Disney Legend from the Philippines (Lea Salonga)
Maria Lea Carmen Salonga is a world-class Filipina(pinoy pride) singer-actress well known for originating the lead role of Kim in the West End musical Miss Saigon. She was a recipient of many awards including a Tony for that role. She has also done many Broadway musicals and was the first Asian to play Eponine in Les Misérables and many years later as Fantine. She was also tapped by Disney to be the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Aladdin and Fa Mulan in Mulan and Mulan II. She started her career in entertainment in a very early age and had her professional debut through the musical The King and I when she was seven. She then became the lead star of Annie. She had her first album "Small Voice" at the age of ten and received her first gold record award.
Lea later appeared in various TV shows as well as on films. She also became the face of Avon and Bayo. Moreover,she has sold millions of album copies as well as performed before thousands in her concerts in the Philippines and abroad and before dignitaries including US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush, Queen Elizabeth II and the late Princess Diana.She received the Presidential Award of Merit from the late Philippine President Corazon Aquino and the Order of Lakandula Award from Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. She recently performed in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella for Broadway Asia Entertainment's international tour. Lea of course played the lead role.
Maria Lea Carmen Salonga is a world-class Filipina(pinoy pride) singer-actress well known for originating the lead role of Kim in the West End musical Miss Saigon. She was a recipient of many awards including a Tony for that role. She has also done many Broadway musicals and was the first Asian to play Eponine in Les Misérables and many years later as Fantine. She was also tapped by Disney to be the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Aladdin and Fa Mulan in Mulan and Mulan II. She started her career in entertainment in a very early age and had her professional debut through the musical The King and I when she was seven. She then became the lead star of Annie. She had her first album "Small Voice" at the age of ten and received her first gold record award.
Lea later appeared in various TV shows as well as on films. She also became the face of Avon and Bayo. Moreover,she has sold millions of album copies as well as performed before thousands in her concerts in the Philippines and abroad and before dignitaries including US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush, Queen Elizabeth II and the late Princess Diana.She received the Presidential Award of Merit from the late Philippine President Corazon Aquino and the Order of Lakandula Award from Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. She recently performed in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella for Broadway Asia Entertainment's international tour. Lea of course played the lead role.
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