https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Rodrigo
Olivia Isabel Rodrigo (born February 20, 2003
[3][4]) is an American actress and singer,
[5] who is 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. Rodrigo signed with
Interscope and
Geffen Records in 2020, and released her debut single "
Drivers License" in January 2021, which reached number one in various countries worldwide, including the United States.
[6][7]
Early life
Rodrigo was born on February 20, 2003,
[3][4] in
Temecula, California.
[8] She is of Filipino descent on her father's side,
[9][10][11] and German and Irish on her mother's side.
[11][12] Rodrigo began taking acting and singing classes at age six,
[8] and started acting in theater productions at Lisa J. Mails Elementary School and Dorothy McElhinney Middle School.
[13] She moved from
Murrieta to
Los Angeles when she landed her role on
Bizaardvark.
[13]
Career
Acting career
Rodrigo first appeared onscreen in an
Old Navy commercial.
[14][15] 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.
[16] In 2016, Rodrigo received recognition for starring as Paige Olvera, a guitarist in the
Disney Channel series
Bizaardvark,
[17][18][19] a role 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;
[20] for the show's soundtrack, Rodrigo wrote "
All I Want" and co-wrote "Just for a Moment" with co-star
Joshua Bassett.
[21] Rodrigo was praised for her performance,
[22][23] with Joel Keller from
Decider describing her as "especially magnetic".
[24]
Music career
Rodrigo signed with
Interscope Records and
Geffen Records in 2020. On January 8, 2021, she released her debut single, "
Drivers License", which she co-wrote with producer
Dan Nigro.
[25][26][5] Within the week of its release, "Drivers License" was critically acclaimed,
[27] and broke
Spotify's record twice for most daily streams ever for a non-holiday song: on January 11, Rodrigo's song had over 15.7 million global streams on Spotify, which she surpassed the next day with over 17 million global streams of the song.
[28][29] The song debuted at number one on
Billboard Hot 100,
[30] and also reached number-one chart positions in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Rodrigo stated in an interview that "It's been the absolute craziest week of my life... My entire life just, like, shifted in an instant."
[31] On April 1, 2021, she released her follow-up single, "
Deja Vu". On the day of its release, she announced that her debut album is set for release on May 21, 2021.
[32] The album is temporarily titled
*O*R.
[33]
Musical style and influences
Rodrigo has named
Taylor Swift and
Lorde as her idols and biggest inspirations.
[34][35][36] She has described herself as "the biggest [fan of Swift] in the whole world".
[37]
Personal life
Rodrigo is an institute speaker and panelist for the
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
[38]