Lea Michele Sarfati was born on 29th August 1986, in The Bronx, New York City USA of Italian American (mother) and Jewish (father) descent. She is an actress, an author and a singer, who became famous playing the role of Rachel Berry in the television series “Glee”, aired by Fox. She is now playing Hester in “Scream Queens”.
So just how rich is Lea Michele? Sources indicate that her estimated net worth is $10 million, money which has been made mainly in the movie industry and from endorsement deals. The actress made about $1 million in 2014 from “Glee” alone and, a year later, her salary grew to $1.6 million, which means she received $80,000 for each episode in the 5th season of the series of the musical comedy. Lea Michele completes her income by endorsing important brands: her contract with L’Oréal Paris brought her about $1 million in 2014. She was the spokesperson/model for Candies and also had contracts with Dove, Chevrolet, Nike, Evian, for the “Faster Than” campaign, and with HP for promoting the Touchpad. Lea Michele owned a 1,805 square feet bungalow in Los Angeles, bought for $1.4 million in 2012 and then sold for $1.8 million. Now she lives in a four bedroom mansion in Brentwood, for which she paid almost $3 million. She has been seen driving a $35,000 Toyota Prius and a $45,000 BMW 320d.
Lea Michele Net Worth $10 Million
Lea Michele started performing on Broadway in 1995, when she was only eight years old. She has made appearances in plays like “Les Misérables”, “Fiddler on the Roof”, and “Spring Awakening”, which also brought her a nomination for the Drama Desk Awards. In 2009 she became the female lead star in the television series “Glee”, playing the role of Rachel Berry, for which she received the trophy for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Comedy Television Series, in 2009 and she was nominated for several other awards, including Teen Choice Awards and Grammy Awards.
Besides “Glee”, Lea Michele has appeared in “Sons of Anarchy”, “Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return”, “Third Watch”, and “The Cleveland Show”. She has been on the soundtrack of numerous television series and has been invited onto several TV shows, including “Entertainment Tonight”, “Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show”, “The Dr. Oz Show”, and “Good Morning America”. Lea Michele`s photos have been on the cover of famous magazines more than 80 times and her pictorials appeared in “Glamour”, “Cosmopolitan”, “Teen Vogue”, “Allure”, and “L’Uomo Vogue”. Because of the influence her appearances create, she is considered one of the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine.
Lea Michele has published two books: “Brunette Ambition”, in 2014, and “You First”, in 2015, both of which received positive reactions from the critics and were appreciated by the public, becoming best sellers and adding more money to the actress` net worth.
In her personal life, Lea Michele has dated the actors Matthew Morrison, Landon Beard, John Lloyd Young, Marius Pontmercy, Theo Stockman, and Cory Monteith. Since 2014, the actress has been dating the model Matthew Paetz and the media have written that the two were apparently living together.
Lea Michele supports gay rights and animal rights. She has been active in several campaigns, such as “Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS”, “Valspar Hands for Habitat”, and “The Grammys’ MusiCares Benefit”.
