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Reneé Mary Jane Rapp (born January 10, 2000) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for winning the 2018 Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress and for taking over the role of Regina George in the Broadway musical Mean Girls. She plays Leighton in HBO Max comedy series The Sex Lives of College Girls.

Reneé Rapp
Born	January 10, 2000 (age 22) Huntersville, North Carolina, U.S.
Education	Northwest School of the Arts
Occupation	Actress singer
Years active	2018–present

Early life and education

Rapp attended high school at Hopewell High School in Huntersville, North Carolina, for three years, performing in the theater program and playing on the varsity women's golf team before transferring to Northwest School of the Arts.[1] Corey Mitchell, Rapp's theater teacher, said Rapp "has a special distinction...There is a difference when that vocal ability is coupled with sincere emotions that can move an audience and that literally can excite an audience".[2]

In 2018, Rapp won the Best Actress award at the Blumey Awards, Charlotte's premiere musical theater awards,[3] for her portrayal of Sandra in her school's production of Big Fish.[3] Rapp then attended the tenth annual Jimmy Awards in New York City, where she ultimately won “Best Performance by an Actress", beating forty other competitors for the award.[4] This win earned her a $10,000 scholarship. Actress Laura Benanti, who presented the award to Rapp, said, "I will never be as confident as that 18-year-old".[5] Additionally, the New York Magazine coverage of the Jimmy Awards claimed that Rapp "set the stage ablaze" with her winning performance, "prompting the stars of Mean Girls to collectively start sleeping with one eye open".[5]

Career

Following her Jimmy Award win, Rapp was cast as Wendla in Theatre Charlotte's 2018 production of Spring Awakening.[6]

On July 27, 2018, Rapp performed at the 2018 Supergirl Pro Surf and Music Festival.[7] On September 23, 2018, she took part in The Educational Theatre Foundation's fourth annual Broadway Back to School event held at Feinstein's/54 Below.[8] In December 2018, she read for the role of Monteen in Roundabout Theatre Company's reading of Parade.[9] On January 12, 2019, Rapp performed at BroadwayCon's 2019 Star to Be event, singing "They Just Keep Moving the Line" from NBC's Smash.[10] She was next seen on March 4, 2019, performing at Feinstein's/54 Below's 54 Sings The High School Musical Trilogy,[11] followed by their FOR THE GIRLS event on March 28.[12]

On May 28, 2019, it was announced that Rapp would be taking over the role of Regina George in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical, Mean Girls, first for a limited run from June 7–26, then permanently starting September 10, 2019.[13] On June 3, Rapp performed at The Green Room 42, singing songs from the show after an introduction by Tina Fey.[14] The production closed on March 12, 2020, in accordance with Broadway's shutdown;[15] it was later announced on January 7, 2021, that the show would not reopen.[16]

On October 14, 2020, it was announced that Rapp had been cast as Leighton, one of the four leads in Mindy Kaling's HBO Max series The Sex Lives of College Girls.[17][18]

Personal life

Rapp stated in an interview that she takes "her inspiration from classic pop and R&B music, and mixes it all with her current favorites, Jazmine Sullivan and Yebba".[19] She played golf in middle school and high school.[20]

Rapp identifies as queer.[21]

Stage

Year(s)	Production	Role	Theatre	Director(s)	Category	Ref.
2018	Spring Awakening	Wendla	Theatre Charlotte	Billy Ensley	Regional
2019–2020	Mean Girls	Regina George	August Wilson Theatre	Casey Nicholaw	Broadway	[13]
2021	Sisgendered	Producer/Herself	Feinstein's/54 Below		One-night only concert produced by and guest-starring Rapp.	[22]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	Today (American TV program)	Guest
2019–2020	Broadway.com #LiveatFive	Herself	Two episodes: Reneé Rapp; Reneé Rapp ft. Antonio Cipriano
2019–2021	Broadway Profiles with Tamsen Fadal	Herself	Five Episodes: September 2019; April 2020; September 2020; February 14, 2021; April 25, 2021
2020	Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration	Performer	I'm Still Here (Follies song)
	Broadway Whodunit: Murder at Montgomery Manor	Astrid Fox	Video
	My Halloween Friends	Herself	Video short
	Stars in the House	Herself	Episode: Thanksgiving Parade Stars
	The 94th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade	Regina George	TV Special
2021–present	The Sex Lives of College Girls	Leighton Murray	Lead role	[23]

Discography

Song	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Album	Year	Ref.
Tattoos	Andrew Goldstein, Michael Pollack, Anton Göransson, Isabella Sjostrand, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Reneé Rapp	Goldstein, Göransson	TBA	2022	[24]
In The Kitchen	Darrius Coleman, Jordan K. Johnson, Michael Pollack, Oliver Peterhof, Reneé Rapp, Stefan Johnson, Taylor Hill, Tommy Brown	The Monsters & Strangerz, Hill, Brown

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2018	BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards[25]	Best Actress in a Musical (local)	Spring Awakening	Nominated
2018	Blumey Awards	Best Actress	Big Fish	Won
2018	National High School Musical Theatre Awards	Best Performance by an Actress		Won

References

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