Jenna Ushkowitz

Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz Stanley (born April 28, 1986) is a Korean-born American actress, singer, and podcast host.
She is known for her performances in Broadway musicals such as The King and I and Waitress; and in the role of Tina Cohen-Chang on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee. She won a Tony Award as a producer of the Broadway musical Once on This Island. At age 3, Ushkowitz began appearing on Sesame Street and other children's television shows. Her Broadway musical debut was in the 1996 revival of The King and I. Ushkowitz sang the American National Anthem at a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden when she was 13. Ushkowitz understudied the roles of Ilse, Anna, Martha, and Thea in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening in 2008. In 2009, Ushkowitz landed the role of Tina Cohen-Chang on Fox's musical comedy-drama series Glee. In casting Glee, series creator Ryan Murphy sought out actors who could identify with the rush of starring in theatrical roles. Instead of using traditional network casting calls, he spent three months on Broadway, where he found Ushkowitz. She was initially given a bit of information about Tina's back story, and believed that the character's stutter was real.
==Personal Life==
On May 16, 2014, she started dating David Stanley. On August 2, 2020, Ushkowitz announced her engagement to David Stanley. She got married on July 24, 2021 in California.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Character
2001	Educated 	Wendy
2011	Glee: The 3D Concert Movie	Tina Cohen-Chang
2014	Twinsters 	Kelly
2017	Yellow Fever 	Asia Bradford
2017	Hello Again 	Marie (The Nurse)
2020	1 Night in San Diego 	Hannah
2020	The Right Girl 	Julie
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Character 	Episodes
2000 	Little Bill 	Basketball Girl 	1 episode
2007 	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Violin Player 	1 episode
2009–2015	Glee 	Tina Cohen-Chang	128 episodes
2010 	When I Was 17 	Herself 	1 episode
2011 	The Glee Project 	Herself 	1 episode
2013 	This Is How I Made It 	Herself 	1 episode
2013 	MasterChef 	Herself 	1 episode
2014–2015	Celebrity Name Game 	Herself 	6 episodes
===Theater===
Year 	Title 	Character
1996–1998	The King and I 	Royal Child
2008 	Spring Awakening 	Ensemble / Ilse Neumann
2014 	Hair 	Jeannie Ryan
2015 	The Wedding Singer	Julia Sullivan
2016 	Waitress 	Dawn Williams
2016 	The 24 Hour Plays 	Various