Rachel Zegler Ethnicity

Rachel Zegler is an actress and singer from the United States. She appeared in movies such as The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and Shazam! Fury of the Gods.

Her birthday is on the 3rd of May. Born in 2001 in Hackensack, NJ, USA, the 23-year-old only has four acting credits per IMDb.

Quick Info

Real NameRachel Zegler
Age23 [as of 2024]
BirthplaceHackensack, New Jersey, USA
EducationImmaculate Conception High School
Height5 feet 1.5 inches [157 cm]
WeightN/A

Ethnicity

Rachel Zegler is of Polish and Colombian heritage. Her parents are Craig and Gina Zegler. While her father is in construction business, her mother previously worked at a school for children’s with disabilities.

She has an elder sister named Jacqueline Zegler. Per her LinkedIn account, she works as a Deputy Events Director at the Democratic Governors Association (DGA). Her past work experiences include The White House, Handshake, and Capital News Service.

Personal Life

Four-year-old Zegler fell in love with acting after watching the play Beauty and the Beast. Growing up, she encountered racial discrimination due to her ethnic background.

Aged 12, she made her debut stage performance with Fiddler on the Roof. Following this, she began taking acting training to pursue this as a career.

Apart from acting, she also loves singing. Made her YouTube debut in August 2015, she shared singing covers and live performance videos on the channel.

She finished schooling at Immaculate Conception High School in 2019.

She is in a relationship with Josh Andres Rivera. Started dating in 2021, the couple celebrated their two-year anniversay in October 2023.

Career

Upon making a stage debut, Rachel Zegler actively made various stage performances over the next few years. She has credits in Beauty and the Beast, Shrek The Musical, 42nd Street, Little Mermaid, and much more.

On the side, she continued posting singing covers on her YouTube channel. Additionally, she recorded original songs and published them. Her proper singing debut was in 2021 with the single let me try.

In the same year, she made her feature film debut with the movie West Side Story. She played Maria. Also, she sung the song Balcony Scene (Tonight) [with Ansel Elgort] for the movie.

Two years later, in 2023, she made multiple appearances in Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. She acted as Anthea and Lucy Gray Baird in the former and latter respectively.

She sung a song for each of these two movies. For her performance in The Hunger Games, she was nominated for two awards and won the Action Movie Star of the Year award at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards.

In 2024, she played Laura in Y2K. Also, she released a single One More Day with Watsky and Tommy Designer. Her future projects include Spellbound (voice of the character Princess Ellian) and Snow White.

Unknown Facts

  • She won three awards for her performance in West Side Story.
  • She has pet Labradoodle named Lenny.

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Photo credit: @rachelzegler – Instagram.