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Leal's career began with the role of Dahlia Crede in the CBS daytime serial "Guiding Light". Later, she joined the Broadway company of "Rent". Soon after, she was cast as Mimi for the San Francisco leg of the first national tour of "Rent". Leal also appeared on the 1999 original cast recording of the Off-Broadway musical "Bright Lights, Big City" alongside Patrick Wilson and Jesse L. Martin. She also appeared on the 2001 cast recording of "Making Tracks".