Lea Salonga to have her own wax figure at Madame Tussauds

Lea Salonga is the latest Filipino celebrity to have her own wax figure at Madame Tussauds!

The theater icon’s figure will be produced and displayed at Madame Tussauds Singapore.

In a video posted on the Madame Tussauds official Instagram account, Lea could be seen meeting the team and getting her measurements done for the figure.

“It’s an absolute honor and a privilege. It’s fantastic,” she said.

To her supporters, she said, “Hi everybody. I’m super excited to be joining Madame Tussauds with my very own wax figure. Are you ready?”

Lea rose to stardom after starring as the original Kim in the musical “Miss Saigon.” Kim is a teenage Vietnamese girl who was orphaned and forced to work in the brothel Dreamland before the end of the Vietnam War. She was the first Filipino to win a Tony and Laurence Olivier Award for her role in the production.

Lea starred in “Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends” in the West End. In 2023, she made her Broadway comeback in the musical “Here Lies Love” as Aurora Aquino, former senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino’s mother.

Aside from her work in theater, Lea is also famous for being the singing voice of Disney Princesses Jasmine from “Aladdin” and Mulan.

In 2021, Lea joined the cast of “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.”

More Filipino celebrities with wax figures include Pia Wurtzbach, Catriona Gray, and Manny Pacquiao. Anne Curtis is also set to have her own figure.

 

 

 

 

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—Nika Roque/JCB, GMA Integrated News