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We celebrate the actors, performers, and filmmakers who have become icons and allies for LGBTQIA+ audiences through the years.

LGBTQIA+ Icons and Allies

Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff in Glee (2009)

Lea Michele and Brandon Micheal Hall in The Mayor (2017)

Lea Michele, Bernard David Jones, and Brandon Micheal Hall in The Mayor (2017)

Neil Patrick Harris, Lea Michele, Mark Salling, Matthew Morrison, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, and Heather Elizabeth Morris in Glee (2009)

Lea Michele and Frankie Grande in Style Code Live (2016)

John Stamos and Lea Michele in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele and Abigail Breslin in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele and August Emerson in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Riley Schmidt, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, Keke Palmer, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Niecy Nash, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, Glen Powell, Keke Palmer, Lucien Laviscount, Nasim Pedrad, Breezy Eslin, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, Glen Powell, Keke Palmer, Lucien Laviscount, Nasim Pedrad, Ariana Grande, Breezy Eslin, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, Keke Palmer, Breezy Eslin, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, Glen Powell, Keke Palmer, Lucien Laviscount, Nasim Pedrad, Ariana Grande, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Skyler Samuels, Keke Palmer, and Jeanna Han in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, Keke Palmer, Breezy Eslin, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)

Jamie Lee Curtis, Oliver Hudson, Lea Michele, Skyler Samuels, Keke Palmer, and Breezy Eslin in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, Glen Powell, Keke Palmer, Lucien Laviscount, Breezy Eslin, Billie Lourd, Aaron Rhodes, and Jeanna Han in Scream Queens (2015)

Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Skyler Samuels, and Keke Palmer in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Skyler Samuels, Keke Palmer, Breezy Eslin, Billie Lourd, and Jeanna Han in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Glen Powell, and Jeanna Han in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele and Emma Roberts in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, Keke Palmer, Breezy Eslin, Billie Lourd, and Jeanna Han in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Breezy Eslin, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Diego Boneta, Breezy Eslin, and Jeanna Han in Scream Queens (2015)

Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Jim Klock, Nasim Pedrad, Breezy Eslin, Billie Lourd, and Jeanna Han in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Skyler Samuels, Keke Palmer, Whitney Meyer, Breezy Eslin, and Jeanna Han in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, and Keke Palmer in Scream Queens (2015)

Lea Michele Sarfati was born in the Bronx, New York to Edith Thomasina (Porcelli), a nurse, and Mark David Sarfati, a delicatessen owner-turned-real estate agent. Her mother is of Italian descent (from Rome and Naples), and her father is of Sephardi Jewish ancestry (from Turkey and Greece). Lea was raised Catholic in Tenafly, New Jersey and graduated from Tenafly High School.

At age eight, Lea went with a friend to an open casting call for an up-and-coming musical. After spontaneously deciding to audition, she was offered the role and, two weeks later, she was starring on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in 1995 as a replacement for the role of Young Cosette in "Les Misérables". She was then cast in the role of Tateh's daughter, the Little Girl, in the 1998 original Broadway cast of "Ragtime", and in 2004 she portrayed Shprintze and understudied the role of Chava in the Broadway revival of the musical "Fiddler on the Roof".

When she was 14, Lea was given the role of Wendla Bergmann in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's musical version of "Spring Awakening". She starred in early workshops, off-Broadway, and finally originated the role in the Broadway production at age 20. Around the same time that the show was set to go to Broadway, Lea was offered the role of Éponine Thénardier in the Broadway revival of "Les Misérables". She chose to remain with "Spring Awakening", which debuted on Broadway in December 2006. She was later nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. After two years of starring in "Spring Awakening", Lea left the show with co-star Jonathan Groff, to pursue other opportunities.

In late 2008, Lea won the role of Rachel Berry on the comedy-drama series Glee (2009), and since the show's premiere on May 19, 2009, has received worldwide critical acclaim for her performance. She received the 2009 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical, and later won three People's Choice Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Along with her award wins, Lea also received Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations.

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