Lea Salonga
Highest Rated: 95% Aladdin (1992)
Lowest Rated: 0% Mulan II (2004)
Birthday: Feb 22, 1971
Birthplace: Manila, Philippines
An international star of the musical stage, Lea Salonga was born in Manila, the Philippines in 1971. Her remarkably resonant singing voice was evident practically from infancy, and Salonga went professional with her pursuits in 1978 when she joined the Repertory Philippines' production of "The King and I." By 1981, Salonga was releasing her first album, and by 1986, she was starring in feature films like "Tropang bulilit" (1986) and "Ninja Kids" (1986). Her fame reached new heights when she won the lead role of Kim in the debut London production of "Miss Saigon" in 1989, and grew greater still when she provided the singing voice for the character Jasmine in Disney's "Aladdin" (1992). She would go on to play still more iconic roles on Broadway, memorably playing Eponine in "Les Miserables," and took her recording career to international audiences soon after with her self-titled album in 1993. Salonga would release more albums including Lea...In Love and By Heart, and starred in a Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Flower Drum Song" in 2002. She would also star in the original production of "Allegiance" at the Old Globe in San Diego, later following the hit play to Broadway as well. In 2013, Salonga switched gears to focus on television, becoming a judge on "The Voice of the Philippines" (ABS-CBN, 2013-). She could not stay away from Broadway for long however, starring in a revival of "Once on This Island" in 2017.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86% | 82% | Yellow Rose | Gail (Character) | $364.1K | 2019 |
| 0% | 42% | Mulan II | Mulan (singing) (Voice) | - | 2004 |
| 86% | 85% | Mulan | Mulan (Singing Voice) (Voice) | $120.6M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Redwood Curtain | Geri Riordan (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Sana Maulit Muli | Agnes (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 95% | 92% | Aladdin | Princess Jasmine (singing) (Voice) | $217M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pik pak Boom | Rosie (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 94% | 94% | My Neighbor Totoro | Mrs. Kusakabe (Voice) | - | 1988 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances | Music Performer | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sofia the First | Princess Jasmine (Guest Voice) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Music Performer | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | ER | Amparo (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street | Guest | 1993 |
QUOTES FROM Lea Salonga CHARACTERS
Mulan (singing) says: Look at me... I will never pass for a perfect bride. Or a perfect daughter. Can it be, I'm not meant to play this part? Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself, I would break my family's heart. Who is the girl I see, staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Somehow I cannot hide, who I am, though I've tried. When will my reflection show who I am inside? When will my reflection show who I am inside?
Mulan (singing) says: Ancestors, hear my plea. Help me not to make a fool of me and to not uproot my family tree. Keep my father standing tall.
Aladdin Singing says: A whole new world?.
Aladdin Singing says: A whole new world?
Singing Jasmine says: A whole new life?.
Singing Jasmine says: A whole new life?
Aladdin Singing says: (together) For you and me?.
Aladdin Singing says: [together] For you and me?
Singing Jasmine says: (together) For you and me?.
Singing Jasmine says: [together] For you and me?
Mulan (singing) says: when will my reflection show, who I am inside
Mulan (singing) says: When will my reflection show who I am inside?