Lea Salonga

Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga is a Filipino soprano singer and actress, who, for Disney, is well-known for providing the singing voices of Jasmine and Fa Mulan.
Salonga, primarily a stage actress, is well known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical , for which she won a in 1991, and was also one of the first Asians to play the roles of Éponine Thénardier and Fantine in the musical Les Misérables. She also performed in various international productions of renowned musicals, like My Fair Lady, Cinderella, Flower Drum Song, Into the Woods, Allegiance, Cats, Sweeney Todd, and Here Lies Love.
Salonga was named a Disney Legend in 2011, alongside fellow Disney Princess voice actresses Jodi Benson, Paige O'Hara, Linda Larkin, and Anika Noni Rose for her work with the company.
She also voiced Yasuko Kusakabe in My Neighbor Totoro for the 2004 English dub.
==Roles==
Jasminefathead.jpg|Princess Jasmine(1992-present; singing voice)
disnetprincessfamulan2.png|Fa Mulan(1998-present; singing voice)
==Gallery==
Brad Kane Lea Salonga recording A Whole New World.jpg|Lea Salonga performing "A Whole New World" with Brad Kane during her recording session of Aladdin.
Lea salonga and brad kane at the 65th Oscars.JPG|Salonga and Kane performing "A Whole New World" at the 65th Academy Awards ceremony.
File:Lea Salonga recording Reflection.jpg|Lea Salonga performing "Reflection" during her recording session of Mulan.
==Trivia==
*Salonga was one of the coaches on The Voice of the Philippines.
*She also did the voice of Jasmine and Mulan in the Filipino dub of Sofia the First, aired on TV5. She even performs the Filipino version of the Elena of Avalor theme song.
*She has sung a Filipino version of "A Whole New World" with Daryl Drey Reyes and "Reflection".
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Category:Females
Category:1970s births
Category:Asian people
Category:Actresses
Category:Singers
Category:Voice actresses
Category:Mulan
Category:Aladdin
Category:Disney Legends
Category:Sofia the First
Category:Elena of Avalor
Category:Studio Ghibli
Category:Walt Disney Records artists
Category:Disney Renaissance
Category:Disney Jr. Actors and Actresses