Multiple award-winning actress and singer Lea Salonga is known across the world for her powerful voice and perfect pitch. Salonga most recently starred on Broadway in Old Friends (alongside Bernadette Peters) after headlining the Los Angeles and London productions.
Best known for her Tony Award-winning role in Miss Saigon, Salonga has also won the Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World awards. She was also the first Asian to play Eponine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway and returned to the beloved show as Fantine in the 2006 revival. In January 2026, she took on the role of Madame Thénardier in the Les Misérables: The World Tour Spectacular. On Broadway, Salonga starred in the 2018 Broadway revival of Once on This Island as the Goddess of Love, Erzulie. The show’s return to the Broadway stage earned a Tony Award for “Best Revival of a Musical” and also garnered Salonga and the cast a Grammy nomination for “Best Musical Theater Album.” She has also been seen on Broadway in Here Lies Love, Allegiance and Flower Drum Song.
Fans of all ages recognize Salonga as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin and Fa Mulan for Mulan and Mulan II. For her portrayal of the beloved princesses, the Walt Disney Company bestowed her with the honor of “Disney Legend.”
Salonga starred in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (a reboot of the popular series), available on HBO Max, after starring in the critically acclaimed Sony musical-drama Yellow Rose. She can also be heard in the Netflix record-breaking film KPop Demon Hunters, the Netflix animated series Centaurworld and FX’s animated series Little Demon. In August 2021, Salonga released her single “Dream Again,” and, in November, Lea Salonga: Live with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from Sydney Opera House, aired as part of Great Performances on PBS. A live album of the performance was subsequently released by Broadway Records.
Salonga’s 2025 Stage, Screen and Everything in Between Tour and her 2022 Dream Again Tour saw sold-out audiences and record-breaking sales across North America and the U.K. She has toured all over the world, performing sold out concerts in such locations as the Sydney Opera House, O2 Arena, Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Singapore’s Esplanade, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Hong Kong Cultural Center, Queen Sirikit Convention Center in Bangkok and Carnegie Hall in New York.
In addition to her stage and screen credits, Salonga served as a judge on the Philippines hit version of The Voice, including the ratings juggernaut The Voice Kids. She has released multiple solo albums, toured the world with legendary pop-opera quartet Il Divo, and received rave reviews for her many cabaret engagements, including a record setting run at New York’s 54 Below. Her latest album, Sounding Joy | The Holiday Album, was released by Center Stage Records in November 2024.
In her 45-year career, Salonga has performed for six Philippine presidents (from Ferdinand Marcos to Benigno S. Aquino III), four American Presidents (Joe Biden, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush) and for Diana, Princess of Wales and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. She was honored by Time Magazine as a Time100 Impact Award Recipient and received the Gold House 2023 Gold Legend Award.