L Morgan Lee is an award-winning actress, director, and (sometimes) writer. In 2022, she received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical as well as a Drama League Distinguished Performance Award nomination for her standout work in A Strange Loop on Broadway - making history as the first openly trans actor to be nominated for a Tony Award®.
In London, L Morgan was seen portraying artist Lili Elbe in an adaptation of David Ebershoff’s novel,The Danish Girl (currently in development). Her previous work includes Off-Broadway, Regional, National/International tours, and concerts with artists including: Paul McCartney, Denyce Graves, Kenny Loggins, and Our Lady J. She was a recipient of Singnasium’s 2022 Trailblazer Award and has been honored with an Obie Award as well as a Lucille Lortel nomination for Best Featured Actress (both for her work in the 2019 Off-Broadway production of A Strange Loop.)
A visionary, dedicated to championing stories centering women and under researched voices, in 2021, Lee was the recipient of The Mark O’Donnell Prize for an emerging theatre artist. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Breaking the Binary Theatre Company where she directed an industry presentation of Shualee Cook’s play, Cercle Hermaphroditos as well as a variety of other programming including Overheard: A Commissioned Collection of Monologues by TNB2S+ Artists that was recently published and made available by Broadway Licensing. Lee’s recent work as a writer can be found in the Playwrights Horizons’ publication, Almanac, vol.3.
In the recording studio, she can be heard on the Grammy Award® nominated Broadway Cast Recording of A Strange Loop, The Rainbow Lullaby Album (Broadway Records), Joe Iconis’ album (Ghostlight Records), purring out “Sugar Fly Soul” as Ornate Williams in the Sugar Maple audio series (Osiris Media) and more.