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Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga,[lower-alpha 1] OL (/ˈleɪə səˈlɒŋɡə/; born February 22, 1971), known professionally as Lea Salonga, is a Filipina singer, actress, and columnist. She is best known for her roles in musical theatre, for supplying the singing voices of two Disney Princesses (Jasmine and Mulan), and as a recording artist and television performer.

For her eponymous album, see Lea Salonga (album).
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Imutan and the surname or paternal family name is Salonga.
Lea Salonga

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Salonga at the 74th Tony Awards in 2021
Born
Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga

(1971-02-22) February 22, 1971 (age 51)
Manila, Philippines
Other names
  • Pride of the Philippines[1]
  • Lei
  • Tata
  • Manang
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
  • columnist
Years active1978–present
Spouse
Robert Charles Chien
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(m. 2004)​
Children1
Musical career
Genres
  • OPM
  • pop
  • musical theatre
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels
  • Atlantic
  • Arista
  • Capitol
  • EMI Philippines
  • Sony Music Philippines
  • WEA
  • Walt Disney
  • ABS-CBN
  • GMA Artist Center
Websiteleasalonga.com
Signature

At age 18, Salonga rose to international recognition when she originated the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon in the West End and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She then reprised the role on Broadway,[3] winning the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and Theatre World Awards, and becoming the first Asian actress to win a Tony Award.[4]

Salonga was the first actress of Asian descent to play the roles of Éponine and Fantine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway.[5][6] She also portrayed Éponine and Fantine in the musical's 10th and 25th anniversary concerts, respectively, in London. She provided the singing voices of two official Disney Princesses: Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (1992) and Fa Mulan in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004). She was named a Disney Legend in 2011 for her work with The Walt Disney Company.[7] Salonga starred as Wu Mei-Li in the 2002 Broadway revival of Flower Drum Song. From 2015 to 2016, she returned to Broadway to portray Kei Kimura in Allegiance, and from 2017 to 2019, she appeared as Erzulie in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island.

In her career, she has performed for six Philippine presidents (Ferdinand Marcos, Corazon Aquino, Fidel V. Ramos, Joseph Estrada, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and Benigno S. Aquino III), three American presidents (George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush), and for Diana, Princess of Wales and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.[8] Salonga was the first Filipino artist to sign with an international record label (Atlantic Records in 1993). She has toured widely as a concert artist and has played numerous theatre, film, and TV roles in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Salonga is an active supporter of color-blind casting, women's rights, reproductive rights, sex education, and LGBT rights.[9][10] In February 2016, Salonga criticized Filipino politician and former professional boxer Manny Pacquiao for his views on homosexuality and same-sex marriage.[11] On March 29, 2021, Salonga condemned the rise of violent attacks on Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] On April 21, 2021, she appeared with actress Lucy Lui, politician and First Lady Hillary Clinton, and others in the #AAPI Women Strong: Organizing Beyond A Hashtag forum to share their experiences and spread awareness on anti-Asian hate.[13]


Life and career



1971–1989: Early life and career


Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga[14] was born on February 22, 1971 in Ermita, Manila, Philippines[15] to Feliciano Genuino Salonga, a naval rear admiral and shipping company owner (1929–2016),[16] and María Ligaya Alcántara, née Imutan of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental.[15][17] She spent the first six years of her childhood in Angeles City before returning to Manila.[18]

She made her professional debut in 1978 at the age of seven in the musical The King and I with Repertory Philippines.[19] She played the title role in Annie in 1980 and appeared in other productions such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1978), Fiddler on the Roof (1978), The Sound of Music (1980), The Rose T (1980), The Goodbye Girl (1982), Paper Moon (1983) and The Fantasticks (1988).[20] In 1981, she recorded her first album, Small Voice, which was certified gold in the Philippines.[21] In 1985, she and her brother took part in the eighth Metro Manila Popular Music Festival as the interpreters for the song entry titled "Musika, Lata, Sipol at La La La" which was composed by Tess Concepcion.

During the 1980s, Salonga also had several television projects through GMA Radio Television Arts where she worked as a child actor. After the success of her first album, from 1983 to 1985, she hosted her own musical television show, Love, Lea,[18] and was a member of the cast of German Moreno's teen variety show That's Entertainment. She acted in films, which included the family-oriented Tropang Bulilit, Like Father, Like Son, Ninja Kids, Captain Barbell and Pik Pak Boom. As a young performer, Salonga received a Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) award nomination for Best Child Actress and three Aliw Awards for best child performer in 1980, 1981 and 1982.[18][20] She released her second album, Lea, in 1988.[21]

She also opened for, and performed with, international acts such as Menudo and Stevie Wonder in their concerts in Manila in 1985 and in 1988, respectively.[22] While on stage at the aforementioned Menudo concert, she reportedly heard "boos and hissing" coming from female fans.[23]

She finished her secondary education in 1988 at the O. B. Montessori Center in Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila.[24] She also attended the University of the Philippines College of Music's extension program aimed at training musically talented children in music and stage movement.[citation needed] A college freshman studying biology at the Ateneo de Manila University when she auditioned for Miss Saigon, she intended to have a medical career. Later, in between jobs in New York, she took two courses at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus.[citation needed]


1989–1992: Miss Saigon and Aladdin


In 1989, Salonga was selected to play Kim in the debut production of the musical Miss Saigon in London.[3] Unable to find a strong enough East Asian actress/singer in the United Kingdom, the producers scoured many countries looking for the lead.[25] For her audition, the then 17-year-old Salonga chose to sing Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's "On My Own" from Les Misérables and was later asked to sing "Sun and Moon", impressing the audition panel.[26] Salonga has sometimes credited "On My Own" as the starting point of her international career.[27][28] Salonga won the lead role, while her childhood friend and fellow Repertory Philippines performer Monique Wilson was named her understudy and cast as the bar girl Mimi.[26][29][30]

For her performance as Kim, Salonga won the 1990 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, becoming one of the youngest winners of the award. When Miss Saigon opened on Broadway in 1991, she again played the role of Kim,[31] winning the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards[3] and becoming the first actress of Asian descent to win a Tony Award.[4][32] In 1993 and 1996, she returned to play Kim on Broadway.[5] In 1999, she was invited back to London to close the West End production, and in 2001, at the age of 29 and after finishing the Manila run of the musical,[33] Salonga returned to Broadway to close that production.[34]

In 1990, Salonga performed in a homecoming concert in Manila entitled A Miss Called Lea.[35] She also received a Presidential Award of Merit from President Corazon Aquino.[36] In 1991, she was named as one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.[37] In 1992, she performed the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney's animated film Aladdin.[7]


1993–1996: Les Misérables, films and other musicals


In 1993, Salonga played the role of Éponine in the Broadway production of Les Misérables.[38] She performed the song "A Whole New World" from Aladdin with Brad Kane at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles,[39][40] where the song won an Oscar, having already won a Golden Globe Award.[21] That same year, she released her self-titled international debut album with Atlantic Records. In 1994, Salonga played in various musical theatre productions in the Philippines and Singapore,[3][19] such as Sandy in Grease, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and the Witch in Into the Woods.[20]

In the US in 1995, Salonga played the role of Geri Riordan, an 18-year-old adopted Vietnamese American child in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie Redwood Curtain, which starred John Lithgow and Jeff Daniels. She then flew back to the Philippines to star with Filipino matinée idol Aga Muhlach in the critically acclaimed film Sana Maulit Muli, which gave her a second Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) award nomination, this time for Best Actress. She played the role of Éponine in the 10th anniversary production of Les Mis called Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.[5]

In 1996, Salonga was in Les Misérables once again as Éponine in the West End production of the musical. In September of that same year, she continued on to perform the role at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii during the musical's U.S. national tour.[3][41]


1997–2004: Recordings, concerts, TV and Flower Drum Song


From 1997 to 2000, Salonga did recordings and concerts in the Philippines and another engagement in London, in addition to a few returns to Miss Saigon in London and on Broadway. In 1997, she released I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing (recordings from her childhood days) to gold sales in the Philippines.[42] That recording was followed by Lea... In Love in 1998[43] and By Heart in 2000, with both albums reaching multiple platinum status in the Philippines.[22] In 1998, she again lent her voice to a major Disney animated film, singing the title character in Mulan, also providing the character's singing voice in the 2004 sequel, Mulan II.[7] At the age of 28, Salonga moved to New York City, purchasing her own apartment (which she still owns up to at least 2013).[44] She participated in the 1998 tribute concert to Sir Cameron Mackintosh in London called "Hey Mr. Producer: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh", where she did numbers from several of his musicals.[45][46][47] In the Philippines in 1999, and again in 2000, she played Sonia Walsk in They're Playing Our Song.[48] She also performed in four concerts: The Homecoming Concert, The Millennium Concert, The Best of Manila and Songs from the Screen – the last two being benefit shows.[35] Salonga returned to Manila in Miss Saigon, staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines at the end of 2000.[49]

After a last stint in Miss Saigon for its closing on Broadway in 2001, Salonga recreated the role of Lien Hughes originally played by Ming-Na Wen in the soap opera As the World Turns. After completing her contract that year, she was asked to return to the role in 2003.[50][51] She guested on Russell Watson's The Voice concert, narrated for the television special My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States, and appeared on the Season 8 Christmas episode of the TV medical drama ER, playing a patient with lymphoma.[35]

In 2002, Salonga returned to Broadway to play the leading role of Mei-li, a Chinese immigrant in a reinterpretation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song opposite Jose Llana. This was after the reinvented musical had a run at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 2001 with Salonga playing the role[52][53][54] and in 2002 winning Lead Actress in a Musical from the Los Angeles theatre Ovation Awards.[55] The Salonga-led Broadway revival cast album was nominated for a 2004 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.[56] Salonga's performance was received positively by theatre critics in New York, and she received a nomination for Distinguished Performance from the Drama League, among other honors.[57] Between the 2001 Los Angeles and 2002 Broadway productions of Flower Drum Song, she performed in a non-musical theatrical production for the first time, playing the role of Catherine in the stage play Proof in Manila.[3] This was followed by a major concert, The Broadway Concert, at the Philippine International Convention Center. She also sang at the 56th Tony Awards with Harry Connick, Jr., Peter Gallagher and Michele Lee in a number paying tribute to Richard Rodgers.

In 2003 to 2004, Salonga did her first "all-Filipino" concerts in Manila called Songs from Home, which later won her an Aliw Award as Entertainer of the Year.[58] In 2003, she performed in several concerts at the Mohegan Sun hotel in Connecticut. This was followed by a Christmas concert in the Philippines, called Home for Christmas, and performances at the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center in Marlton, New Jersey, in 2004.[59] Later in 2004, she played Lizzie in the Manila production of the musical Baby, which earned her another nomination from the Aliw Awards.[60]


2005–2007: International ventures


Salonga in New York in 2009
Salonga in New York in 2009

In 2005, Salonga gave her first US concert tour.[61][62][63] Later that year, she performed to a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall for the benefit of Diverse City Theater Company.[64][65] The same year, she received the Golden Artist Award at the 53rd FAMAS Awards in honor of her international achievements, performed during the grand opening of Hong Kong's Disneyland[66] and recorded two songs on Daniel Rodriguez's album In the Presence.[67] She also did voice work for Disney's English dub of Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro as Yasuko Kusakabe.[19] Salonga wrote the foreword to Linda Marquart's "The Right Way to Sing" (2005).[19] In 2006, at the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Salonga concluded the closing ceremony with the song "Triumph of the One" before an audience of 50,000 people at the Khalifa Stadium.[68][69]

In 2007, Salonga released her first studio album in seven years called Inspired, which was certified platinum in the Philippines[70] She received the Order of Lakandula, with the rank of Commander (Komandante), from Philippine president Arroyo in recognition of using her talents to benefit Philippine society and foster cultural exchange. She has also received the Congressional Medal of Achievement from the House of Representatives of the Philippines.[71] She returned to Broadway for another stint in the musical Les Misérables, this time as Fantine.[72][73] Her rejoining the show boosted the musical's ticket sales.[74][75] President Arroyo watched Salonga in this role, together with Filipino Americans Adam Jacobs as Marius and Ali Ewoldt as Cosette.[76][77][78] Salonga received rave reviews and made it again to the short list of Broadway.com's Audience Award favorites as Best Replacement.[75][79][80] During her tenure on Broadway that season, she appeared in Broadway on Broadway 2007[81] and Stars in the Alley 2007,[82] spoke at the Broadway Artists Alliance Summer Intensives,[83] guested on the Broadway musical 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,[84] and participated in Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS' 12th Annual Nothing Like a Dame event to benefit the women's health initiative of The Actors Fund.[80][85] Right after doing Les Misérables, she performed in two events: at the US Military Academy Band's concert in West Point where she sang four songs and an encore[86] and in her own concert at the Tarrytown Music Hall in New York.[87] She was then busy with other concerts and musical events,[88] including a Christmas presentation in Manila.[88][89]

In 2008, Salonga gave concerts in the Philippines, California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Guam,[90] and she played the title role in Broadway Asia Entertainment's international tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella.[91][92]


2008–2012: Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist and touring


Salonga in Makati City in 2009
Salonga in Makati City in 2009

On 3 July 2008, Salonga became a columnist in the Philippine Daily Inquirer with her column "Backstory" (Entertainment section), "Introducing: Lea Salonga, writer."[93] Since then, she has written numerous columns for the Inquirer.[94] She performed in "Global Pop" at the Music Center on July 11, 2008. It was presented by The Blue Ribbon, a group founded by Dorothy Chandler in 1968.[95] Salonga gave a concert on July 11 at Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall.[96][97][98] That same year, she received a special citation from the Awit Awards.[99]

From late July 2008 to mid-2009, Salonga played the title role in the 30-week Asian tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, which premiered in Manila.[100] Salonga performed a series of concerts in North America in 2009 and was also asked to dance the Filipino novelty dances "Ocho-ocho" and "Spaghetti".[101] The same year, Salonga advertised the Avon Products line of anti-aging skin care products Anew Rejuvenate in the Philippines.[102] In June 2009, she sang at the 95th Anniversary Special of the Iglesia ni Cristo.[103] Salonga sang Patriotic song "Bayan Ko" at the Requiem Mass for former President Corazon Aquino at Manila Cathedral.[104] Salonga celebrated 20 years of Miss Saigon by performing in concerts called "Lea Salonga... Your Songs", at the Philippine International Convention Center Plenary Hall on December 11 and 12, 2009. Her brother, Gerard, was musical director. In the same venue, Salonga received Gusi Peace Prize in November 2009.[105]

From July to August 2010, Salonga played the role of Grizabella in the Manila run of the Asia-Pacific tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In October, she played Fantine during the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables, fifteen years after appearing in the 10th Anniversary as Eponine.[106][107] The same year, she served as a celebrity judge for Avon Voices, Avon's first global, online singing talent search for women and songwriting competition for men and women.[108]

Salonga in San Francisco in 2011
Salonga in San Francisco in 2011

Salonga was honored as a Disney Legend on August 19, 2011.[7][109] She was one of the judges in the 60th Miss Universe 2011 Beauty Pageant in São Paulo, Brazil on 12 September 2011.[110] Salonga, along with Darren Criss, sang "A Whole New World" to its composer, Alan Menken, as Menken was named the winner of the 2011 Maestro Award at the Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film & TV Music Conference on October 24, 2011.[111]

Salonga performed in a six-concert series titled "The Magic of Broadway and Disney Favorites" in 2012 with the Palm Beach Pops.[112] She starred in the first production of Allegiance, at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego from September to October 2012.[113] Salonga starred in the Philippine production of the comedy God of Carnage from July 2012 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Manila. She took on the same role at the DBS Arts Centre in Singapore, in November 2012.[114][115] Salonga joined the Candlelight Processional at Epcot in Walt Disney World as narrator on December 14 to 16, retelling the Christmas story accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra and a mass choir.[116]


2013–2018: The Voice of the Philippines and return to Broadway


In January 2013, Salonga took part on the 2013 season of Lincoln Center's American Songbook concert series at the Allen Room.[117] In February in the Philippines, Salonga provided the theme song for TV5's reality singing competition Kanta Pilipinas and, together with Tyne Daly and Norm Lewis, she starred as Mother in a concert performance of Ragtime at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.[118] Salonga headlined a concert series, "4 Stars One World of Broadway Musicals," in Tokyo Osaka in June, performing with Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, and Yu Shirota.[119] She was one of the four coaches, together with apl.de.ap, Sarah Geronimo, and Bamboo Mañalac for the ABS-CBN program, The Voice of the Philippines, which premiered in June 2013.[120] In December 2013, Salonga began a concert tour in the Philippines titled "Lea Salonga: Playlist" that celebrated her 35 years in show business. The concert series was extended to January 2014.[121] Salonga wrote a book, Playlist: A Celebration of 35 Years, which she used as a souvenir program for the concerts.[122]

Salonga performing at the Malacañang Palace in 2014
Salonga performing at the Malacañang Palace in 2014

In 2014, she returned for the second season of The Voice of the Philippines and also joined the new Philippine version of The Voice Kids,[123] on which she has appeared for three seasons.[124] Salonga recorded a song titled "Wished That I Could Call You" that was included in the charity compilation album Children In Need, released in March 2014.[125][126] Also in 2014–15, she toured in Asia and North America with Il Divo.[127] In mid-2015, she headlined her own concert series in Australasia.[128] Salonga reprised her role as Kei Kimura in the 2015–16 Broadway production of Allegiance.[129] Charles Isherwood wrote in The New York Times of her performance: "Her voice retains its plush beauty, and her culminating first act solo, 'Higher' ... is perhaps the show's musical highlight."[130] Salonga guest-starred on the April 2016 season finale of the American television series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,[131] playing Filipino-heritage character Josh's visiting aunt, a former Star Search contestant, in town for a wedding, at which she sings the episode's climactic Disney princess parody song, "One Indescribable Instant".[132]

Salonga teaching a master class at Pepperdine University in 2017
Salonga teaching a master class at Pepperdine University in 2017

In Manila in November 2016, she appeared as Helen Bechdel in the international premiere of Fun Home.[124][133] A review in ABS-CBN News said that she "delivers a finely tuned performance, utilizing her prodigious stage presence to provide the cold and dark shadings to erstwhile peppy scenes with her subtle stares and held back emotions. ... [In] "Days by Days" ... she finally lets go of all the resentment and repressed anger of a woman stuck in a marriage built on a lie. Yet there is dignity in her breakdown ... Salonga pulls it off with such clarity, both musically and emotionally, that it's difficult not to be moved."[134]

In 2016, Salonga won two more Aliw Awards, one for Best Major Concert in a Foreign Venue and her second Entertainer of the Year award.[135] The following year, Salonga was one of the coaches on The Voice Teens.[136] Also in 2017, she released an album, Bahaghari: Lea Salonga Sings Traditional Songs of the Philippines, with songs sung in several languages spoken in the Philippines.[137] Salonga portrayed Erzulie in the 2017 Broadway revival of Once on This Island at Circle in the Square Theatre, where she received critical praise for her vocal performance.[138][139] She returned to the show for its final performances in December 2018 and January 2019.[140] Once on this Island was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.[141]


2019–present


Salonga appeared alongside Eva Noblezada, Dale Watson, and Princess Punzalan as a Philippine immigrant, Aunt Gail, in the musical film Yellow Rose, which premiered at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.[142] She also toured North America and the UK that year.[143] Later in 2019, she played Mrs. Lovett in a revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Manila and then Singapore.[144] Critics praised her "crystalline tones that turned her numbers, especially 'By the Sea', into unexpected show-stoppers. ... [S]he disappears into this loud devil woman. This is by far the best musical theater outing of Salonga in the Philippines, post-Miss Saigon, and the very long wait was well worth it",[145] and called her portrayal "a delirious hurricane of deviousness and devilry, sprinkled with lust ... one of the most accomplished stage creations we've seen this year ... a career high for the actress. Pangan [as Todd] simmers; Salonga is the explosive fire underneath."[146] Between these two short runs, she gave concerts in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane in November.[147]

In March 2020, shortly after performing in Dubai, Salonga announced that her 2020 North American tour would be rescheduled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2020, she announced that the tour would again be rescheduled to Fall 2021, but these dates were later rescheduled once more. During the pandemic, Salonga performed for several virtual global fundraising events and concerts. In August 2020, she released her single "Dream Again," a song of hope and persistence. On November 27, PBS series Great Performances broadcast her 2019 concert at the Sydney Opera House, which was performed with the renowned Sydney Symphony Orchestra.[148]

In 2021, Salonga voiced the Mysterious Woman in the Netflix series Centaurworld.[149] In September of the same year, she announced her Dream Again UK Tour, named after her 2020 single.[150] One month later, she announced that she would also be touring the United States and Canada.[151] On December 25, 2021, Salonga returned to Dubai to perform a Christmas concert for Expo 2020 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre.[152]

Salonga performing in Winnipeg during the 2022 Dream Again Tour
Salonga performing in Winnipeg during the 2022 Dream Again Tour

On April 6, 2022, Salonga began her Dream Again tour in the United States and Canada. Following the completion of this tour, she performed the song "The Prayer" at the 2022 National Memorial Day Concert at the West Lawn of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., which was broadcast on PBS.[153] On June 18, she continued her Dream Again tour in the United Kingdom. In September 2022, Salonga began portraying Mama Soubirous in the Indie Theatrical workshop of the new musical The Song of Bernadette in Manhattan.[154] In the same month, she was recognized by TIME magazine at the TIME100 Impact Awards for being a "life-long role model for kids of color."[155]

Salonga currently portrays Elodie Honrada, a recurring character in the critically acclaimed HBO Max series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, which has been renewed for a second season.[156][157]


Personal life


In the early 1990s, Salonga was in a relationship with Dennis Mendiola, American entrepreneur and co-founder of Chikka.

In 1995, Salonga began dating Richard Grau, a Filipino-American investment counselor she met in New York.[158] In August 1999, Salonga allegedly ended the relationship via email.

After performing in the 2000 Manila production of They're Playing Our Song, Salonga began a relationship with Korean-American co-star Michael K. Lee.[159] The relationship ended in mid-2001.

Salonga and Chien during the wedding recessional in 2001
Salonga and Chien during the wedding recessional in 2001

In November 2001, while performing in the Los Angeles production of Flower Drum Song at the Mark Taper Forum, Salonga met Robert "Rob" Charles Chien, an American entrepreneur of Chinese and Japanese heritage.[160] They were introduced to each other by Robert's cousin Christine Yasunoga, who was part of the ensemble in the musical. On July 28, 2002, Chien proposed to Salonga in Los Angeles, California. On January 10, 2004, Salonga and Chien married at the Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral.[161][162][163] During the wedding ceremony, Salonga performed the song "Two Words," composed by Louie Ocampo and Freddie Santos, given to her as an early wedding present. The wedding was aired as a two-hour TV special, which was directed by Bobby Garcia and hosted by Boy Abunda, on ABS-CBN in late January 2004. They have one daughter together, Nicole Beverly Chien (born May 16, 2006).[164]

On October 15, 2010, Salonga was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).[165][166]

Salonga has notable relatives around the world, including Filipino musical conductor and arranger Gerard Salonga (brother), Filipino actor Jeff "Gie" Salonga (half-brother), Filipina prima ballerina Maniya Barredo (first cousin), Filipino artist Gabriel Barredo (first cousin), and Canadian actress and model Shay Mitchell (first cousin-once removed), who played Emily Fields in the original series of the Pretty Little Liars franchise.[167][168]

Salonga is also an avid video game enthusiast and fan of South Korean boy band BTS and American TV series RuPaul's Drag Race.[169][170][171] She resides in the Philippines and the United States.[172]


Voice and musical ability


Lea Salonga Twitter
@MsLeaSalonga

@iLeanatics I'm a alto/mezzo. My natural voice sits low to midrange.

Aug 17, 2013[173]

Salonga has been praised for her absolute pitch[174][175] and control over her powerful vocals, which can evoke a wide array of emotion and soundscapes.[176] Her voice has been described as "golden" by Marilyn Stasio for Variety magazine[177] and "clear and as sparkling as Baccarat crystal" by Rex Reed for Observer.[178] In her popular music releases, Salonga has sung "simple love songs," which are common in Original Pilipino Music.[179]

Due to her vocal versatility, it is often debated on what her vocal range and type classifications are. When Salonga performed as Kim in Miss Saigon, she was expected to utilize most of her range, hitting notes as low as E3 and as a high as D5. In both Disney Princess singing roles, Jasmine and Mulan, Salonga uses head tones that reach up to F5.[180] Salonga has been recorded singing notes ranging from D3 to C6.[181]


Discography


Main article: Lea Salonga discography
Salonga on a 2021 stamp of the Philippines
Salonga on a 2021 stamp of the Philippines

Solo recordings



Cast recordings



Video/Live recordings



Compilation albums





Acting credits



Theatre


Year Title[20] Role Notes
1980 Annie Annie Manila
1981 The Bad Seed Rhoda Manila
1983 The Paper Moon Addie Manila
1988 The Fantasticks Luisa Manila
1989–1990 Miss Saigon Kim West End
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
1991–1993;
1999–2001		 Miss Saigon Kim Broadway
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress - Musical
Theatre World Award
1993; 1996 Les Misérables Éponine Broadway, West End and US national tour in Hawaii[183]
1994 My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle Manila
1994 Into the Woods Witch Singapore
1999–2000 They're Playing Our Song Sonia Walsk Singapore (1999)
Manila (2000)
2000 Miss Saigon Kim Manila
2001–2003 Flower Drum Song Mei-Li Los Angeles (2001–2002)
Broadway (2002–2003)
Nominated: Ovation Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical[184]
Nominated: Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance
2002 Proof Catherine Manila
2002 Something Good: A Broadway Salute to Richard Rogers on His 100th Birthday Performer Broadway
2004 Baby Lizzie Fields Manila
Nominated: Aliw Award for Best Actress (Musical)
2007 Les Misérables[185] Fantine Broadway
Nominated: Audience Choice Award for Favorite Replacement (Female)[186]
2008 Cinderella Cinderella Asian Tour
2010 Cats Grizabella Manila
2012 God of Carnage[187] Veronica Manila
2012 Allegiance Kei Kimura San Diego
Nominated: Noel Craig Award for Outstanding Feature Performance in a Musical – Female
2015–2016 Allegiance Kei Kimura Broadway
BroadwayWorld.com Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical[188]
Nominated: Audience Choice Award for Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical[189]
2016 Fun Home[133] Helen Bechdel Manila
2017–2018;
2018–2019		 Once on This Island Erzulie Broadway
2018 Annie Grace Farrell Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles[190]
2019 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett Manila and Singapore

Film and television


Year Film Role Notes
1981 Tropang Bulilit Lisa
1983–1985 Love, Lea Herself Variety show[18]
1985 Like Father, Like Son Angela
1986 That's Entertainment Herself Thursday group member
1986 Captain Barbell Rosemarie
1986 Ninja Kids Yoko
1988 Pik Pak Boom Rosie "Manyika" segment
1989 Dear Diary Lenny Tacorda "Dear Killer" segment
1989 The Heat is on in Saigon Herself (Kim) The making of Miss Saigon.
1992 Aladdin Princess Jasmine (singing voice)
1992 Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal Sandy
1993 Olsen Twins Mother's Day Special Singer Television film
1993[191] Sesame Street Herself Episode 3154
1993 Reading Rainbow Narrator Episode: "Silent Lotus"
1994 Aladdin Activity Center Princess Jasmine (singing voice) Video game
1995 Sana Maulit Muli Agnes
1995 Redwood Curtain Geri Riorden Television film
1995 Les Misérables: The 10th Anniversary Concert Éponine
1997–present ASAP Herself Guest performer and co-host
1998 Mulan Mulan (singing voice) Voice
2001[192] Reading Rainbow Narrator of Mauna Loa Episode: "My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States"
2001 Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge Princess Jasmine (singing voice) Video game
2001 ER Amparo Television episode
2001 As the World Turns Lien Hughes #2 Television program
Reprised in 2003
2004 My Neighbor Totoro Yasuko Kusakabe English dub (Disney version)
2004 Mulan II Mulan (singing voice) Direct-to-video
2007 Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams Princess Jasmine (singing voice) Direct-to-video
2010 Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary Concert Fantine
2011 Miss Universe 2011 Herself Judge
2012–14 Sofia the First Princess Jasmine and Mulan (singing voice) Voice
2013; 2014–15 The Voice of the Philippines Herself Coach (2 seasons)
2014–2019 The Voice Kids Herself Coach (4 seasons)
2016 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Aunt Myrna Television episode
2017 and 2020 The Voice Teens Herself Coach (2 seasons)
2019 Yellow Rose Gail Garcia
2021 Centaurworld Mysterious Woman Voice; Four episodes[193]
2022 Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Elodie Honrada Recurring role[156]

Accolades and honors



Honors of Philippines


Name of country, year given, and name of title
Country Year Title Ref.
 Philippines 1990 Presidential Medal of Merit [194]
2007 Commander of the Order of Lakandula [195]

Cultural honors


Name of the honor, year the honor was awarded, category and type of honor
Honor Year Category Type Ref.
Aliw Awards 2004 Entertainer of the Year (2004, 2016 and 2018) Honoree [196]
2019 Hall of Fame Honoree
Better Chinatown Association 2000 Asian American Heritage Award Honoree [197]
Disney Legends 2011 Hall of Fame Honoree [198]
Eastwood City Walk of Fame 2006 Philippines' Walk of Fame Honoree [199]
Gold House 2020 A100 List Judge (2020-2022) Honoree [200]
PMPC Star Awards for Music 2014 Pilita Corales Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree [201]
TOFA-NY Heritage Awards 2011 Outstanding Filipino-Americans' Heritage Award Honoree [202]
2020 Honoree
United Nations FAO 2010 UN Goodwill Ambassador in fight vs Global hunger Honoree [203]
World Vision 2009 Ambassador for Child Sponsorship Honoree [204]
Youth & United Nations Global Alliance 2021 YUNGA Ambassador Honoree [205]

Awards and nominations


Award Year[lower-alpha 2] Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Category Result Ref.
Aliw Awards 1980 Herself Best Child Performer (1980-1982) Won [206]
1990 Oustanding Performer Won
2008 Best Major Concert (Female) Won [207]
2012 Best Collaboration in a Concert Won [208]
2016 Best Major Concert (Foreign Venue) Won [209]
2018 Best Major Concert (Female) Won [210]
2019 People's Choice Award Won [211]
Sweeney Todd Best Actress in a Musical Won
2020 Herself Best Major Concert (Female) Won [212]
Broadway.com Audience Awards 2016 Allegiance Best Leading Actress in a Musical Nominated [213]
2018 Once on This Island Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
Featured Diva Performance Nominated
BroadwayWorld Awards 2016 Allegiance Best Leading Actress in a Musical Won [214]
BroadwayWorld Theather Fans Choice Awards 2018 Best Leading Actress in a Musical Won [215]
BroadwayWorld LA Awards 2018 Annie Best Actress in a Musical Nominated [216]
Craig Noel Awards 2012 Allegiance Outstanding Featured Performance by a Female in a Musical Nominated [217]
Disney Legends Awards 2011 Herself Animation - singing voices of Princess Jasmine and Mulan Won [218]
Drama Desk Awards 1991 Miss Saigon Oustanding Actress in a Musical Won [219]
Drama League Awards 2003 Flower Drum Song Distinguished Performance Nominated [220]
Grammy Awards 2019 Once on This Island Best Musical Theater Album Nominated [221]
Laurence Olivier Awards 1990 Miss Saigon Oustanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical Won [222]
Outer Critics Circle Awards 1991 Oustanding Actress in a Musical Won [223]
Ovation Awards 2002 Flower Drum Song Leading Actress in a Musical Nominated [224]
PMPC Star Awards for Music 2012 Herself Natatanging Alagad ng Musika Special Award Won [225]
2014 Female Concert Performer of the Year Won [226]
2019 The 40th Anniversary Concert Concert of the Year Won [227]
Theatre World Awards 1991 Miss Saigon Best Actress in a Musical Won [228]
Tony Awards 1991 Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical Won [222]
WOS Awards 2011 Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary Best Ensemble Performance Won [229]

World records


Name of record body, year the record was awarded, name of the record, and the name of the record holder
Publication Year World records Record holder Ref.
Guinness World Records 1991 Greatest advance sales for a Musical Miss Saigon [230]

See also



Notes


  1. In 2013, Salonga thanked one of the hosts of Fox 5 New York for correctly pronouncing her name as "LAY-uh sa-LONG-uh." She noted that she has a cousin with a similar first name, pronounced "LEE-uh." In order to avoid confusion, her family chose to differentiate the pronunciation.[2]
  2. Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

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[es] Lea Salonga

Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga (22 de febrero de 1971, Ángeles), más conocida por su nombre artístico de Lea Salonga, es una cantante y actriz filipina, conocida sobre todo por su representación de Kim en el musical Miss Saigon. Se inició en el campo del teatro musical, aunque ningún otro filipino ha logrado alcanzar el mismo reconocimiento a nivel internacional que Salonga; ha sido una de las primeras artistas asiáticas en ganar las varias premios internacionales. Actualmente reside en Los Ángeles, California (EE. UU.).

[ru] Салонга, Леа

Леа Салонга (англ. Lea Salonga, 22 февраля 1971 года, Анхелес, Пампанга, Филиппины) — филиппинская певица и актриса, в 19 и 20 лет ставшая одной из самых юных обладательниц британской театральной награды Лоуренса Оливье и американской театральной премии «Тони» в категории «Лучшая актриса в мюзикле» за главную роль Ким в мюзикле «Мисс Сайгон». Первая филиппинская певица, заключившая контракт с всемирно известной звукозаписывающей компанией[2]. Леа Салонга известна как первая азиатская исполнительница ролей Эпонины и Фантины в мюзикле «Отверженные»[3], а также как первая исполнительница роли Ким в мюзикле «Мисс Сайгон»[4]. Салонга подарила свой голос двум официальным диснеевским принцессам: Мулан и Жасмин[5].


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