Rachel Zegler

Who is Rachel Zegler?

Rachel Zegler is a New Jersey musical theatre actress. Rachel will be seen portraying the role of Maria Nunez, in the remake of ‘West Side Story.’ On January 15, 2019, Steven Spielberg announced that he had cast 17-year-old high schooler as Maria in the remake of 1961’s famous drama/crime musical.

Rachel Zegler: Birthday, Family, Facts

Rachel was born in Clifton, New Jersey, the US in 2001. She celebrates her birthday on May 3; she is currently 18 years old. Rachel is American and belongs to white ethnicity. Her birth sign is Taurus.

Rachel’s father is of half Polish, and mixed Irish-German-Italian descent and her mother is of Colombian origin. She is the second child in her family; she has an older sister named Jay.

Zegler is a New Jersey High School student; she is in the final years of her high school days.

Early Profession and Career

Rachel is a New Jersey theatre actress; she has played several iconic roles during her theatre plays such as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Cosette in Les Miserables and Mimi Marquez in RENT. She also did a cover song of Lady Gaga’s ‘Shallow’ which is from the movie A Star Is Born, which got her a large audience.

On January 15, 2019, the cast of WSS announced that Steven Spielberg had cast her as Maria Nunez, the principal role in his remake of West Side Story. West Side Story was a famous drama/crime musical of the 1961’s. ‘The movie has won 10 Oscars, including best picture’. There were 30,000 people to audition for the role of Maria, out of all the people Rachel was selected to play the role of Maria in the classic remake. In the remake, she will cast opposite of Ansel Elgort who will be playing the role of Tony Wyzek. Zelger previously played Maria in a regional production of West Side Story at Bergen Performing Arts Center.

Rachel Zelger: Net Worth and Salary

Rachel is new to the movie business; we hope she will do good in her acting career and make an impressive amount of money and fortunes. As of 2019, her net worth is around $300 thousand.

Rachel Zegler: Dating, Boyfriend, Affairs

Talking about Rachel’s love life, there is no information revealed to date. She is young and focused on her career, and it seems like she doesn’t want relationship commitments now as she needs to concentrate on her work. Her social media accounts also fail to give information about her love life. As of now, she is possibly single.

Rachel Zegler: Height, Weight, Body Measurements

Rachel seems to be decently tall. She has a girl next door personality. Zelger is very cute, her eyes are black, and her hair is dark brown.

Rachel Zegler: Social Media Profiles

Rachel has good followers on Social Media; she is active on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. She has 71k followers on Instagram, 54.7k followers on Twitter and 94k subscribers on YouTube as of March 2019.