Career
Leal's career began with the role of Dahlia Crede in the CBS daytime serial Guiding Light . Later, she joined the Broadway company of Rent . Soon after, she was cast as Mimi for the San Francisco leg of the first national tour of Rent . Leal appeared on the 1999 original cast recording of the Off-Broadway musical Bright Lights, Big City alongside Patrick Wilson and Jesse L. Martin. She also appeared on the 2001 cast recording of Making Tracks .
From 2000 to 2004, Leal starred in the Fox prime time TV series Boston Public . She also had a role in the theatrical release Face the Music. She then appeared in a recurring role in the short-lived NBC series LAX , as the wife of airport co-director, Roger de Souza.
In 2006, she co-starred in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls as Michelle Morris, Effie White's replacement in the pop group The Dreams, with Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx. In 2007, Leal was cast in the Tyler Perry production Why Did I Get Married? and This Christmas . In 2010, she starred in Perry's sequel production Why Did I Get Married Too? . She also portrayed the character Vanessa Lodge in the series Hellcats , until it was cancelled in 2011. In 2013, Leal played the supporting role in the movie 1982 , which tells a story of a drug addicted mother and a father's fight to protect his daughter.
In 2014, Leal released her album "Leal". [6]
Leal appears in seasons 2, 3, 5 and 6 of Supergirl as M'gann M'orzz (Megan in human form).
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