Reception Quinn Fabray

quinn (agron, pictured) has received positive reviews critics.

quinn has received positive reviews critics. role saw agron nominated teen choice award female breakout star in 2009. , other cast members awarded screen actors guild award outstanding performance ensemble in comedy series in 2010, , nominated in same category following year.

the character s accidental pregnancy storyline received mixed reviews critics. tim stack entertainment weekly deemed dramatic twist , hoped not long-lasting storyline. reviews of storyline became increasingly negative, though agron praised dramatic acting during confrontation scene quinn s parents in ballad . gerrick d. kennedy, writing los angeles times, critical of ongoing pregnancy plot in episode hairography , , noted cringed whenever quinn appeared on screen. conversely, bobby hankinson of houston chronicle enjoyed quinn in episode, , wrote: love can keep mean girls edge while being heartbreakingly sad or joyful singing papa don t preach . reviewing episode journey regionals , entertainment weekly s darren franich called quinn s birthing scenes—interspersed vocal adrenaline performing queen s bohemian rhapsody —both brilliant , terrible . wrote, if nothing else, visually arresting way represent birthing process ve ever seen outside of miracle of life. kind of liked it. somewhere, freddie mercury nodding proudly, , saying, world, forgive rock you.

brett berk, writing vanity fair, positive scripting of quinn character in second season premiere, pregnancy storyline over, , happy see return of evil quinn . joel kelly of tv squad criticized decision pair quinn finn again in valentine s day oriented episode. saw regression of characters, , commented: yes, feels glee classic, because series started 2 of them together. both of them have changed—quinn more finn—and having them dating again seems re going days when quinn icy lead cheerio , finn nice dumb star quarterback.

quinn s season 3 reinvention attracted mixed reviews. lesley goldberg of hollywood reporter listed change highlight of episode, , hoped see more of new attitude. atlantic s kevin fallon called interesting thing quinn has done since giving birth baby soundtrack of bohemian rhapsody , vanderwerff suggested development hinged on fact producers no longer knew how utilize agron.

she ranked no. 13 in afterellen.com s top 50 favorite female tv characters.

musical performances

several songs performed agron quinn have been released singles, available digital download, featured on show s soundtrack albums. agron made musical debut @ end of episode showmance performed dionne warwick s little prayer . quinn s next solo in episode throwdown , performed supremes keep me hangin on . song released on glee: music, volume 1. flandez deemed cover of keep holding on , ensemble performance on episode, emotionally satisfying showstopper , critical of quinn s cover of keep me hangin on , called thin , jarring . aly semigran of mtv observed quinn spontaneously bursting song brought glee dangerously close high school musical territory . agron later performed solo in episode hairography singing madonna s papa don t preach after father learns pregnant. performance agron released single. performed rendition of james brown s s man s man s man s world in episode funk . cnn s lisa respers france disturbed quinn s weird performance of s man s man s man s world using pregnant teenagers backing dancers.

quinn (right) romantically linked sam evans (left) in second season; sang 2 duets together.

in season two, quinn performs lucky sam evans in episode duets , named critics impressive number of evening ; others called absolutely fantastic particular praise agron, said overlooked. lucky debuted @ number twenty-seven on billboard hot 100; @ number seventeen on billboard canadian hot 100. quinn s duet performance rachel berry (lea michele) of mash-up feel pretty / unpretty highest charted single featured in episode born way , debuting @ number twenty-two on billboard hot 100. peaked @ number thirteen on digital 100 charts , sold 112,000 digital downloads in united states in first week of release. highest charting glee single on billboard charts since loser me , debuted @ number 6 on billboard hot 100 , sold on 210,000 downloads in first week.

in season three, quinn sings first solo number since first season, never can goodbye jackson 5, received positive reviews. jen chaney of washington post gave song b− , , said worked better every track preceded because adapted song show instead of trying out-jackson jackson . entertainment weekly s joseph brannigan lynch called nice summation of character s journey, not vocally impressive enough justify listening outside of episode , gave b . crystal bell of huffpost tv described blah performance , kate stanhope of tv guide said sweet , reflective . erica futterman of rolling stone wrote tune well-suited quinn s sultry voice , flipped meaning gives lyrics , , tvline s michael slezak had similar take: gave , called remarkably lovely fit voice.