Lena Hall (born January 30, 1980) is an American actress and singer. She is known for being the lead singer of the band The Deafening and for her work on Broadway, including originating the role of Nicola in Kinky Boots and her Tony Award-winning role as Yitzhak in the 2014 revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Her band The Deafening released an album with original songs in 2012 titled Central Booking.

Biography

Hall was born Celina Consuela Gabriella Carvajal in San Francisco, California on January 30, 1980 to Carlos and Carolyn (née Houser) Carvajal.

She is a graduate of Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, where she first studied dance. She is an alumnus of the Young People's Teen Musical Theatre Company in San Francisco. She has Filipino, Spanish, and Swedish ancestry through her father. Hall changed her professional name to Lena Hall in 2013, saying she had created it for her music persona and now wanted to use it for her acting career as well. Her sister is stylist Calliope "Calli" Carvajal.