Question:  "I Am What I Am" is a song performed by the character of Albin Mougeotte, first played by an actor of what nationality?

Context articles: George Hearn
Sophia Wayne Capwell
Dante Carver
The By-road to Glenroe
Gary Ewing
Florian Brandner
I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song)
Henning von Anstetten
Pe-o margine de lume
Robert Sugden

George Hearn (born June 18, 1934) is an American actor and singer, primarily in Broadway musical theatre.
Sophia Capwell (maiden name Wayne, previously Armonti and Mathis) is a fictional character from the American soap opera "Santa Barbara".
 The character was first played by Rosemary Forsyth when the character was just named Dominic and in a disguise.
 Forsyth played the role from August 2 to October 26, 1984, when she was replaced by Judith McConnell, who permanently took over the role on October 29, 1984 and played it until the show's end on January 15, 1993.
Dante Carver (born January 17, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African-American actor working in Japan.
 He moved to Japan in 2005, and became well known following his appearance in a series of TV commercials for SoftBank Mobile from 2006 in which he first played the Japanese-speaking "Yosō Guy" (予想GUY ) character (the name being a pun on yosōgai (予想外) , the Japanese for "unexpected"), and later the older brother of the character played by Aya Ueto as part of the fictional "White family" headed by a white Hokkaido dog.
"The By-road to Glenroe" was a song from the Irish television series "Glenroe", performed by actor Mick Lally in character as Miley Byrne in honour of his wife Biddy.
 The song was released as a single in 1990, with the show's theme song performed by Jim Lockhart as the B-side, and was Number 1 on the Irish charts for five weeks.
Garrison "Gary" Arthur Ewing is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera, "Knots Landing", a spin-off of "Dallas".
 The character of Gary Ewing was first played by actor David Ackroyd, in a 2-part "Dallas" episode entitled "Reunion", which broadcast in September 1978.
 Gary Ewing was the second son of oil baron Jock Ewing and Miss Ellie Ewing, the father of Lucy Ewing and the ex-husband of Valene Ewing.
 Over a year later, the part of Gary Ewing was recast for the spin-off "Knots Landing" with actor Ted Shackelford in the role, and Gary became one of the main stars of the series in December 1979.
 Ted Shackelford played Gary Ewing in "Knots Landing" for its entire fourteen seasons (1979–1993), while continuing to make occasional appearances in "Dallas" during that time.
 The character of Gary made his last "Knots Landing" appearance in 1997, in the reunion series "".
 Shackelford reprised his character for the new, updated version of "Dallas" in 2013.
Florian Brandner is a fictional character on German soap opera "Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)".
 The character was first played by Frédéric A. Komp from 2 January 1995 to the fall of 1996 and again in February 1997 and from June to October 1998.
 The character was recast with actor Alex Huber four years later, on 12 July 2002.
 Huber left after one and a half year, when the character was written out.
 He made his last appearance on 15 January 2004.
"I Am What I Am" is a song originally introduced in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "La Cage aux Folles" (1983–1987).
 The song is the finale number of the musical's first act, and performed by the character of Albin Mougeotte, first played by George Hearn.
 The song was composed in 1983 by Jerry Herman, an openly gay man.
Henning Christoph August von Anstetten is a fictional character from German soap opera "Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)".
 The character was first played by Markus Hoffmann from the series premiere on January 2, 1995 to January 24, 1996.
 The character was recast two years later after Hoffmann committed suicide a year earlier.
 Actor Hendirk Martz played Henning from 1998 to April 5, 2000.
 The role was once again recast with actor Patrik Fichte, who premiered on-screen on April 7, 2000 and played the role to the character's death on November 13, 2002.
"Pe-o margine de lume" (On the edge of the world) is a song performed by the Romanian duet Nico and Vlad Miriţă.
 The song represented Romania in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, Serbia.
 The song was elected through the Romanian national selection on February 23 On May 20, it competed against eighteen other Eurovision entries in the first semi-final, and was put through to the final on May 24 after a public vote, where it was the first song performed.
 The song finished the 20th, with 45 points.
 With lyrics only in Romanian and Italian it was the first entry from Romania since 1998 not to include any English lyrics.
Robert Jacob Sugden is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera "Emmerdale".
 The character originally appeared on the show regularly between 22 April 1986 and 3 October 2005.
 During that time he was first played as a baby by Richard Smith from 1986 and 1989 before the role was taken over by Christopher Smith from 1989 and 2001.
 In 2001, Karl Davies took over the role in order for the character to become involved in more adult storylines, as he grew older.
 Karl Davies briefly reprised his role as Robert for one episode airing on 10 February 2009, when he returned for the funeral of his father and longest running character Jack Sugden (Clive Hornby).
 The character returned on 23 October 2014 with actor Ryan Hawley taking over the role.