When Ryan Murphy announced that he would be bringing in freshmen to fill the spots of graduating students – Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith, and Lea Michele, we wondered when they would arrive, but we didn’t know it would be this soon. 28-year old actress Vanessa Lengies will join the cast on the upcoming third season as a new freshman with characteristic traits resembling Molly Shannon and a New Jersey housewife.
Vanessa Lengies is best known for her role on the NBC musical drama American Dreams, but I don’t remember her ever being a character who sung. I’m pretty excited to see her stint on the show, but Lengies isn’t exactly a newbie to this industry like the rest of the cast are and she’s also playing a character that is most likely 13 years younger than her actual age.