Lea Michele Through The Years

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Three years later, she played Little Girl in Ragtime.

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Although she stepped away from the stage in 2009 when Ryan Murphy wrote the role of Rachel Berry for her specifically, her love for Broadway was written into the character.

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Following the show, the iconic writer and director included Michele in many of his projects.

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In fact, when Glee ended in 2015, she signed on as the lead of his next series, Scream Queens.

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The horror comedy, in which she starred alongside original scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, didn’t include singing and the character was nothing like Rachel Berry.

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Instead, she wore a neck brace and desperately tried to fit in with the It-Girls in school.

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