Glee is fast becoming the nations favourite TV show - having kicked ass over the pond in the US and now sending UK audiences in a spin with their cover of Don’t Stop Believing, we thought it was only fair to introduce you to the shows stars.
Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison)
Will Schuester is a former star of McKinley High School's Glee Club, the after-school musical club, 'New Directions'. As the new head of McKinley's Glee Club, Will hopes to take his team all the way to Nationals. He is determined to do whatever it takes to make Glee great again, even though everyone around him thinks he's crazy and his skills are often brought into question. Will is also a young, optimistic Spanish teacher who is married to his high school sweetheart, Terri Schuester.
Rachel Berry (Lea Michele)
Rachel Berry is a talented member of McKinley's Glee Club. She is perfectionistic and convinced that the show's choir is her ticket to stardom, in fact, she always puts a gold star after she signs her name because she is sure she will be a star someday. She is often picked on by the popular cheerleaders, the Cheerios and the football team. She is the only child of an interracial same-sex couple. Rachel is interested in musicals, movie musicals, and TV musicals.
Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch)
Sue Sylvester is McKinley's cheerleading coach, where she rules the 'Cheerios' with a rod of iron. She is the mortal enemy of the Glee Club and soon instructs some of her cheerleaders, Quinn, Brittany and Santana to help her bring the club down from the inside. She has an evil side and is willing to go to any ends to get what she wants, including inappropriate behaviour with the kids and manipulation worthy of Machiavelli. She loves being in the press and has her own spot on the local news, which she uses to editorialise on issues such as support for caning and pro-littering.
Terri Schuester (Jessalyn Gilsig)
Terri Schuester is the rather demanding wife of her high school sweetheart, Will Schuester. Soon her perfect marriage is threatened by both Will's involvement in the Glee Club and also the attentions of fellow school employee Emma. She turns to drastic measures to keep her man - and soon developments have spiralled out of control, making her fear that she will lose her man forever and making her actions even more dramatic and damaging. She is fond of crafts and Pottery Barn. She works at Sheets N' Things. Oh and Terri loves roast beef on pumpernickel sandwiches.
Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith)
Finn Hudson is a very popular quarterback on McKinley High School's football team. He is also a member of Glee, which immediately puts him into conflict with the rest of his jocky, football playing buddies. He lives with his single mother and after his father was killed in Operation Desert Storm. His interests include football, singing, hanging out with Quinn, playing football, burps, Halo 3, Call of Duty, Rocky II, sandbox, dreamer. He is involved with a member of the school's cheerleading team the Cheerios, Quinn. But an attraction to another glee member and some deception with his current girlfriend soon make life very complicated for young Finn and he's soon looking to the musical ventures of the Glee Club for escape.
Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron)
Quinn Fabray is Finn Hudson's girlfriend and is a member of the Cheerios cheerleading team, and President of the Christ Crusaders (aka Celibacy Club). The Cheerios are urged by their leader Sue to destroy Glee at all costs - a task that Quinn, at first, takes to with relish. But this causes a problem when Finn joins the Glee Club - and also when Quinn is forced to keep a secret from her boyfriend and other members of the football team. Soon Quinn is caught between her loyalty to Sue and the Cheerios, her boyfriend and her health.
Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley)
Mercedes Jones is a member of Glee. She is a dynamic diva-in-training who refuses to sing back-up, preferring to be the centre of attention. Mercedes is known to have a temper and can be outspoken at times. She has a flair for fashion and her interests include bling, vocal runs, and being FABULOUS all the time.
Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale)
Artie Abram is a member of Glee and is a paraplegic manual wheelchair. He's a geeky guitarist who spends more time avoiding bullies than chasing girls. His interests include wheelies, beat-boxing, and playing Dance Dance Revolution with his hands. He really loves the club, which helps him escape form the big, bad world, but when he feels betrayed by one of Glee's members, who he finds has deceived him, his commitment to the group is threatened.
Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer)
Kurt Hummel is ont of the more enthusiastic members of Glee. He is a soprano and has a flair for the dramatic - because of this he tends to draw the attention of the wrong school elements and finds himself bullied by the football team. He is a self-proclaimed fashion iconoclast, who loves to look good. His interests include promoting and marketing his new fragrance, 'Hummel'. He has some identity problems which cause problems with certain members of the group and with his dad, who he is always trying to impress and gain acceptance from.
Emma Pilsbury (Jayma Mays)
Emma Pillsbury is the guidance counselor at McKinley. She is single and harbours a secret crush on Will Schuester. Emma is mysophobic and has an acute fear of germs. Her interests include hand-washing, rug-fringe-straightening and the local news. She is a charter member of the Western Ohio Disinfectant Society. Always happy and excited, she is uber-neat and tidy with perfectly matched outfits and colour-coded clothes. To get over her unrequited love for Will, she starts to date another member of the McKinley faculty.
Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz)
Tina Cohen-Chang is the alternative member of Glee. She is awkward and needs to suppress her stutter before she can take center stage. Her interests include speed-metal, emo-core, cutting off her dolls' hair, and hanging with her speech therapist, Judy. She's considered a goth or a punk or just plain weird by the more 'normal' members of the school such as the Cherrios and the football team. But Tina has a secret that threatens a very special relationship that she forms within the group.
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Glee is fast becoming the nations favourite TV show - having kicked ass over the pond in the US and now sending UK audiences in a spin with their cover of Don’t Stop Believing, we thought it was only fair to introduce you to the shows stars.
Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison)
Will Schuester is a former star of McKinley High School's Glee Club, the after-school musical club, 'New Directions'. As the new head of McKinley's Glee Club, Will hopes to take his team all the way to Nationals. He is determined to do whatever it takes to make Glee great again, even though everyone around him thinks he's crazy and his skills are often brought into question. Will is also a young, optimistic Spanish teacher who is married to his high school sweetheart, Terri Schuester.
Rachel Berry (Lea Michele)
Rachel Berry is a talented member of McKinley's Glee Club. She is perfectionistic and convinced that the show's choir is her ticket to stardom, in fact, she always puts a gold star after she signs her name because she is sure she will be a star someday. She is often picked on by the popular cheerleaders, the Cheerios and the football team. She is the only child of an interracial same-sex couple. Rachel is interested in musicals, movie musicals, and TV musicals.
Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch)
Sue Sylvester is McKinley's cheerleading coach, where she rules the 'Cheerios' with a rod of iron. She is the mortal enemy of the Glee Club and soon instructs some of her cheerleaders, Quinn, Brittany and Santana to help her bring the club down from the inside. She has an evil side and is willing to go to any ends to get what she wants, including inappropriate behaviour with the kids and manipulation worthy of Machiavelli. She loves being in the press and has her own spot on the local news, which she uses to editorialise on issues such as support for caning and pro-littering.
Terri Schuester (Jessalyn Gilsig)
Terri Schuester is the rather demanding wife of her high school sweetheart, Will Schuester. Soon her perfect marriage is threatened by both Will's involvement in the Glee Club and also the attentions of fellow school employee Emma. She turns to drastic measures to keep her man - and soon developments have spiralled out of control, making her fear that she will lose her man forever and making her actions even more dramatic and damaging. She is fond of crafts and Pottery Barn. She works at Sheets N' Things. Oh and Terri loves roast beef on pumpernickel sandwiches.
Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith)
Finn Hudson is a very popular quarterback on McKinley High School's football team. He is also a member of Glee, which immediately puts him into conflict with the rest of his jocky, football playing buddies. He lives with his single mother and after his father was killed in Operation Desert Storm. His interests include football, singing, hanging out with Quinn, playing football, burps, Halo 3, Call of Duty, Rocky II, sandbox, dreamer. He is involved with a member of the school's cheerleading team the Cheerios, Quinn. But an attraction to another glee member and some deception with his current girlfriend soon make life very complicated for young Finn and he's soon looking to the musical ventures of the Glee Club for escape.
Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron)
Quinn Fabray is Finn Hudson's girlfriend and is a member of the Cheerios cheerleading team, and President of the Christ Crusaders (aka Celibacy Club). The Cheerios are urged by their leader Sue to destroy Glee at all costs - a task that Quinn, at first, takes to with relish. But this causes a problem when Finn joins the Glee Club - and also when Quinn is forced to keep a secret from her boyfriend and other members of the football team. Soon Quinn is caught between her loyalty to Sue and the Cheerios, her boyfriend and her health.
Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley)
Mercedes Jones is a member of Glee. She is a dynamic diva-in-training who refuses to sing back-up, preferring to be the centre of attention. Mercedes is known to have a temper and can be outspoken at times. She has a flair for fashion and her interests include bling, vocal runs, and being FABULOUS all the time.
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