Lea Salonga Lea Salonga promotional photo of Lea Origin Manila Years active 1981-present Genre(s) Easy Listening R&B, Light Filipino Pop Label(s) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Pilipinas) Lea Salonga-Chien (born on February 22, 1971 in Manila) is Tony Award-winning actress and singer from the Philippines who achieved international recognition for her portrayal of Kim, the lead role in the musical Miss Saigon and as Eponine in Les Misérables. She is of Tagalog descent. She is currently married to Robert Chien, a Japanese-Chinese marketing executive at a computer company in Los Angeles, with whom she is expecting her first child. She was previously engaged twice before -- first to Richard Grau, a fellow Filipino who worked on Wall Street, and then to Michael Lee, a Korean-American fellow performer.
