Vanessa Lengies

Vanessa Lengies
Born	(1985-07-21) July 21, 1985 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)	Actress, dancer, singer
Years active	1996–present

Vanessa Lengies (born July 21, 1985) is a Canadian actress, dancer and singer best known for starring in the drama American Dreams as Roxanne Bojarski. She recently appeared as Nurse Kelly Epson on the TNT medical drama HawthoRNe, and has appeared in the recurring role of Sugar Motta in the third and fourth seasons of the Fox series Glee. She is also currently appearing in the role of Loco Uno in an online mockumentary and sitcom called MyMusic.

Early life

Born to a German father and an Egyptian mother, Lengies grew up in a little town called Hudson, Quebec. There she graduated from Hudson High School in 2002. Lengies got her start in Canadian television on shows such as Sponk!, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Radio Active, and Popular Mechanics for Kids. Her voice was lent to Emily on the PBS animated series Arthur. In 2000, she had the lead role in the Showtime film Ratz.

Career

In 2002, she was cast as a series regular in the NBC comedy-drama American Dreams, playing teenager Roxanne Bojarski. The show was set in Philadelphia in the mid-1960s, and Roxanne becomes one of the dancers on the American Bandstand television show hosted by Dick Clark. The series ran for three seasons, with the final episode broadcast on March 30, 2006 .

In August 2005, she co-starred with Hilary Duff and Heather Locklear in the comedy The Perfect Man. She also plays a supporting role as the jailbait hostess, Natasha, in the 2005 American film Waiting..., and reprised the role in the film's 2009 sequel, Still Waiting.... In 2006, she co-starred with Jeff Bridges and Missy Peregrym as a gymnast in the film Stick It.

For The Grudge 2, the role of Vanessa was originally written for Lengies, who eventually turned it down to film My Suicide; the part still bears her name. She has also appeared in CBS show Ghost Whisperer in an episode titled "The Vanishing" and the NBC show Medium in the episode "Apocalypse... Now?". She made another appearance in an episode of the short-lived CBS show Moonlight.

Lengies was seen as Sophia in the Lifetime original drama series Monarch Cove. She also co-starred in the ABC online comedy, Squeegees.

She appeared as Nurse Kelly Epson on the TNT medical drama HawthoRNe from 2009 through 2011. The role was a recurring one for the first season, and Lengies became a series regular for the following two seasons. The show, which ran for three seasons of ten episodes starting each June, was not renewed for a fourth summer.

In August 2011, Lengies was cast in the recurring role of Sugar Motta for the third season of Glee. Sugar, who is well-off, self-confident, and has a tin ear, first appeared in the season premiere on September 20, 2011. Since then, Sugar's singing has greatly improved, and she now performs with the main glee club, New Directions; she had her first solo line in the season's tenth episode, "Yes/No".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Vange	TV film
2000	Ratz	Marci Kornbalm	Main role
2005	Waiting...	Natasha	Supporting role
2005	The Perfect Man	Amy Pearl	Main role
2006	The Substance of Things Hoped For	Daphne	Lead role
2006	Stick It	Joanne Charis	Main role
2006	Split Decision	Ashley	TV film
2007	Untitled David Kohan/Max Mutchnick TV Project	Tessa	TV film
2008	Squeegees	Annie Hackett	TV film
2008	Foreign Exchange	Robyn	Lead role
2008	Extreme Movie	Carla	Supporting role
2009	This Might Hurt	Lili Birdsall	TV film
2009	Archie's Final Project	Mallory	Supporting role
2009	Still Waiting...	Natasha	Supporting role
2013	Rodeo Drive Diva	Amber Green	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995–1996	The Little Lulu Show	Annie Inch (voice)	Guest cast
1996–2006	Arthur	Emily	Guest cast
1997	Lassie	Charity	Episode: "The Manhunt"
1998	Radio Active	Sarah Leigh	Main Cast
1998	Caillou	Boy/Girl (voice)	Guest Cast
1999–2000	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Vange	Main cast
2000	For Better or For Worse	Elizabeth Patterson	Main cast
2002–2005	American Dreams	Roxanne Bojarski	Main Role
2005	8 Simple Rules	Monica	Episode: "The After Party"
2006	Ghost Whisperer	Caitlin Emerson	Episode: "The Vanishing"
2006	Monarch Cove	Sophia Preston	Main Cast
2007	Moonlight	Leni Hayes	Episode: "Fever"
2007	The Cleaner	Lolly	Episode: "Rag Dolls"
2009	Medium	Zoey Lehman	Episode: "Apocalypse... Now?"
2009–2011	HawthoRNe	Kelly Epson	Recurring (Season 1) / Main Cast (Seasons 2–3); 29 episodes
2010	Accidentally on Purpose	Tracy	Episode: "Back to School"
2010	CSI: Miami	Shea Williamson	Episode: "Reality Skills"
2010	Rules of Engagement	Julia	Episode: "Refusing to Budget"
2011	Castle	Eliza Winter	Episode: "Poof! You're Dead"
2011–2013	Glee	Sugar Motta	Recurring (Seasons 3–4); 24 episodes
2012–present	MyMusic	Loco Uno	Guest cast
2013	Mixology	Kasey	Main Cast

Awards and nomination

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2001	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy) - Leading Young Actress	Ratz	Nominated
2003	Young Artist Awards	Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama)	American Dreams	Nominated
2004	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress		Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Sidekick		Nominated
2013	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Glee	Nominated

Discography

Main article: Glee Cast discography

• Glee: The Music Presents Glease

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US	CAN	UK	ARIA
2011	"Candyman"	-	-	158	-
	"Survivor/I Will Survive"	51	47	97	78
2012	"Cell Block Tango"	-	-	175	-
	"—" denotes releases that did not chart

External links

• Vanessa Lengies at IMDb