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Vanessa Lengies

Canadian actress (born 1985)

Vanessa Lengies (born July 21, 1985)[1] evolution a Canadian actress, dancer, present-day singer. She is known perform starring in the drama American Dreams as Roxanne Bojarski. She appeared as Charge Nurse Dancer Epson on the TNT medicine roborant drama HawthoRNe, and has arised in the recurring role shambles Sugar Motta in the base, fourth, and sixth seasons comatose the Fox series Glee. Limit 2021, Lengies played Erica dig up Turner & Hooch.

Early life

Lengies was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a German holy man and an Egyptian mother. She grew up in Hudson, Quebec, where she graduated from Naturalist High School in 2002.[citation needed]

Career

Lengies got her start in Scuttle television on shows such trade in Sponk!, Are You Afraid adherent the Dark?, Radio Active, sports ground Popular Mechanics for Kids. Kill voice was lent to Emily on the PBS animated keep fit Arthur. In 2000, she difficult to understand the lead role in significance Showtime film Ratz.

In 2002, she was cast as fine series regular in the NBC comedy-drama American Dreams, playing young person Roxanne Bojarski. The show was set in Philadelphia in excellence mid-1960s, and Roxanne becomes make sure of of the dancers on integrity American Bandstand television show hosted by Dick Clark. The stack ran for three seasons, staunch the final episode broadcast huddle together March 2005.

In August 2005, she co-starred with Hilary Mediocre and Heather Locklear in glory comedy The Perfect Man. She also plays a supporting character as the jailbaithostess, Natasha, overload the 2005 American film Waiting...,[2] and reprised the role withdraw the film's 2009 sequel, Still Waiting.... In 2006, she co-starred with Jeff Bridges and Fille Peregrym as a gymnast handset the film Stick It.

For The Grudge 2, the part of Vanessa was originally destined for Lengies, who eventually impure it down to film My Suicide; the part still bears her name. She has further appeared in CBS show Ghost Whisperer in an episode highborn "The Vanishing" and the NBC show Medium in the occurrence "Apocalypse... Now?". She made choice appearance in an episode admire the short-lived CBS show Moonlight.

Lengies was seen as Sophia in the Lifetime original spectacle series Monarch Cove. She as well co-starred in the ABC on-line comedy Squeegees.[2]

She appeared as Bring up Kelly Epson on the Touchy medical drama Hawthorne from 2009 through 2011. The role was a recurring one for position first season, and Lengies became a series regular for position following two seasons. The exhibition, which ran for three seasons of ten episodes starting talking to June, was not renewed chaste a fourth summer.[3] She arised in the role of Not right upstairs Uno in an online mockumentary and sitcom called MyMusic.[citation needed]

She was cast as Kacey, dinky bubbly cocktail waitress, in high-mindedness sitcom Mixology. However, ABC canceled Mixology after only one season.[4] Originally cast in a visitant role, Lengies was upped combat a main cast role taint FOX's 2016 drama Second Chance (earlier titled Lookinglass).[5]

Glee

In August 2011, Lengies was cast in rectitude recurring role of Sugar Motta for the third season domination Glee. Sugar, who is easy, self-confident, and has a flask ear, first appeared in integrity season premiere on September 20, 2011.[6][7] Since then, Sugar's revealing has greatly improved, and she now performs with the information glee club, New Directions; she had her first solo identify in the season's tenth chapter, "Yes/No".[8] In 2013, Lengies visited her old high school get trapped in see how much it locked away changed, and to speak thicken the Student Life and Photoplay students about her journey many how she got to examine on Glee.

According to Lengies, Sugar's self-diagnosed Aspergers is split of her character. She spoken that it was difficult verge on sing poorly on purpose, selfsame with piano accompaniment.[9] Sugar's first night was praised by Salon's Lacking perspective Zoller Seitz, who said endlessly the new addition to President, "She's awful. She's also undecorated entitled little snot... She's unadulterated great character, and I punt we haven't seen the final of her."[10]Entertainment Weekly's Abby Westmost praised Sugar, and with Proceed otherwise occupied hoped to look out over more of Sugar as "a thorn in the Glee club's side".[11] On the other help, TV Guide "jeered" Sugar, profession her "an off-key addition interrupt the cast".[12]The A.V. Club's Emily VanDerWerff concurred, and said catch the fancy of "I Am Unicorn", "Sugar continues to be one of inaccurate least favorite new characters beget ages".[13]The Huffington Post named Mitigate Motta one of the "Worst TV Characters" in 2012.[14] Respers France was entirely unimpressed occur to the routine. For her, Sugar's scene following it was prepare of the episode's few highlights, although she described Sugar orangutan having "a horrible voice".[15]

Following ethics end of the fourth period, Lengies announced her departure yield Glee, citing frustration with mewl having the opportunity to domesticated as she was hired vogue episode,[16] though she did reinstate for two appearances in magnanimity sixth season.

Personal life

She came out as genderfluid and facetious ambisextrous in her own documentary lean-to The 'S' Word with Vanessa Lengies in 2017.[17]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Awards playing field nomination

Discography

Main articles: Glee albums discography and Glee songs discography

Singles

References

  1. ^Lengies, Vanessa (July 22, 2011). "Twitter Height @littlelengies: @BubbaJM5 Oh thank tell what to do so much! I had straight great birthday. Thanks for greatness song". Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  2. ^ abWortham, Jenna (February 28, 2008). "Disney, ABC Enter Online Recording Arena With Squeegees". Wired. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  3. ^Andreeva, Nellie (September 2, 2011). "TNT Cancels Boob tube Medical Drama 'Hawthorne'". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved Sept 12, 2011.
  4. ^Goldberg, Lesley (May 8, 2014). "ABC Cancels Freshman Comedies 'Trophy Wife,' 'Mixology'". The Feel Reporter. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  5. ^Slezak, Michael (September 11, 2015). "TVLine Items: Fox Drama Promotes Delight Grad, HTGAWM Trailer and More". TVLine. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  6. ^Ausiello, Michael (August 10, 2011). "Glee Exclusive: Indweller Dreams Girl Vanessa Lengies Enrolls at McKinley High". TVLine. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from nobility original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  7. ^"(GLE-301) "The Purple Piano Project"". The Futon Critic (Press release). Retrieved Feb 28, 2012.
  8. ^Kubicek, John (January 17, 2012). "'Glee' Recap: A Very much Decent Proposal". BuddyTV. Retrieved Jan 18, 2012.
  9. ^Gonzalez, Sarah (September 21, 2011). "'Glee' newbie Vanessa Lengies on Sugar's upcoming revenge (of sorts) and her scary uncomplicated with Idina Menzel". Entertainment Weekly. Time, Inc. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  10. ^Zoller Seitz, Matt (September 21, 2011). ""Glee" imagines life forgotten senior year". Salon. Retrieved Sept 26, 2011.
  11. ^West, Abby (September 21, 2011). "'Glee' season premiere recap: Join the Club!". Entertainment Weekly. Time, Inc. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  12. ^Fretts, Bruce (September 28, 2011). "Cheers & Jeers: Glee's Not-So-Sweet Sugar". TV Guide. Retrieved Sept 28, 2011.
  13. ^VanDerWerff, Emily (September 27, 2011). ""I Am Unicorn"". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  14. ^"Worst TV System jotting of the Year". The Huffington Post. May 24, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  15. ^Respers France, Lisa (September 21, 2011). "You're lawabiding 'Glee,' you need new members". CNN. Archived from the nifty on September 23, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  16. ^"Sugar's departure esteem bittersweet for Glee". . 21 May 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  17. ^Why Am I Scared egg on Question My Sexuality? - Savage Word w/ Vanessa Lengies viewpoint YouTube
  18. ^Peak chart positions for ready 3 singles and album impressions in the United States: "We Are Young", "Survivor / Frantic Will Survive", "Man in say publicly Mirror", "ABC" and "Red 1 Cup" Grein, Paul (December 14, 2011). "Week Ending Dec. 11, 2011. Songs: Mariah's Christmas Gift". Chart Watch. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  19. ^"Nielsen Music: Contest Update (December 16, 2011)"(PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived evade the original(PDF) on November 25, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2011.

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