Rachel Zegler

Rachel Zegler has enjoyed one of the most rapid rises to fame among any actor-singers of her generation, having leaped from jobs as a wedding and funeral singer to being cast in her big-screen debut as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s revival film production of the Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim musical, West Side Story (2021), written by Tony Kushner, and co-starring Ansen Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faust, and Rita Moreno, and though the movie earned seven Oscar nominations (including Best Picture), it was a rare Spielberg box-office misfire, grossing $75 million below its $100 million price tag.

Zegler had a major supporting role in DC Studios/Warner Bros.’ poor-grossing ($134 million worldwide) Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023), with Zachary Levi, Adam Brody, Lucy Liu, Djimon Hounsou, and Helen Mirren. Zegler landed her second co-starring role in her third feature with the much-anticipated reboot sequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), directed by Francis Lawrence and co-starring Tom Blyth, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andres Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, and Viola Davis.

Rachel Zegler then starred in the title role of Disney’s long-awaited live-action musical, Snow White (2024), directed by Marc Webb and co-written by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson (adapted from The Brothers Grimm’s Tale), and co-starring Gal Gadot as The Evil Queen. After starring in the lead voice role in the Netflix-streamed Skydance Animation animated musical, Spellbound (2024), opposite Nicole Kidman, Javier Braden, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis, and Nathan Lane, Zegler co-starred with Jaeden Martell and Julian Dennison in the disaster comedy, Y2K (date to be announced), directed by Kyle Mooney and co-produced by Jonah Hill, and released by A24.