25 Facts About Lindsay Pearce

Lindsay Heather Pearce was born on April 30,1991 and is an American actress and singer best known for her work in musical theatre.

Lindsay Pearce made her Broadway debut as Elphaba in Wicked in February 2020 and later made her national tour debut as Janis Sarkisian in Mean Girls in May 2022 and then Fantine in Les Miserables.

Lindsay Pearce is known for being one of the runners-up on The Glee Project, which gave her a guest starring role on the third season of the TV show Glee in 2011.

Lindsay Pearce was adopted into a very athletic family; all three of her brothers played sports and one, Heath Pearce, went on to be a professional soccer player.

At a young age, Lindsay Pearce moved with her family to Portland, Oregon, so her father could attend Multnomah University.

Lindsay Pearce became a regular in shows with Opera Modesto, Denair Gaslight Theater, Sonora's Stage 3 Theatre, and Turlock Youth Performing Arts.

Lindsay Pearce was in productions of Peter Pan and Cinderella with Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

Lindsay Pearce attended Modesto Christian High School until her sophomore year, when she decided to leave and apply to other programs because it did not have an arts program.

Lindsay Pearce then attended Valley Charter High School to complete her high school education while simultaneously taking full time college classes at Modesto Junior College, where she studied classical voice, Shakespeare, movement for the stage and English literature and was able to participate in college theatre.

Lindsay Pearce intended to attend a four-year university for musical theatre and applied to several, including Elon University, when she was 19 but was not accepted.

Lindsay Pearce's plan was to do another semester at Modesto Junior College and then reapply.

Lindsay Pearce reached the show's finale, but did not win the competition; however, the producers gave her and the other runner-up, Alex Newell, each a two-episode arc on Glee.

Lindsay Pearce later explained that being on The Glee Project felt like abuse and the show was heavily edited to make her seem like a monster.

Lindsay Pearce appeared for a second time in the eighth episode, "Hold On to Sixteen", in which Harmony was the lead singer of a different group, the Unitards, a rival show choir competing against the show's main glee club, New Directions.

Lindsay Pearce was complimented for her rendition by Billboard Rae Votta, who said she was a "fantastic singer".

The day after The Glee Project finale aired, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Lindsay Pearce had been cast to star as Snow White in El Portal Theatre's production of the musical A Snow White Christmas.

Bobbie Whiteman of Variety wrote that Lindsay Pearce as "a very sassy Snow [that] belts out Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' in true Broadway fashion", and that "her voice blends beautifully with Bergen's", the show's prince.

Lindsay Pearce next starred in the role of Cathy in Jason Robert Brown's musical The Last Five Years at the Brauntex Theatre in New Braunfels, Texas.

Lindsay Pearce noted that "when they actively share the stage, Pearce and Trevino show off great chemistry".

Ten days later, Lindsay Pearce had been cast as Wendla Bergman, the female lead in the musical Spring Awakening, which was presented in Los Angeles by Over the Moon Productions.

Between 2013 and 2017, Lindsay Pearce appeared in various roles in the For the Record series in Los Angeles and on the Norwegian Cruise Lines alongside cast such as Janel Parrish, Rumer Willis, Barrett Foa, Shoshana Bean, and Ginifer King.

Lindsay Pearce subsequently won 2013 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles's Best Leading Actress in a Musical award for her performance as Ivy.

On February 25,2020, Lindsay Pearce made her Broadway debut as Elphaba in Wicked.

Lindsay Pearce moved to Los Angeles, California, following The Glee Project in 2011 and resided there until she moved to New York in 2020 for her job in Wicked.

Lindsay Pearce's drinking and drug use escalated in the spring of 2013 and she made the decision to get clean and sober in February 2018.