Rachel Zegler is 22 years old as she was born on May 3, 2001.
Rachel Zegler was born in New Jersey to Gina and Craig Zegler. She was named after Rachel Green, a character from the TV show Friends, and she has an older sister. Zegler grew up in Clifton, New Jersey, and went to St. Philip the Apostle Preparatory School. Later, she attended Immaculate Conception High School, a Catholic all-girls college-prep school, and graduated on June 2, 2019.
How tall is Rachel Zegler?
Rachel Zegler is 5′ 2″/ 1.57 meters tall. She is a rising star actress and singer. Zegler started her career in musical theater while she was in high school at Immaculate Conception High School. She played various lead roles in musicals like Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street, Ariel in The Little Mermaid, and Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical.
She got nominated for Metro Awards in the Actress in a Leading Role category for all these performances. She also played other roles, such as Serena in Legally Blonde, Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Cosette in Les Misérables.
Zegler had a YouTube channel since July 2015, which gained some attention. In 2020, her video of her singing "Shallow" from A Star Is Born got over 11 million views on Twitter. In January 2018, director Steven Spielberg posted on Twitter that he was looking for talent for a new West Side Story film. Zegler, who was 16 then, responded with videos of her singing "Tonight" and "I Feel Pretty."
She had performed these songs at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in 2017. She was chosen out of more than 30,000 applicants to play the role of Maria, which marked her debut in films. The movie came out in December 2021 and received praise from both critics and viewers. Zegler's performance earned her a Critics' Choice Movie Award nomination for Best Young Performer, and she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical.
This made her the first Colombian actress to win in that category, and she was the youngest winner at 20 years old. Afterward, Zegler was cast in movies like DC's Shazam: Fury of the Gods, Disney's Snow White, and Spellbound. She was also cast to play the role of Lucy Gray Baird in the upcoming film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Who is Rachel Zegler Dating?
Rachel Zegler is dating Josh Andrés Rivera and the couple have been dating since 2019. Andrés Rivera is an American actor who gained fame for his role as Chino in Steven Spielberg's 2021 version of West Side Story. He was also part of the original cast for the first national tour of Hamilton.
FAQs
A. Rachel Zegler once mentioned that she's semi-fluent in Spanish. She explained that she managed to get by during a week in Barcelona, and Spanish has been spoken around her for as long as she can remember.
A. Yes, Rachel Zegler has an Instagram account. Her Instagram id is rachelzegler.
A. Yes, Rachel Zegler can play guitar. She learned it for her role as Lucy Gray Baird in the upcoming movie The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
