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Alex Newell
ActorBorn August 20, 1992 (32 years)
Alex Eugene Newell (born August 20, 1992) is an American actor and singer. They are known for their role as Unique Adams on the Fox musical series Glee and Mo on Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist. Newell also starred as Asaka in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island at the Circle in the Square Theatre in 2018. For their role in Shucked, they won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Newell and J. Harrison Ghee were the first openly non-binary actors to be nominated for and win a Tony Award.
As a singer, Newell has released tracks with Clean Bandit, Blonde, and The Knocks.
As a singer, Newell has released tracks with Clean Bandit, Blonde, and The Knocks.
Filmography
| 2025 | Lulu Is a Rhinoceros · as Cory / Kitten (voice) |
| 2025 | Another Simple Favor · as Vicky |
| 2025 | Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert · as Leading Player |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (TV Series) · as Pebble (voice) |
| 2022 | The Book of Queer (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2022 | Learning with Pibby: Apocalypse · as Melira (voice) |
| 2021 | Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas · as Mo |
| 2021 | Our Kind of People (TV Series) · as Tommy 'tizzie' Jones |
| 2020 | A Killer Party · as Shea Crescendo |
| 2020 | RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (TV Series) · as Madam That Bitch - Contestant |
| 2020 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (TV Series) · as Mo |
| 2019 | Hazbin Hotel (TV Series) · as Zeezi (voice) |
| 2015 | Resident Advisors (TV Series) · as Morgan |
| 2015 | Resident Advisors · as Morgan |
| 2015 | Empire (2015) (TV Series) · as Hey Beautiful |
| 2013 | Geography Club · as Ike |
| 2009 | Glee (TV Series) · as Wade 'unique' Adams |