Lea Salonga brings honor as a recipient of the Time100 Impact Award

Highly acclaimed Broadway singer and actress Lea Salonga was named among the recipients of the Time100 Impact Awards. Through the award, Time Magazine recognizes “visionaries who have gone above and beyond to make an impact and move their respective industries forward.”

In their feature, Time said Lea is an inspiration and a role model for children of color.

“In her four-decade award-winning career as an actress and singer, Salonga has emerged as not only a Disney and Broadway icon, but a role model for children of color,” the magazine wrote.

“Salonga prides herself on promoting representation in Hollywood and on Broadway, and showing underrepresented groups that their stories matter,” it continued.

Among Lea's most celebrated roles is being the singing voice of two Disney princesses--Jasmine and Mulan for the animated films Aladdin and Mulan, respectively.

She is also known for her award-winning performance as Kim in Miss Saigon.

Lea also had notable roles in other theatrical performances, including Annie, Sweeney Todd, and Les Misérables, where she was the first Asian woman to play the role of Eponine.

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