New Jersey’s Rachel Zegler has been on a nonstop upward trajectory since making her film debut as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s “ West Side Story ” in 2021. The actor and singer known for her “ songbird ...

Amid unwarranted discourse around her casting as Snow White, Rachel Zegler is sharing her experience as a Latina actress. The ...

She played the Jet girl Velma in the iconic musical productions, then was an acting teacher for many years in New York and ...

In a March cover story for Allure, the actor, 23, claimed that “white executives” asked her to prove her Latina heritage was ...

"There’s confusion because I don’t have a single ounce of Latin in my name,” Zegler said. “When I was in the running for ...

The star was one of only six actors from the original Broadway cast of West Side Story to appear in the classic feature film.

The actress played the role of Velma in the 1957 Broadway production of 'West Side Story' and the 1961 movie musical ...