Rachel Zegler

Rachel Zegler is an actress and singer who began her public activity around 2015, posting cover songs on YouTube while performing in school and community musicals. Her breakthrough came after the 2018 open call for the new “West Side Story,” where she was cast as María and made her film debut with the 2021 release. The performance drew wide acclaim and earned her the 2022 Golden Globe for Best Actress (Musical/Comedy). Along the way she formed verifiable ties with figures such as Steven Spielberg, who directed her in the film, and Tom Blyth, a later franchise co-star.

After that debut she built momentum across major studio projects. In 2023 she played Anthea in “Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” and that same year portrayed Lucy Gray Baird in “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” a role with on-screen musical numbers that linked her vocal craft to the series; the soundtrack also features “Can’t Catch Me Now” by Olivia Rodrigo, an artist connected to the release. In 2021 she was selected to headline Disney’s new “Snow White” alongside Gal Gadot, a collaboration that kept her at the center of mainstream film conversation.

Her style blends a soprano foundation with pop-theater sensibilities, carried from early home recordings to large-scale stages and sets. She remains active online, sharing rehearsals, performance snippets, and project notes. That mix of musicianship, screen presence, and visible collaborations has positioned her as a reference point for a generation moving fluidly between social media, musicals, and big-franchise cinema.