Who is singer Reneé Rapp?
POP singer Reneé Rapp was thrown into the spotlight after she won the 2018 Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress.
Since then, she has capitalized on her fame and has since starred in various big-ticket projects, including the Mean Girls musical.
Who is Reneé Rapp?
Reneé Rapp is an actress and singer who was born on January 10, 2000, in Huntersville, North Carolina.
She garnered attention in 2018 after winning the prestigious Jimmy Award, but it was arguably her Broadway debut role in Mean Girls that put her on the map.
Additionally, she portrayed the role of Leighton Murray in the HBO Max comedy series The Sex Lives of College Girls.
Outside of acting, Reneé Rapp is a fledgling musician.
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She has released an EP and a full-length album and has also gone on tour.
What songs is Reneé Rapp known for?
In February 2023, Rapp released her debut EP, Everything To Everyone, which was followed by her debut album, Snow Angel, in August 2023.
Snow Angel features a couple of her most popular songs, including Talk Too Much, Pretty Girls, and Tummy Hurts.
During an interview with Time, Rapp broke down her creative process, describing it as "simultaneously the most emotionally taxing and also the most rewarding time in my life."
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"Imagine walking into a room every day with some people you know and others you don't, explaining all of your most intense experiences—I was going through that daily for at least six hours a day," she said.
Her main collaborator on the album was Alexander Glantz, known professionally as Alexander 23.
"He listens to me, respects me, and is actually interested in what I have to say musically," she continued.
Despite having a thriving acting career, Rapp admitted that she enjoys making music more.
“God, I love it so much. It’s, like, I don’t even care. And I don’t know if that’s because I’ve had different experiences on the other side because I’ve also had amazing experiences on the other side, but it just doesn’t f***ing matter to me in music,” she told Zane Lowe in an episode of Apple Music 1.
“Everybody’s like, ‘Music is so psychotic. This business is crazy. Don’t you wish you could just go back to not having that?’ And I’m like, ‘No. No. I am so much happier when I’m doing this.’”
Who does Reneé Rapp play in Mean Girls?
Reneé Rapp plays Regina George in both the Mean Girls Broadway musical and its film counterpart.
The role was originally played by Rachel McAdams.
And while Regina is the villain in the story, Rapp says that the character is not a lost cause.
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"Look, I love that she says what she thinks. I really do," she told People. "Now, I think a lot of things this character says are not nice, but I think in order to be manipulative you have to be really intelligent."
"I don't think she's using her intelligence in the best, most productive way," she added. "However, I don't know, she's determined. Something about that is hot to me. The mean girl is always hot to me."