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Lea Salonga
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Filipino actress and singer (born 1971)
OverviewAI-generated
Lea Salonga is a Filipino person who began her work period in 1978. She is associated with the genres of Disney, pop, and Broadway, and is categorized as a female vocalist. Her professional activities have been documented across five works.
Born on February 22, 1971, Salonga has one child. She maintains an official website and has accumulated 5,650,788 social media followers. On the Last.fm platform, she has 620,768 listeners and a total playcount of 5,674,781. Her profile is referenced by 815 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- Born
- Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga , ( 1971-02-22 ) February 22, 1971 (age 55) , Manila , Philippines
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Works
- Discography screen and stage
- Spouse
- Robert Chien ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. January 10, 2004</span>"}]]}'>2004 , separated )
- Children
- Nic Chien
- Relatives
- Gerard Salonga (brother) Maniya Barredo (cousin) Shay Mitchell (cousin)
- Awards
- Full list
- Honors
- Presidential Merit Award , Order of Lakandula
- Genres
- OPM pop musical theatre
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- Atlantic Arista Capitol EMI Philippines Sony Music Philippines WEA Walt Disney
- Website
- leasalonga .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carmen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Philippines
- Place of birth
- Manila
- Sibling
- Shay Mitchell
- Occupation
- producer
- Educated at
- Ateneo de Manila University
- Languages spoken
- Filipino
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- leasalonga.com
- Image
- LeaSalonga-byPhilipRomano (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Los Angeles
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- Commons category
- Lea Salonga
- date of birth
- 1971-02-22
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- birth name
- Maria Ligaya Carmen Imutan Salonga
- pseudonym
- Lea Salonga
- social media followers
- 5650788
- described at URL
- www.tatlerasia.com/people/lea-salonga
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Encyclopedic overview
Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga (born February 22, 1971) is a Filipina actress and singer. Known as the "Pride of the Philippines", she has headlined Broadway and West End productions, appeared on international television and film, and released albums of her work.
Salonga began performing in Philippine musical theatre as a child, making her professional debut at age seven. She achieved international recognition in 1989 when she originated the role of Kim in the West End production of Miss Saigon, later reprising the role on Broadway in 1991. She earned critical success for her performances in Les Misérables (1993, 2007) and Flower Drum Song (2002–2003). On film, she was praised for her performances in Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal (1992) and Sana Maulit Muli (1995), and she provided the singing voices for Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (1992) and Fa Mulan in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004). She has also appeared on television in That's Entertainment, As the World Turns, and Pretty Little Liars, and served as a coach on The Voice of the Philippines as well as its spin-off series The Voice Kids and The Voice Teens.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lea Salonga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.