Lena Hall
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{{Short description|American actress and singer (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lena Hall
| image = LenaHall2022.jpg
| caption = Hall in 2022
| birth_name = Celina Consuela Gabriella Carvajal
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|1|30}}
| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| death_date =
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| occupation = Actress, singer
| years_active = 1998–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Jonathan Stein|2019}}
| website = {{URL|lenahall.com}}
}}
Celina Consuela Gabriella Carvajal (born January 30, 1980), known professionally as Lena Hall, is an American actress and singer. She won the Tony Award for her performance as Yitzhak in the 2014 revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which also earned her a Grammy nomination for the musical's official album.{{cite news|last=Robbins|first=Caryn|title=ALADDIN, BEAUTIFUL, HEDWIG Among Grammy's Best Musical Theater Album Nominees|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/ALADDIN-BEAUTIFUL-HEDWIG-Among-Grammys-Best-Musical-Theater-Album-Nominees-20141205|work=BroadwayWorld|date=December 5, 2014|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927112025/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/ALADDIN-BEAUTIFUL-HEDWIG-Among-Grammys-Best-Musical-Theater-Album-Nominees-20141205|archive-date=September 27, 2017}} She made history by becoming the first person to play both Hedwig and Yitzhak in the same production during the national tour of the musical in 2016.{{cite news|last=Gans|first=Andrew|title=Lena Hall Makes Hedwig History Tonight|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/lena-hall-makes-hedwig-history-tonight|work=Playbill|date=October 9, 2016|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331024738/http://www.playbill.com/article/lena-hall-makes-hedwig-history-tonight|archive-date=March 31, 2017}} She originated the role of Nicola in the Broadway musical Kinky Boots Her other Broadway credits include Cats, 42nd Street, Dracula, the Musical and Tarzan, the Musical. Hall has also starred in Off-Broadway productions such as Radiant Baby, Bedbugs!!!, Rooms: A Rock Romance, The Toxic Avenger, Prometheus Bound, Chix6, Little Shop of Horrors, and the 2017 original play How to Transcend a Happy Marriage.
Hall has appeared in films such as Sex and the City (2008), The Graduates (2008), Born from the Foot (2009), The Big Gay Musical (2009), and Becks (2017), for which she received widespread critical acclaim. She has also appeared on TV shows like ABC's All My Children, HBO's Girls,{{Cite web|last=Zuckerman|first=Esther|url=https://www.refinery29.com/2016/03/106454/girls-hannah-lesbian-sex-scene|title=Girls Hannah Lesbian Sex Scene|website=Refinery29|date=March 21, 2016}} Amazon Prime's Good Girls Revolt,{{Cite web|last=Wiegand|first=David|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/tv/article/Good-Girls-Revolt-so-so-view-of-feminist-10415066.php|title=Good Girls Revolt So So View of Feminist Triumph|website=San Francisco Chronicle|date=October 26, 2016}} and voiced the role of Countess Coloratura on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/My-Little-Pony-Friendship-is-Magic/Countess-Coloratura-Rara/|title=My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic/Countess Coloratura|website=behindthevoiceactors.com}} In 2020, she joined the cast of TNT's science fiction epic Snowpiercer as Miss Audrey.{{Cite web|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tnts-snowpiercer-featuring-tony-winners-daveed-diggs-and-lena-hall-gets-series-order|title=TNT's Snowpiercer, Featuring Tony Award Winners Daveed Diggs and Lena Hall, Gets Series Order|website=Playbill|date=January 10, 2018}}
Hall was the lead singer of the band The Deafening, they released an album with original songs in 2012 titled Central Booking.{{cite news|title=The Deafening|url=http://thedeafening.bandcamp.com|publisher=bandcamp.com|access-date=April 2, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043231/https://thedeafening.bandcamp.com/|archive-date=April 4, 2017}} In 2015, Hall released her first solo album, Sin & Salvation: Live At the Carlyle.
Biography
Celina Consuela Gabriella Carvajal was born in San Francisco, California, on January 30, 1980, to Carlos and Carolyn (née Houser) Carvajal. Her father is a ballet dancer, choreographer and the co-artistic director for the annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival;{{cite news|last=Zaveri|first=Paayal|title=Meet the Man Behind the Scenes of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival;|url=https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/06/meet-the-man-behind-the-scenes-of-the-san-francisco-ethnic-dance-festival/|work=KQED.org|date=June 6, 2015|access-date=April 2, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043047/https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/06/meet-the-man-behind-the-scenes-of-the-san-francisco-ethnic-dance-festival/|archive-date=April 4, 2017}} her mother was a prima ballerina and is now a yogi master.{{cite news|last=Mathis|first=Samantha|title=Lena Hall on Her Tony Nomination for 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'|url=http://bbook.com/art/lena-hall/|work=BlackBook|date=May 1, 2014|access-date=April 2, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403111743/http://bbook.com/art/lena-hall/|archive-date=April 3, 2017}}{{cite web |title=Lena Hall |url=http://www.paper.theatregold.com/lena-hall/ |website=TheatreGold.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325112828/http://www.paper.theatregold.com/lena-hall/ |archive-date=March 25, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Lena Hall|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/lena-hall-495928|website=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324174152/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/lena-hall-495928|archive-date=March 24, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://runforyourlife.org/html/carolyn.html |title=Guest Artist Carolyn Carvajal |website=Run For Your Life Dance Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104638/http://runforyourlife.org/html/carolyn.html |archive-date=December 24, 2015|url-status=live}}
She has Swedish, Spanish & Filipino ancestry.{{cite web |title=Carlos Carvajal 2004 Resume |url=http://www.runforyourlife.org/html/carlos.html |website=RunForYourLife.org |access-date=June 3, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035008/http://www.runforyourlife.org/html/carlos.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016}} Her paternal grandfather arrived from Southeast Asia Philippines to San Francisco in 1926,{{cite web|title=StoryCorps: Carlos Carvajal and Four Generations of Filipinos in the Arts|url=http://caamedia.org/blog/2016/10/03/storycorps-carlos-carvajal-and-four-generations-of-filipinos-in-the-arts/|website=CAAMedia.org|date=October 3, 2016|access-date=April 2, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403002127/http://caamedia.org/blog/2016/10/03/storycorps-carlos-carvajal-and-four-generations-of-filipinos-in-the-arts/|archive-date=April 3, 2017}} and her paternal grandmother is Swedish.{{cite news|last=Ulrich|first=Allan|title=San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival is calling|url=http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/San-Francisco-Ethnic-Dance-Festival-is-calling-3596470.php|work=San Francisco Gate|date=May 31, 2012|access-date=April 2, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808112606/http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/San-Francisco-Ethnic-Dance-Festival-is-calling-3596470.php|archive-date=August 8, 2015}} Her sister is Calliope "Calli" Carvajal, a hair stylist.{{cite news|last=Blank|first=Matthew|title=PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Kinky Boots Star Celina Carvajal|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/playbillcoms-cue-a-kinky-boots-star-celina-carvajal-com-204014|work=Playbill|date=April 2, 2013|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331024556/http://www.playbill.com/article/playbillcoms-cue-a-kinky-boots-star-celina-carvajal-com-204014|archive-date=March 31, 2017}}
She is a graduate of Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, where she first studied dance,{{cite web|last=Dodds|first=Richard|title=Separating from Hedwig|url=http://ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=theatre&article=1129|website=The Bay Area Reporter Online|date=April 16, 2015|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330180510/http://ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=theatre&article=1129|archive-date=March 30, 2017}} and an alumna of the Young People's Teen Musical Theatre Company in San Francisco.{{cite news|title=HEDWIG's Lena Hall Wins Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HEDWIGs-Lena-Hall-Wins-Tony-for-Best-Featured-Actress-in-a-Musical-20140608|work=BroadwayWorld|date=June 8, 2014|access-date=April 1, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082146/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HEDWIGs-Lena-Hall-Wins-Tony-for-Best-Featured-Actress-in-a-Musical-20140608|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}
Her first big break was singing for Pope John Paul II at Candlestick Park in San Francisco for over 50,000 people at the age of 7.
Hall changed her professional name from "Celina Carvajal" to Lena Hall in 2013, saying she had created it for her music persona and now wanted to use it for her acting career as well.{{cite web |last=Ferri |first=Josh |title=From Celina Carvajal to Lena Hall: The Kinky Boots Rocker Explains Her Recent Name Change |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/170664/from-celina-carvajal-to-lena-hall-the-kinky-boots-rocker-explains-her-recent-name-change/ |website=Broadway.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110012805/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/170664/from-celina-carvajal-to-lena-hall-the-kinky-boots-rocker-explains-her-recent-name-change/ |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |date=July 16, 2013 |url-status=live}} She explained her name change to Broadway.com: "Multiple people in the industry suggested I have one name for everything. [Lena Hall] is just two shortenings of my first name and my last name. So Lena Hall is Celina Carvajal. It seemed like an easier way of people getting to know me. Lena Hall is a nice symmetrical name, and it reminds people of Lena Horne, who was a singer. And when people hear my name, I want them to think of a singer". She later found out that "Carvajal" is actually a stage name taken seven generations back that became a family name.{{cite web|title=Broadway Actress Lena Hall Discusses Upcoming 'Hedwig' Tour and Her Filipino Heritage|url=http://caamedia.org/blog/2016/10/03/broadway-actress-lena-hall-discusses-upcoming-hedwig-tour-and-her-filipino-heritage/|website=CAAMedia.org|date=October 3, 2016|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330190931/http://caamedia.org/blog/2016/10/03/broadway-actress-lena-hall-discusses-upcoming-hedwig-tour-and-her-filipino-heritage/|archive-date=March 30, 2017}} Hall said that it was one of the reasons why she was able to let go of the Carvajal name because it was a stage name, and it felt like her ancestors would agree with her name change.
In December 2018, she announced her engagement to Jonathan Stein.{{Cite web|last=Wild|first=Stephi|title=Lena Hall Gets Engaged to Jonathan R. Stein|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lena-Hall-Gets-Engaged-to-Jonathan-R-Stein-20181226|date=December 26, 2018|access-date=2021-10-24|website=BroadwayWorld}} They married on May 27, 2019.{{Cite instagram |user=lenarockerhall |postid=CAsutlMgyO1 |date=27 May 2020 |title=1 year has gone by so fast. |access-date=24 October 2021}}
Career
Hall made her Broadway debut in 1999{{cite web|last=Milzoff|first=Rebecca|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/07/former-cats-members.html|title=7 Former Cats Cast Members on Learning to Play Feline|work=Vulture|date=July 29, 2016|access-date=April 8, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409034828/http://www.vulture.com/2016/07/former-cats-members.html|archive-date=April 9, 2017}} in Cats, taking over the role of Demeter after first performing in the national tour in 1998.{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlPkodnXWrU|title=CATS – US National Tour IV – Grizabella: The Glamour Cat|via=YouTube|date=October 20, 2010|access-date=April 8, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410211150/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlPkodnXWrU|archive-date=April 10, 2017}} She next took over the role of Ann "Anytime Annie" Reilly in 42nd Street. She also performed in a national tour of Annie Get Your Gun,{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Chris|title=Annie Get Your Gun|url=https://variety.com/2000/legit/reviews/annie-get-your-gun-5-1200463882/|work=Variety|date=August 14, 2000|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330175143/http://variety.com/2000/legit/reviews/annie-get-your-gun-5-1200463882/|archive-date=March 30, 2017}} understudying the lead role of Annie Oakley.
In 2003, Hall appeared in Radiant Baby,{{cite web|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|title=Radiant Baby|url=https://variety.com/2003/legit/reviews/radiant-baby-1200543042/|work=Variety|date=March 2, 2003|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330181138/http://variety.com/2003/legit/reviews/radiant-baby-1200543042/|archive-date=March 30, 2017}} a musical about artist Keith Haring, in various roles. In 2004 she was in the original ensemble of Dracula, the Musical, and was the understudy for Kelli O'Hara as Lucy Westenra. In 2006 she was in the original ensemble of the musical Tarzan, and was also the understudy for Jennifer Gambatese as Jane Porter.{{cite web |title=Lena Hall |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/lena-hall-vault-0000072610 |website=Playbill |access-date=November 25, 2021}}
In 2008, she competed in the reality show Legally Blonde: The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods, a competition to be cast as Elle Woods in the Broadway production of Legally Blonde, and was the 3rd contestant eliminated,{{cite web|title=Where are they now?: Legally Blonde – The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods|url=http://stagedoordish.com/where-are-they-now-legally-blonde-the-musical-the-search-for-elle-woods/|website=Stage Door Dish|date=September 3, 2013|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506071500/http://stagedoordish.com/where-are-they-now-legally-blonde-the-musical-the-search-for-elle-woods/|archive-date=May 6, 2017}} and starred in the Off-Broadway musicals Green Eyes,{{cite news|last=Gans|first=Andrew|title=Green Eyes, with Blaemire, Carvajal, Watkinson and Bloch, Begins Aug. 16|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/green-eyes-with-blaemire-carvajal-watkinson-and-bloch-begins-aug-16-com-152486|work=Playbill|date=August 16, 2008|access-date=March 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401060223/http://www.playbill.com/article/green-eyes-with-blaemire-carvajal-watkinson-and-bloch-begins-aug-16-com-152486|archive-date=April 1, 2017}} and Bedbugs!!!, in which she played the role of Carly at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.{{cite news|last=Hetrick|first=Adam|title=Futuristic Pop Tuner Bedbugs!!! Begins NYMF Run Sept. 16|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/futuristic-pop-tuner-bedbugs-begins-nymf-run-sept-16-com-153285|work=Playbill|date=September 16, 2008|access-date=March 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401060255/http://www.playbill.com/article/futuristic-pop-tuner-bedbugs-begins-nymf-run-sept-16-com-153285|archive-date=April 1, 2017}}{{cite news|last=Gates|first=Anita|title=Enter Singing: Giant Bedbugs, Fancy Boys, Bank Robbers, Potato Farmers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/theater/01fest.html|work=The New York Times|date=September 30, 2008|access-date=March 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401061200/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/theater/01fest.html|archive-date=April 1, 2017}}
In 2009, she was the understudy for Leslie Kritzer in the role of Monica P. Miller in the musical Rooms: A Rock Romance.{{cite web|title=Rooms: A Rock Romance|url=http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/4853|website=Internet Off-Broadway Database|access-date=April 2, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403111601/http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/4853|archive-date=April 3, 2017}} Also in 2009, she took over the lead role of Sarah in the musical The Toxic Avenger at the New World Stages.{{cite news|title=Celina Carvajal to Play The Toxic Avenger's Sexy Blind Librarian|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/98578/celina-carvajal-to-play-the-toxic-avengers-sexy-blind-librarian/|work=Broadway.com|date=May 29, 2009|access-date=March 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401144217/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/98578/celina-carvajal-to-play-the-toxic-avengers-sexy-blind-librarian/|archive-date=April 1, 2017}}
In 2011, she performed as Daughter of the Ocean in the musical Prometheus Bound,{{cite news|title=Lea DeLaria & More Join A.R.T.'s Prometheus Bound, Starring Gavin Creel|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/155103/lea-delaria-more-join-arts-prometheus-bound-starring-gavin-creel/|work=Broadway.com|date=February 1, 2011|access-date=April 2, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043143/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/155103/lea-delaria-more-join-arts-prometheus-bound-starring-gavin-creel/|archive-date=April 4, 2017}} inspired by Aeschylus's Ancient Greek tragedy, at the American Repertory Theater,{{cite news|last=Rizzo|first=Frank|title=Prometheus Bound|url=https://variety.com/2011/legit/reviews/prometheus-bound-1117944779/|work=Variety|date=March 7, 2011|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330180018/http://variety.com/2011/legit/reviews/prometheus-bound-1117944779/|archive-date=March 30, 2017}} and also appeared as Blaze in the musical Chix6.{{cite news|last=Rhoades|first=Liz|title='Chix 6,' a rock kaleidoscope for the senses|url=http://www.qchron.com/qboro/stories/chix-a-rock-kaleidoscope-for-the-senses/article_b9ca9028-0326-5877-9a2d-2679e3f1d019.html|work=Queens Chronicle|date=October 13, 2011|access-date=March 30, 2017}} In 2013, Hall originated the role of Nicola (played on film by Jemima Rooper) in the musical Kinky Boots, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical at the 67th Tony Awards.
In 2013, her band The Deafening released an album with original songs titled Central Booking.
In 2014, Hall was cast as Yitzhak in the Broadway production Hedwig and the Angry Inch, (a role previously played Off-Broadway by Miriam Shor) opposite Neil Patrick Harris, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the 68th Tony Awards.{{cite web |last=Cerasaro |first=Pat |title=InDepth InterView: Lena Hall Talks HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH, Plus KINKY BOOTS, CATS, Upcoming The Deafening Gigs & More |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/InDepth-InterView-Lena-Hall-Talks-HEDWIG-THE-ANGRY-INCH-Plus-KINKY-BOOTS-CATS-Upcoming-The-Deafening-Gigs-More-20140414 |website=BroadwayWorld |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606230006/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/InDepth-InterView-Lena-Hall-Talks-HEDWIG-THE-ANGRY-INCH-Plus-KINKY-BOOTS-CATS-Upcoming-The-Deafening-Gigs-More-20140414 |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |date=April 14, 2014 |url-status=live}} She left the role on April 4, 2015, after playing Yitzhak opposite Harris, Darren Criss, Michael C. Hall, Andrew Rannells and John Cameron Mitchell as Hedwig. In 2016, she was cast in the national tour of Hedwig, which opened on October 2, 2016, reprising her role as Yitzhak, and for one performance a week, playing the title role of Hedwig for a total of eight performances in Los Angeles and San Francisco,{{cite web|last=Clement|first=Olivia|title=Lena Hall Hopes to Play Hedwig in Her Own Run|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/lena-hall-is-hoping-to-play-hedwig-in-her-own-run|work=Playbill|date=December 5, 2016|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331120342/http://www.playbill.com/article/lena-hall-is-hoping-to-play-hedwig-in-her-own-run|archive-date=March 31, 2017}} making her the first actor to play both roles in the same production.{{cite news|last=Gelt|first=Jessica|title=Lena Hall on her history-making double play in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lena-hall-hedwig-20161118-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 18, 2016|access-date=November 25, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118224338/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lena-hall-hedwig-20161118-story.html|archive-date=November 18, 2016}} She played the roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles alongside Glee star Darren Criss.{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/lena-hall-will-play-yitzhak-and-hedwig-in-tour-of-hedwig-and-the-angry-inch |title=Lena Hall Will Play Yitzhak and Hedwig in Tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch |date=May 24, 2016 |access-date=June 10, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610004035/http://www.playbill.com/article/lena-hall-will-play-yitzhak-and-hedwig-in-tour-of-hedwig-and-the-angry-inch |archive-date=June 10, 2016 }}
Following her run in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hall toured North America alongside Josh Groban on his Stages Tour.{{Cite web|last=Peterson|first=Tyler|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Winner-Lena-Hall-Will-Hit-the-Road-Alongside-Josh-Groban-for-STAGES-Tour-20150911|title=Tony Winner Lena Hall Will Hit the Road Alongside Josh Groban For STAGES Tour|date=September 11, 2015|website=BroadwayWorld}}
On September 28, 2015, Hall released her first solo album, Sin & Salvation: Live At the Carlyle, featuring her renditions of songs from artists such as Led Zeppelin, Tori Amos, Hozier, and James Brown. The album was recorded at the Carlyle Hotel during Hall's musical show Sin & Salvation, which ran for two weeks.{{cite news|last=Rosky|first=Nicole|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Winner-Lena-Hall-Releases-SIN-SALVATION-Live-Album-Today-20150928|title=Tony Winner Lena Hall Releases SIN & SALVATION Live Album Today!|work=BroadwayWorld|date=September 28, 2015|access-date=July 18, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802081423/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Winner-Lena-Hall-Releases-SIN-SALVATION-Live-Album-Today-20150928|archive-date=August 2, 2017}}
Her TV work include 9 episodes of All My Children in the role of Treena in 2009, Juicy Lucy in Good Girls Revolt (2015), the voice of Countess Coloratura/Rara in the 115th episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, titled "The Mane Attraction".{{cite news|last=Robbins|first=Caryn|title=VIDEO: Tony Winner Lena Hall Makes Singing Guest Appearance on My Little Pony|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Tony-Winner-Lena-Hall-Makes-Singing-Guest-Appearance-on-MY-LITTLE-PONY-20151124|work=BroadwayWorld|date=November 24, 2015|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302184308/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Tony-Winner-Lena-Hall-Makes-Singing-Guest-Appearance-on-MY-LITTLE-PONY-20151124|archive-date=March 2, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Lena Hall: Rara Reacts to Rara [MLP Countess Coloratura]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka-ZHN91198|via=YouTube|date=November 21, 2015|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204062621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka-ZHN91198|archive-date=February 4, 2017}}
In 2016, Hall played Holly, a seductive yoga instructor in an episode of the HBO series Girls.{{cite web |last=Allen |first=Rebekah |title=10 Reasons Lena Hall Needs to be Your New Girl Crush |url=http://www.pride.com/gay-tv/2016/3/21/10-reasons-lena-hall-needs-be-your-new-girl-crush |website=Pride.com |date=March 21, 2016 |access-date=March 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325095322/http://www.pride.com/gay-tv/2016/3/21/10-reasons-lena-hall-needs-be-your-new-girl-crush |archive-date=March 25, 2016}} She also performed the songs along with Tony Vincent for the fictional band "Dog Gone" in the 2015 PBS series Nature Cat.{{cite web|title=VIDEO: Sneak Peek – Lena Hall & More Broadway Stars Set for New PBS Series NATURE CAT|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Sneak-Peek-Lena-Hall-More-Broadway-Stars-Set-for-New-PBS-Series-NATURE-CAT-20151118|website=BroadwayWorld|date=November 18, 2015|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330180154/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Sneak-Peek-Lena-Hall-More-Broadway-Stars-Set-for-New-PBS-Series-NATURE-CAT-20151118|archive-date=March 30, 2017}}
She has appeared in the movies Sex and the City (2008), The Graduates (2008), Born from the Foot (2009), The Big Gay Musical (2009), and Becks (2017), in which she plays the title role and her first leading role in a feature film,{{cite news|title=That's a Wrap on Becks!|url=http://jpnatysin.com/thats-a-wrap-on-becks/|publisher=JP Sound|date=September 5, 2016|access-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330185151/http://jpnatysin.com/thats-a-wrap-on-becks/|archive-date=March 30, 2017}} and received widespread critical acclaim for her performance.{{Cite web|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/becks-review-1202475632/|title=Film Review: Becks|website=Variety|date=June 28, 2017}} It won the U.S. Fiction Award at the LA Film Festival.{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Greg|url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/los-angeles-film-festival-award-winners-becks-the-keeping-hours-liyana-1202118603/|title=L.A. Film Fest Award Winners: 'Becks', The Keeping HoursAmong Honorees – Complete List|website=Deadline|date=June 22, 2017}}
In 2017, Hall starred in the role of Pip on Sarah Ruhl's Off-Broadway play How to Transcend a Happy Marriage starring opposite Marisa Tomei at the Lincoln Center.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/how-transcend-a-happy-marriage-theater-review-987390|title='How To Transcend a Happy Marriage': Theater Review|last=Schek|first=Frank|date=March 20, 2017|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}
Hall released a series of 12 digital EPs titled Obsessed in 2018, one per month. The January release consists of selections from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, while each of the others features her renditions of several songs by a different artist.
In 2021, Hall voice acted in a live-streamed reading of a science fiction screenplay called Aurora by Joe Scott, playing multiple roles. The reading, which served as Scott's YouTube channel's Halloween special and centered around the Aurora, Texas, UFO incident, saw its proceeds donated to Team Seas.{{Cite web|last=Scott|first=Joe|date=October 30, 2021|website=YouTube|title="Aurora" Live Script Reading!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIHjoLY_w7k|access-date=30 October 2021}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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=Live albums=
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=Extended plays=
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US Heat. {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=lena+hall&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=&chart_date=|title=Chart Search: Lena Hall|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 4, 2020}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US |
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scope="row"| Obsessed: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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scope="row"| Obsessed: Peter Gabriel
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scope="row"| Obsessed: Elton John
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scope="row"| Obsessed: The Cranberries
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scope="row"| Obsessed: Pink
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scope="row"| Obsessed: Radiohead
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scope="row"| Obsessed: Jack White
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scope="row"| Obsessed: David Bowie
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scope="row"| Obsessed: Beck
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scope="row"| Obsessed: Muse
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scope="row"| Obsessed: Nirvana
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scope="row"| Obsessed: Chris Cornell
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=Other album appearances=
- Tarzan (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2004)
- Dracula (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2006)
- Central Booking (2012) – with The Deafening
- Kinky Boots (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2013)
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2014)
- Pinkie Pie's Party Playlist (2016)
- Desmond Child Live (2019) – Desmond Child
- Home Street Home, Volume 1 (2020)
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
rowspan="2"|2008
| Twenty-Something Girl No. 4 | rowspan="4"|(as Celina Carvajal) |
The Graduates
| Inga |
rowspan="2"|2009
| Born from the Foot | Barney |
The Big Gay Musical
| Wife / Eve |
2014
| Russian Broadway Shut Down | Lesbian | Short film |
2017
| Becks | Becks | |
2025
| {{TableTBA}} | Post-production |
=Television=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
rowspan="2"|2008
| Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods | Herself | 5 episodes (as Celina Carvajal) |
All My Children
| Treena | 9 episodes (as Celina Carvajal) |
rowspan="3"|2015
| One-Night Stand (voice) | Episode: "Yesterdayland" |
Good Girls Revolt
| Juicy Lucy | Episode: "Pilot" |
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
| Countess Coloratura / Rara (voice) | Episode: "The Mane Attraction" |
2015–2024
| Missy Dog (voice) | Episode: "The Treasure of Bad Dog Bart/Pet Sounds", "Freezin' in the Summer Season/Total Eclipse of the Sun", interlude segments |
2016
| Girls | Holly | Episode: "Queen for Two Days" |
2020–2024
| Miss Audrey | Main cast (32 episodes) |
2022
| Evil | Marie Taylor | Episode: "The Demon of Algorithms" |
2024
| "Can of Tuna" Singer (voice) | Episode: "Fourth Course" |
2025
| Alison "Ali" Cooper | Upcoming series |
Theater
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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- [http://www.lenahall.com/ Official website]
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