2025Nominee
Best Performance
Another Simple Favor
Alex Newell
Actor
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
August 20, 1992
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Performance
Lulu Is a Rhinoceros
2021Nominee
Best Performance
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
Career Highlights
2023Highlight
Best Performance
Commitment to Life
2013Highlight
Best Performance
Geography Club
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Another Simple Favor
Lulu Is a Rhinoceros
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas