Who is Rachel Zegler?
Meet the teenager playing Maria in the ‘West Side Story’ remake By: Maddy Shaw Roberts, ClassicFM London The high school student has been selected from a pool of 30,000 applicants to play Maria in Steven Spielberg’s remake of ‘West Side Story’. Here's everything you need to know about the rising star, from her resume and Twitter account to her ethnicity. Rachel Zegler is a 17-year-old Colombian-American actress and singer-songwriter from New Jersey, who will star in the upcoming remake of West Side Story . She will make her film debut as Maria, opposite Baby Driver actor Ansel Elgort as Tony. One of 30,000 applicants, Zegler applied for the role after seeing a casting call on Twitter asking for Latino and Latina actors. Rachel Zegler to star as Maria in West Side Story remake. Picture: Courtesy of subject What is Rachel Zegler’s resume? Although she is a newcomer to the film industry, Zegler is no stranger to the role of...