Olivia Rodrigo is a young singer, and actress who had her breakthrough during the remake of the High School Musical: The Series on Disney+.
Let’s find out more about her!
- Her full name is Olivia Isabel Rodrigo.
- She was born on February 20th, 2003
- She was born in Temecula, California.
- She is of Filipino descent on her father’s side.
- While talking about her heritage with Disney, Olivia revealed that her great-grandfather moved from the Philippines to the US as a teenager.
- Also, she and the rest of her family have grown up with Filipino food and traditions.
- Also, she’s German and Irish on her mother’s side.
- Olivia Rodrigo began taking acting and singing classes at age six.
- She started acting in theater productions at Lisa J. Mails Elementary School and Dorothy McElhinney Middle School.
- She moved from Murrieta to Los Angeles when she landed her role on Bizaardvark.
- Her zodiac sign is Pisces.
- She is an American actress and singer.
- She is better known for her roles as Paige Olvera on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark and Nini Salazar-Roberts on the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
- Olivia Rodrigo signed with Interscope and Geffen Records in 2020.
- She released her debut single “Drivers License” in January 2021.
- It reached number one in various countries worldwide, including the United States.
- Rodrigo first appeared onscreen in an Old Navy commercial.
- Shortly after in 2015, she made her acting debut portraying the lead role of Grace Thomas in direct-to-video film An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success.
- In 2016, Olivia Rodrigo received recognition for starring as Paige Olvera, a guitarist in the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, which she played for three seasons.
- In February 2019, she was cast in the starring role of Nini Salazar-Roberts on the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which premiered in November of that year.
- For the show’s soundtrack, Rodrigo wrote “All I Want” and co-wrote “Just for a Moment” with co-star Joshua Bassett.
- Rodrigo was praised for her performance, with Joel Keller from Decider describing her as “especially magnetic”.
- She’s a Taylor Swift fan. Who isn’t anyway?
- People are convinced her number one hit single “Drivers License” is about her co-star Joshua Bassett.
- Rumour has it that that Olivia and Joshua were actually in a low-profile relationship when he cheated on her with Sabrina Carpenter, another Disney actress.
- Also, the rumour was further supported by the fact that Sabrina Carpenter immediately released her new song “Skin”, and the song’s lyrics could fit perfectly is suck a scenario.
- Olivia Rodrigo really did just get her driver’s license
- In her first film, An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success, Olivia plays a talented baker called Grace who wins MasterChef Junior Baking Edition. She has never been to MasterChef though.
- Olivia Rodrigo appears in New Girl season 6, episode 18. In “Young Adult”.
- Olivia Rodrigo cites Lorde as one of her biggest inspirations.
