Rachel Zegler

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rachel Zegler

• Rachel Zegler grew up in Clifton, New Jersey.

  

• In childhood, she used to sing at weddings, Catholic masses, and funerals.

• While she was in school, she performed in various theatre plays.

• She once shared that she faced racial discrimination in her childhood due to her ethnicity.

• When she was four years old, she saw the Broadway show Beauty and the Beast for the first time. After watching the play, she gradually started developing an interest in acting.

• At the age of 12, she performed in the theatre play Fiddler on the Roof.

• After completing her schooling, she wanted to study at Montclair State University in New Jersey. However, she then started getting good acting offers, so she dropped the idea.

• She then auditioned for Broadway theatre.

• She once shared that she was named after the fictional character Rachel Green.

• In 2021, she appeared in the English podcast Princess of South Beach.

• She has sung songs of a few English films like West Side Story (2021) and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023).

• Some of her English singles are “Let Me Try” (2021), “Balcony Scene (Tonight)” (2021), “The Hanging Tree” (2023), and “The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird” (2023).

  

• Since 2021, she has been supporting Palestine in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

• She was listed no. 34 at The Ringer’s The Big Picture podcast’s top 35 actors under 35 list in 2021.

• In the same year, she was listed in Breakthrough Entertainers of 2021.

• In 2022, she was included in Forbes 30 Under 30.

• In the same year, initially, she was not invited to the 94th Academy Awards ceremony. However, later, when the media started talking about it, the organisers of the event invited her.

• In October 2023, she became one of the members of Artists4Ceasefire. She then penned a letter requesting Joe Biden to facilitate a ceasefire to end Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.

• She has acted in various English films like Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), Y2K (2024), and Snow White (2025).

  

• In 2023, her song “Nothing You Can Take from Me” (Boot-Stompin’ Version) was ranked 13th and her song “Pure as the Driven Snow” was ranked 22nd in the Official New Zealand Music Chart.

• In 2023, she was listed in the Time100 Next list.

• She has performed in a few English theatre plays like Romeo+Juliet (2024) and Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream! (2025).

  

• In 2024, she publicly criticised Donald Trump and his supporters. Later, she apologised for making such a statement publicly.

• She has been featured on the cover of various magazines.

  

• She is often spotted consuming alcohol at parties and events.

  

• In her leisure time, she enjoys travelling to different places.

  

• She is an avid animal lover and owns a pet dog.

  

• She loves to play the guitar.

  

• On her self-titled YouTube channel, she uploads her vlogs and songs.