María Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga (born February 22, 1971), better known as Lea Salonga, is a Filipino singer and actress best known for her roles in musical theatre, for supplying the singing voices of two Disney Princesses, and as a recording artist and television performer, especially in the Philippines. Her international breakthrough came with her performance as Kim in Miss Saigon, for which she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical in 1990 and, in 1991, became the first Asian actress to win a Tony Award and the second-youngest actress to win for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical. For the same performance, she also won the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World awards. In addition, she has received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Musical Theater Album, for the Broadway cast recordings of Flower Drum Song (2004) and Once on This Island (2019). In 2025, Salonga was honored with the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award at the 91st Annual Drama League Awards. Salonga has also been recognized by the Philippine government for her cultural contributions, receiving the Presidential Merit Award in 1990 and the Congressional Medal of Achievement in 2007, and being appointed Commander of the Order of Lakandula in the same year. Salonga also became a Disney Legend in 2011. She is the first Asian actress to win a Tony Award, and in 2026, became the first Filipino to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia Lea Salonga licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Forgotten Island — Manang (voice), Songs
• 2026The Vale - Origins — Addy Lee
• 2025KPop Demon Hunters — Celine (Original Songs Performance) (voice)
• 2023Once Upon a Studio — Jasmine / Mulan (singing voice)
• 2022Plague at the Golden Gate — Narrator (voice)
• Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin — Elodie Honrada
• Centaurworld — Woman (voice)
• 2021Show of Titles — "Promises, Promises" Performer
• Touch — Theme Song Performance
• 2020Yellow Rose — Gail
• 2019Expedition Reef — Narrator (voice)
• 2016Allegiance — Kei Kimura
• 2016Il Divo: Amor & Pasion Tour in Japan — Singer
• 2016Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance — Special Finale Guest Star
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — Aunt Myrna
• 2010Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert — Fantine
• 2007Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams — Jasmine (singing voice)
• 2006Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess — Mulan (singing voice)
• 2005Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party — Mulan (voice)
• 2005Disney Princess: A Christmas of Enchantment — Jasmine (singing voice)
• 2004Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream — Jasmine / Mulan (voice)
• 2004Mulan II — Mulan (singing voice)
• 1998Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh — Kim / Eponine
• 1998Mulan — Mulan (singing voice)
• 1995Aladdin on Ice — Jasmine (singing voice) (uncredited)
• 1995Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall — Eponine
• 1995Redwood Curtain — Geri Riordan
• 1995Second Chances — Agnes
• ER — Amparo
• 1992Aladdin — Jasmine (singing voice)
• 1992Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal — Sandy, Theme Song Performance
• 1989Dear Diary — Lenny Tacorda (segment "Dear Killer")
• American Experience — Narrator
• 1988Pik Pak Boom — Rosie
• 1986Captain Barbell — Rosemarie
• 1986Ninja Kids — Yoko
• 1985Like Father, Like Son — Angela
• 1981Tropang Bulilit
• Great Performances — Eponine
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Geri Riordan

Appearances as themselves (23)

• 2026Disney Princess: The Ultimate Concert Celebration — Self
• 2024Bryant Park NYC Tree Lighting 2024 — Self
• 2023Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir — Self
• 2022Reopening: The Broadway Revival — Self
• 2021Lea Salonga - Live at Expo 2020 Dubai — Self
• 2021Musicals: The Greatest Show — Self
• Stars in the House — Self
• The Voice Teens — Self - Coach
• 2014Il Divo: A Musical Affair - Live in Japan — Self
• The Voice Kids — Self - Coach
• 2014To Be Takei — Self
• 2013Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story — Self (archive footage)
• The Voice of the Philippines — Self - Coach
• The Song That Changed My Life — Herself
• 2002Lea Salonga: The Broadway Concert — Self
• 1998From Legend To Life: The Making of Mulan — Self
• 1993The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream — Self / Tuptim (voice)
• 1992The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World — Self
• 1989The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon — Self
• Reading Rainbow — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Tony Awards — Self - Performer
• The Oscars — Self
• Broadway: The Next Generation — Self