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Vanessa Lengies Biography

Birth Name:
Vanessa Lynne-Marie Lengies
Birth Place:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Profession
Actor, host

Fast Facts

  • Is multilingual, speaking English, French and some Arabic
  • Was cohost of Popular Mechanics for Kids, along with Elisha Cuthbert from the series 24
  • Voiced the character of Emily for nine seasons on the PBS children's show Arthur
  • As an adult, had her first major TV role in the coming-of-age series American Dreams
  • Was surprised to learn, during the second season of the TNT series Hawthorne, that her character was a lesbian
  • In 2011, was cast in Glee as Sugar Motta, a tone-deaf member of the glee club with "self-diagnosed Asperger's
  • " Her casting came three years after her friend and fellow Glee castmate Corey Monteith showed her the pilot script

Awards

  • 2012Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: nominated