Trivia

Had her tonsils removed at age 26, which made her voice change at the same time that she joined a rock band, The Deafening. Hall stated that it was good because it forced her to sing in ways other than musical theater and classical. It forced her to find the grittiness and the Janis Joplin stuff, in a way that she wouldn't hurt her voice so that she could perform for an hour and still be fine; she's really grateful for that because it made her more of a diverse performer and singer.

Her parents are Carlos Carvajal, a choreographer, and Carolyn (née Houser) Carvajal, a prima ballerina. In the 1970s, her father started the San Francisco Dance Spectrum, and is the current co-artistic director of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, while her mother danced with the San Francisco Ballet for 29 years.

Changed her professional name from Celina Carvajal to Lena Hall in 2013, stating that she had created it for her music persona and now wanted to use it for her acting career as well. "Lena Hall" is just two shortenings of her first name,Celina, and last name, ("jal" from Carvajal). She later found out that her birth surname, Carvajal, is actually a stage name taken seven generations back and kept as a family name.

Graduated from the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts in 1997.

Sang for Pope John Paul II at Candlestick Stadium for over 50,000 people when she was seven years old. [1987].

Was a member of the Young People's Teen Musical Theatre Company in San Francisco.

Is one-quarter Filipino. She has Filipino, Spanish, and Swedish ancestry through her father. Her father's father immigrated to San Francisco from the Philippines in 1926, and her father is the first generation in San Francisco. Her paternal grandmother is Swedish.

Is a natural blonde.

Is a former ballet dancer. Was a soloist ballerina in a children's company and went to France to study ballet on full scholarship. When she was 12 years old, her sister performed in the musical '42nd Street' with the Young People's Teen Musical Theatre Company in San Francisco, and when Lena saw her sister on stage, she told her parents that she wanted to quit ballet and joined the company that her sister was in. She did shows with the company from when she was 12 to 17 years old.

Has two sisters. One of her sisters is hair stylist Calliope "Calli" Carvajal.

Made her Broadway debut in 1999 in "Cats", taking over the role of Demeter after first performing in the national tour in 1998.