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name: "Rachel Zegler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rachel-zegler"
fi1m_id: "rachel-zegler"
imdb_id: "nm10399505"
tmdb_id: 2217977
wikidata_id: "Q61693947"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 May 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T01:40:04.998605+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Rachel Zegler

## Identity

Rachel Zegler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rachel-zegler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rachel-zegler
- **IMDb ID:** nm10399505
- **TMDB ID:** 2217977
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61693947
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Zegler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61693947, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10399505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2217977

Actor. Born 3 May 2001 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 May 2001, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Also known as:** Rachel Anne Zegler
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 61 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $753m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Zegler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61693947, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10399505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2217977

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*West Side Story*](https://film.one/film/west-side-story-2021.md) (79), [*Snow White*](https://film.one/film/snow-white.md) (47)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shazam! Fury of the Gods*](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md) (53)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Rachel Zegler

> Rachel Zegler can make a song feel as unguarded as a conversation, and her quiet scenes deserve equal attention. We rate her directness; the films have not always given her enough worth doing.

Lucy answers her reaping by singing to the cameras, and Rachel Zegler makes her sound unguarded. In *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes* (2023), her plain country voice gives us a reason to care about the romance. We stopped taking notes when she first sang. Everyone else seems to be guarding something, and that moment of openness caught us off guard. Zegler is at her most persuasive when she is allowed to be this direct.

Her screen breakthrough was María in Steven Spielberg’s *West Side Story* (2021), and singing-heavy parts have remained central to her work. The skill is in making a song feel like something the character needs to say. She performed Lucy’s songs live on camera, while composer James Newton Howard left room for them in his quieter score. Tom Blyth’s watchful Snow helps too: his habit of filing away what he hears gives her openness someone to play against. Francis Lawrence’s film loses its way in its last forty minutes, but the singing is not what lets it down.

The quieter evidence comes in David F. Sandberg’s *Fury of the Gods* (2023), where her Anthea takes an interest in Jack Dylan Grazer’s Freddy at school. A corridor, a lunch table and a walk are enough for them to suggest two teenagers trying to seem cooler than they are. Neither actor pushes the awkwardness, and their scenes have an ease the larger film lacks. The grey computer-generated finale gives us much less reason to care. We would not recommend the film on the strength of these scenes alone.

Her subsequent choices include the title role in *Snow White* (2025) and a move into stage work, as Juliet in *Romeo + Juliet* (2024) and Eva Perón in *Evita* (2025). Those are substantial parts, but we would also welcome more of the ordinary conversations she plays so well with Grazer. A film need not keep her singing to make good use of her. Start with Lucy’s first song, but bring patience for the rest of the film.

## Biography

Rachel Zegler is an American actress and singer. She was born on 3 May 2001 in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Zegler made her film debut as María in Steven Spielberg’s *West Side Story* (2021). She later appeared as Anthea in *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023) and as Lucy Gray Baird in *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes* (2023). She made her Broadway debut as Juliet in a revival of *Romeo and Juliet* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Snow White* (2025), Fi1m 47, as Snow White — [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white.md)
- *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023), Fi1m 53, as Anthea — [page](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md)
- *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes* (2023), Fi1m 61, as Lucy Gray Baird — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes.md)
- *West Side Story* (2021), Fi1m 79, as María — [page](https://film.one/film/west-side-story-2021.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Snow White* (2025), as Snow White, Songs — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white.md)
- *Y2K* (2024), as Laura
- *Spellbound* (2024), as Ellian (voice), Songs
- *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes* (2023), as Lucy Gray Baird, Songs — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes.md)
- *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023), as Anthea — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md)
- *The Stories of West Side Story* (2022), Thanks
- *West Side Story* (2021), as María, Songs — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/west-side-story-2021.md)
- *NDA*, as Dana
- *On Your Feet!*, as Gloria Estefan, Songs
- *She Gets It from Me*, as Nicky
- *Octet*, as Velma
- *Last Dance*, as Emma, Songs

## Gallery

- ![Rachel Zegler in June 2025](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-926e53fe279e.jpg) Rachel Zegler in June 2025 — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/EvitaPalladium230625_%2817_of_18%29.jpg/1280px-EvitaPalladium230625_%2817_of_18%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rachel Zegler in June 2025](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-4ee3fa084828.jpg) Rachel Zegler in June 2025 — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/EvitaPalladium230625_%2817_of_18%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rachel Zegler in June 2025](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-3e8a9ea5d083.jpg) Rachel Zegler in June 2025 — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/EvitaPalladium230625_%2818_of_18%29.jpg/1280px-EvitaPalladium230625_%2818_of_18%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rachel Zegler at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art"](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-11cbbc8934ee.jpg) Rachel Zegler at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art" — SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_344.jpg/1280px-Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_344.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rachel Zegler](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-f440d4e62df3.jpg) Rachel Zegler — Image via TMDB
- ![Rachel Zegler](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-0255111baea7.jpg) Rachel Zegler — Image via TMDB
- ![Rachel Zegler](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-724bc26e5fd7.jpg) Rachel Zegler — Image via TMDB
- ![Rachel Zegler at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art"](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-5ad286bfa142.jpg) Rachel Zegler at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art" — SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_346.jpg/1280px-Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_346.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rachel Zegler at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art"](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-9f143d68a197.jpg) Rachel Zegler at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art" — SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_350.jpg/1280px-Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_350.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rachel Zegler](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-bd806edba603.jpg) Rachel Zegler — Image via TMDB
- ![Rachel Zegler](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-7265a1607f50.jpg) Rachel Zegler — Image via TMDB
- ![Rachel Zegler](https://film.one/media/person/15431/gallery-83ca12cad7b5.jpg) Rachel Zegler — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2021: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (won), for *West Side Story*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical 2026: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical (won), for *Evita*
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actress 2021: National Board of Review Award for Best Actress (won), for *West Side Story*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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