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.

Career

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.

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. She appeared in the role of Loco Uno in an online mockumentary and sitcom called MyMusic.

She was cast as Kacey, a bubbly cocktail waitress, in the sitcom Mixology. However, ABC canceled Mixology after only one season. Originally cast in a guest role, Lengies was upped to a main cast role on FOX's 2016 drama Second Chance (earlier titled Lookinglass).

Glee

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". In 2013, Lengies visited her old high school, Hudson High School (now Westwood Senior High School) to see how much it had changed, and to speak to the Student Life and Drama students about her journey of how she got to be on the hit TV show Glee.

According to Lengies, Sugar's self-diagnosed Aspergers is part of her character. She said that it was difficult to sing poorly on purpose, especially with piano accompaniment. Sugar's debut was praised by Salon's Matt Zoller Seitz, who said of the new addition to McKinley, "She's awful. She's also an entitled little snot... She's a great character, and I hope we haven't seen the last of her." Entertainment Weekly's Abby West praised Sugar, and with Sue otherwise occupied hoped to see more of Sugar as "a thorn in the Glee club's side." On the other hand, TV Guide "jeered" Sugar, calling her "an off-key addition to the cast". The A.V. Club's Todd VanDerWerff concurred, and said of "I Am Unicorn", "Sugar continues to be one of my least favorite new characters in ages". The Huffington Post named Sugar Motta one of the "Worst TV Characters" in 2012. Respers France was entirely unimpressed with the routine. For her, Sugar's scene following it was one of the episode's few highlights, although she described Sugar as having "a horrible voice".

Following the end of the fourth season, Lengies announced her departure from Glee, citing frustration with not having the opportunity to act as she was hired per episode, though she did return for an appearance in the sixth season.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Waiting...	Natasha
2005	The Perfect Man	Amy Pearl
2006	The Substance of Things Hoped For	Daphne
2006	Stick It	Joanne Charis
2008	Foreign Exchange	Robyn	Lead role
2008	Extreme Movie	Carla
2009	Archie's Final Project	Mallory
2009	Still Waiting...	Natasha
2015	We Are Your Friends	Mel

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995-96	The Little Lulu Show	Annie Inch	Voice role
1996-2006	Arthur	Emily	Voice role
1997	Lassie	Charity	Episode: "The Manhunt"
1998	Radio Active	Sarah Leigh	Main role
1998	Caillou	Boy/Girl	Voice role
1999-2000	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Vange	Main role
2000	For Better or For Worse	Elizabeth Patterson	Main role
2000	Ratz	Marci Kornbalm	TV film; Main role Nominated — Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy) - Leading Young Actress
2002-05	American Dreams	Roxanne Bojarski	Main Role Nominated — Young Artist Awards for Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) Nominated — Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress Nominated — Teen Choice Awards for Choice TV Sidekick
2005	8 Simple Rules	Monica	Episode: "The After Party"
2006	Ghost Whisperer	Caitlin Emerson	Episode: "The Vanishing"
2006	Monarch Cove	Sophia Preston	Main role
2006	Split Decision	Ashley	TV film
2007	Moonlight	Leni Hayes	Episode: "Fever"
2007	The Cleaner	Lolly	Episode: "Rag Dolls"
2007	Untitled David Kohan/Max Mutchnick TV Project	Tessa	TV film
2008	Squeegees	Annie Hackett	TV film
2009	Medium	Zoey Lehman	Episode: "Apocalypse... Now?"
2009-11	Hawthorne	Kelly Epson	Recurring role (Season 1); main role (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"
2011-13, 2015	Glee	Sugar Motta	Recurring role (Seasons 3-4, 6); 26 episodes Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2012-13	MyMusic	Loco Uno	Recurring role (Season 1); 7 episodes
2014	Mixology	Kacey	Main role
2015	Resident Advisors	Marissa	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2016	Second Chance	Alexa	Main role
2016	Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures	Kordi Freemaker	Main role

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 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

[ Source: Wikipedia ]