cast as the voice of the character Dorothy in an animated film based on “The Wizard of Oz.” Lea announced that she was working on her first solo album in September 2012. She released her first single, “Cannonball” on December 10, 2013, and it debuted at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100. She has since released four more singles and album, “Louder”, was released in January 2014. It reached number 4 on the Billboard 200. In 2015-2016, Lea starred in the Fox comedy horror series “Scream Queens”. She was portrayed by the original scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis. In March 2016, Michele performed on the charity single “This Is for My Girls”, which benefited the White House’s #62MillionGirls campaign and First Lady Michelle Obama.
Lea released her second album, Places, in April 2017. It debuted at number 28 on the Billboard 200. That same month, Michele appeared as Amanda in the first episode of Hulu’s Dimension 404. Her next role was as political advisor Valentina Barella on ABC’s The Mayor. In 2019, it was announced that Lea will host a digital health and wellness series titled “Well, Well, Well with Lea Michele” for the Ellen DeGeneres Network. On October 25, 2019, Lea released her third album, “Christmas in the City” and starred in an ABC holiday movie titled “Same Time, Next Christmas.”
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Books: Lea released her first book, “Brunette Ambition” on May 20, 2014. She has had several book signings in the United States. It debuted at number three on the New York Times bestseller list. Her second book, “You First: Journal Your Way to Your Best Life” was released on September 22, 20145.
Prizes: Michele’s portrayal of Rachel on “Glee” earned her two Golden Globe nominations for Outstanding Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2010 and 2011 and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Series comedy in 2010. She also won an award. Satellite Award for Best Actress — Television Series Musical or Comedy, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three consecutive People’s Choice Awards for her performance. For her work on “Scream Queens,” Lea was nominated for a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Actress in a New TV Series and two Teen Choice Awards.
Personal life: Lea Michele became romantically involved with Canadian actor Cory Monteith in October 2008 when they were cast as love interests on Glee and remained a couple until his death on July 13, 2013. Cory Monteith died of a “mixed” drug overdose . Lea tied the knot with Zandy Reich in March 2019. In May 2020, she announced that she was pregnant with their first child.
Michele is very involved in many charities such as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, PETA, Human Rights Campaign, Feeding America and Habitat for Humanity. She is often found performing charity concerts and visiting sick children in hospitals across the country.
Michele is considered somewhat of a fashion icon by the media. She was featured on People magazine’s 2010 Best Dressed list as “The Newbie” and was voted the most stylish celebrity of 2010 by E! Online.
Support : Appeared in commercials for L’Oreal, Zola, HP, Dove, Hello Fresh and Candie’s.
immobility : In 2012, Lea spent $1.4 million on a house in Brentwood, California. She sold the house in 2019 for $3.15 million.
