Who is Renee Rapp?
Renee is an American actress and singer, best known to the world as Leighton Murray in the TV series “The Sex Lives of College Girls” (2021).
Where is Renee Rapp Now? What is She Doing?
Renee stunned the world with her role as Leighton, a closeted lesbian in the TV comedy-drama series “The Sex Lives of College Girls”. She is now waiting for the second season of the award-winning series, feeling ready to co-star again with Pauline Chalamet and Amrit Kaur, scheduled to premiere on 17 November 2022.
Renee Rapp Wiki: Age, Childhood, and Education
Renee Mary Jane Rapp was born on 10 January 2000 in Huntersville, North Carolina, USA, the daughter of Charlie and Denise Rapp; she has a younger brother named Charles.
Renee went to Hopewell High School in her hometown for three years, during which time she was involved in the school’s theater program, while she was also a member of the varsity women’s golf team.
She then transferred to Northwest School of the Arts, as her acting talent was recognized early on. She continued to appear in school plays, and her theater teacher, Corey Mitchell, discussed her talents, stating that she has a special distinction, and that her voice and the emotion she puts into her performance are easily recognized by the audience.
She starred in the school production of the play “Big Fish” for which she won the Best Actress award at the Blimey Awards. Moreover, she won the Jimmy Award at the tenth annual ceremony in New York City in the category of Best Performance by an Actress, ahead of 40 other contestants for the award.
This win earned her a scholarship worth $10,000; she then enrolled in the musical theater program at Texas State University.
Career Beginnings
After winning the Jimmy Award, Renee’s name started circulating in theaters, and she was chosen for the role of Wendla in the play “Spring Awakening”, in Theatre Charlotte’s production, earning a Broadway World Charlotte Award nomination in the category for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in the play.
Next, Renee participated in The Educational Theatre Foundation’s fourth annual Broadway Back to School event, which was held at Feinsten’s/54 Below. Then in 2019, she performed at BroadwayCon’s 2019 Star to Be event, in which she sang “They Just Keep Moving the Line”, taken from the soundtrack of the musical drama series “Smash”.
She continued to work on her musical theatre career, and in March 2019, again performed at Feinstein’s/54 Below’s 54 Sings, performing “The High School Musical Trilogy”.
Rise to Prominence
Gradually, Renee was becoming more popular, and in May 2019, she was announced as the new Regina George in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical “Mean Girls”, which premiered on 7 June 2019 and had a limited run until 26 June. After the initial success, Renee was named a star in the making, and the play got its permanent run, starting 10 September 2019 and running until 12 March 2020, when it was announced that it would be closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and Broadway shut down in accordance with the physical distance requirements.
When the theaters reopened, it was announced that the show wouldn’t continue its run, however, Renee found a new engagement, and gave a one-night performance at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
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On-Screen Career
To speak of her on-screen success, Renee has only one role – In October 2020, she was named as Leighton Murray, one of the four main girls in the HBO Max TV comedy series “The Sex Lives of College Girls”. The series follows four 18-year-old ‘freshwomen’ roommates at Essex College in Vermont, their misadventures, fights, sexual activities and other adventures while living together. The series was created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble, and has earned several award nominations, including a GLAAD Media nomination for Outstanding New TV series.
With the second season scheduled to premiere, Renee will make her return to the show and continue her coming-out story.
Music Career
Additional to acting, Renee is a professional musician. She released her debut music video in June 2022, entitled “Tattoos“, which already has around 400,000 views on her official YouTube channel. She continued to work on new music, and a couple of months later, the second music video was out, this time for the song “In The Kitchen“, with over 350,000 views.
Since then, Renee has released one more single, “Don’t Tell My Mom“, which already has close to 500,000 views on YouTube, having come only a month previously.
When asked about a debut full-length album, Renee hasn’t said anything with 100% certainty, and that she is currently happy releasing songs one at a time.
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Net Worth
According to reports, Renee Rapp’s net worth has been estimated to be around $1.5 million as of late 2022, earned through her young but already successful career as an actress and a singer.
Personal Life, Dating, Lesbian, Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Single?
In regard to her personal life, Renee’s fans have started questioning her sexuality, as she portrays a lesbian character in the popular TV series. She’s come forward with the statement that she identifies as queer, however, from June 2019 until December 2021, she was in a relationship with actor and singer Antonio Cipriano. There was also a rumor circulating the internet about an alleged romance between her and Charlie Puth; however, neither have addressed the issue.
According to sources, Renee is currently single and focused on her career, and having a good time with her friends.
Appearance and Vital Statistics
Renee Rapp has blonde hair and blue eyes. She stands at the height of 5ft 7ins (1.7m), while she weighs approximately 115lbs (52kgs), and her vital statistics are 34-29-35.
Hobbies, Interests, and Trivia
Renee has said that her musical inspirations are classic pop and R&B musicians, alongside Jazmine Sullivan and Yebba.
She has made a few guest appearances since acquiring international acclaim, including in shows such as “Broadway Profiles with Tamsen Fadal” (2019-2021), then “Entertainment Tonight” (2022), and “The Drew Barrymore Show” (2022), among others.
