FINDING HER VOICE RACHEL
ELLE|May 2022
CAST IN STARRING ROLES IN WEST SIDE STORY AND SNOW WHITE, A HIGH SCHOOLER BECAME AN OVERNIGHT CELEBRITY. WHAT COMES NEXT FOR RACHEL ZEGLER?
ADRIENNE GAFFNEY
FINDING HER VOICE RACHEL

Rachel Zegler is a modern movie star. She exploded onto the scene with a stunning performance in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and a fairy tale of a Hollywood origin story—unknown New Jersey schoolgirl beats out 30,000 with self-taped audition! Before the movie was released, she had filmed the superhero sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods alongside Helen Mirren and had been cast in a live-action adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. As befitting a celebrity tale of today, though, she has also walked headfirst into a fame machine where glamour and accolades are undercut by trolling and online attacks. The spotlight on her has led to an intense scrutiny of everything from her looks and personality to her ethnicity.

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