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Born February 22, 1971, Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines - Filipino singer and actress.
In 1978, at the age of seven, Lea first appeared on stage in the Philippine production of The King and I. After that, she starred in the musical "Annie", and also joined the cast of productions "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Fiddler on the Roof", "Goodbye Darling", "Paper Moon", "Fantasy". In addition to her theater roles, Salonga hosted her own television show "With Love, Lea" and appeared on the children's television show That's Entertainment. In addition to school, she attended a special program for gifted children at the College of Music at the University of the Philippines. She starred in several films even before graduating from high school in 1988. Salonga entered the Catholic University of Ateneo de Manila. It was there that she auditioned for the role in Miss Saigon. Later, while working in New York, she completed two courses at Fordham University's Lincoln Center. In 1989, Lea Salonga was chosen to star in the new production of Miss Saigon. The producers of the musical could not find a strong enough vocalist with an Asian appearance in the UK and conducted casting in other countries. During the audition, 17-year-old Salonga performed On my own from Les Miserables, after which she was asked to sing Sun and Moon from the score of Miss Saigon to check if her voice matched the musical material. The jury members approved the interpretation of Lea's role and immediately noted the girl as a potential Kim. Salonga's main rival was Monique Wilson, her childhood friend and colleague in the Philippine theater. Subsequently, she became a replacement and got the role of Mimi in the first line-up of the musical. For her performance, Lea Salonga received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical 1989-1990. In April 1991, the production was moved to Broadway. There Salonga played several more roles, winning Tony, Drama Desk and several more theater awards. In 1993, Lea Salonga participated in the 65th Academy Awards and sang "A Whole New World" from Disney's "Aladdin" cartoon. The song won an Oscar. In the same year, she made her debut as Eponine in the Broadway musical Les Miserables. Later she released her first international solo titled "Lea Salonga" (Atlantic Records). In 1994-1995. she has appeared in various productions in the Philippines and Singapore, and has also starred in several television and feature films. In 1995, Cameron McIntosh invited Lea Salonga to take part in a concert dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Les Miserables at the Royal Albert Hall as Eponine. The line-up of this concert is still called the Best Line-up of Les Miserables Dream Cast. Salonga's partners were Colm Wilkinson, Michael Ball, Judy Kuhn. In 1996, she again plays Eponine, this time in a London production. From 1997 to 2000 Salonga released several albums and took part in charity concerts. In 1998, she "gifted" her voice to another Disney princess Mulan, singing songs in the cartoon (the main voice belongs to the American actress of Chinese origin Ming-Na Wen). In 2001 and 2003, Salonga sang a cameo role as Lee Hughes in the soap opera How the World Turns, which was also performed by Ming-Na Wen in the late 1980s. In 2004, in the cartoon Mulan II, the main character sang again in the voice of Salonga. In 2006, Lea closed the 15th Asian Games in Doha with the song "Triumph of The One". In 2007, she released her first album in seven years, Inspired, and completed her next series of Broadway performances, this time as Fantina in Les Miserables .
From late 2008 to mid-2009, Salonga played the title role in the thirty-week Asian tour of Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. Premiered in Manila in July 2008.
Salonga became the face of Avon cosmetics in the Philippines in July 2009. In July and August 2010, Lea Salonga played Grisabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Manila production of Cats. On October 10, 2010, she performed the role of Fantine in a concert dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Les Miserables, 15 years after her appearance on the 10th anniversary of the musical as Eponine. Salonga received the title of Disney Legend on August 19, 2011.
She was selected as a judge of the 60th Miss Universe 2011 pageant, held in the Brazilian city of San Paolo on September 12, 2011.
In February 2013, Salonga announced that she would be one of four mentors for the Voice of the Philippines competition, which premiered on June 23. In January 2014, Salonga confirmed her return to the show's second season, as well as a premiere of the Voice of the Philippines: Children competition.

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