Lea Michele strips down for a sexy photo shoot in the new British 'Marie Claire.'
"Glee has made me feel beautiful," she tells the magazine. "Now when people say that I don't feel like they're lying."
'I was told by agents and casting directors I wasn't right for TV,' the self confessed Gleek says of her early days in the industry. 'I didn't feel that but I was told it and you believe it. I was always working on Broadway and auditioning for TV - things like Law & Order - but there was never anything'.
Lea’s Glee opportunity came just two years ago when she performed a short run of Les Mis at the Hollywood Bowl, and used this as an excuse to try an make it Hollywood. The audition for Glee came up almost immediately.