She went through difficult times, but now Lea Michele has found happiness. With her first album “Louder” she had once dealt with her greatest stroke of fate.
In January 2022, Lea Michele congratulated her husband Zandy Reich on his birthday on Instagram. Also in the photo: Son Ever, born in August 2020. Dad and son posing in sunglasses on the beach. “These two brighten my life,” she wrote. This Monday (August 29th) the actress and singer celebrates her 36th birthday.
The music helps out of the grief
“And I can’t get away from the burning pain. I lay awake. And the fallen hero haunts my thoughts. How could you leave me this way?” Lea Michele once tried to express her pain with these words in her song “If You Say So”. “How could you leave me like that?” she asks.
In 2014, the singer released her debut album Louder, which reflected on the death of her beloved partner and Glee actor Cory Monteith. The relationship lasted about two years. The Canadian was found dead in a hotel room on July 13, 2013. But as terrible as this stroke of fate was, today the 1986 born in the New York borough of the Bronx is happier than ever.
From Broadway to Hollywood
Even as a child, Lea Michele dreamed of becoming a musician. At the age of eight she had her first appearance on Broadway in “Les Misérables”. As she grew up, she took on a few small roles, but mostly focused on her education. She also enjoyed playing volleyball and the school debating club. At the end of her high school years, she had her next major appearance in the musical “Fiddler on the Roof”.
Lea Michele became better known through the role of Wendla in the rock musical “Spring Awakening” (2006). She also met “Hamilton” actor Jonathan Groff on the set. To this day, the two remain best friends and share intimate jokes, as the two hilariously recount on the HBO series Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known.
Michele’s breakthrough role was Rachel in the series Glee, which aired from 2009 to 2015. She starred in six seasons alongside the likes of Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison and Amber Riley. Director Ryan Murphy wrote the role specifically for her. Among other things, the singer was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance and received the Satellite Award.
In 2011, she starred in the romantic comedy Happy New Year. She starred alongside Emma Roberts and Jamie Lee Curtis in the horror comedy series Scream Queens for a year from 2015. In 2017 Michele released her second pop album “Places”.
The “Glee” curse
For years there has been a rumor of a “Glee” curse. Three actors have already died: Mark Salling, Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera.
It doesn’t leave anyone unmoved, but after a tough few years, things are looking up for the singer again. In 2019 she married businessman Zandy Reich. With the help of her husband and their young son, she was able to survive the difficult life crisis after Monteith’s death.
Source: Stern
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