Vanessa Lengies (born July 21, 1985) is a Canadian actress, dancer and
singer. She is known for starring in the drama American Dreams as
Roxanne Bojarski. She appeared as Charge Nurse Kelly Epson on the TNT
medical drama HawthoRNe, and has appeared in the recurring role of
Sugar Motta in the third, fourth, and sixth seasons of the Fox series
Glee.Born to a German father and an Egyptian mother in Montreal,
Lengies grew up in Hudson, Quebec, where 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.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 in March 2005.
singer. She is known for starring in the drama American Dreams as
Roxanne Bojarski. She appeared as Charge Nurse Kelly Epson on the TNT
medical drama HawthoRNe, and has appeared in the recurring role of
Sugar Motta in the third, fourth, and sixth seasons of the Fox series
Glee.Born to a German father and an Egyptian mother in Montreal,
Lengies grew up in Hudson, Quebec, where 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.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 in March 2005.
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