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Odeya Rush Biography

Odeya Rush born Odeya Rushinek is an Israeli-American actress and model known for her lead roles in The Giver in 2014, Goosebumps in 2015 and Dumplin’ in 2018.

Odeya Rush Age

Odeya Rushinek was born on May 12, 1997 in Haifa, Israel. She is 21 years old as of 2018.

Odeya Rush Height

Rush stands at a height of 1.63 m

Odeya Rush Boyfriend

Rush likes to keep her personal life to herself. She has not been linked to any relationship or posted a pcture of cthe same on her social media account. She is probably single.

Odeya Rush Family

Born in Haifa, Israel, Odeya Rushinek is a daughter of a Jewish family. Odeya’s father Shlomo Rushinek was born in Israel, whereas her mother Maia (née Greenfeld) was born in Russia and immigrated to Israel. Her name, “Odeya”, means “Thank God” in Hebrew. When Odeya was eight years odl, she wrote and performed plays. When she was nine years old, her family moved to the United States so that her father could take a job as a security consultant in Alabama.

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Odeya Rush Education

When she arrived, Rush could speak only Hebrew. She went to N.E. Miles Jewish Day School in Birmingham, Alabama, where she lived. Rush later moved to Midland Park, New Jersey, where she attended public school.

In the beginning of 2013, she moved to Los Angeles, California with her family. She has six brothers. Four of them are younger than she is—two sets of twins who live with their parents in Los Angeles and two older brothers who live in Israel.

Odeya Rush Modelling

Before becoming an actress, Rush started her career in her childhood and adolescence when she was discovered as a model in the United States, appearing in major campaigns and advertisements for fashion brands Polo Ralph Lauren, Gap, Tommy Hilfiger and Guess.

Odeya Rush Acting

Rush’s first acting roles started in 2010 in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, in the episode “Branded”, in which she portrayed the character Hannah Milner; and as Emily in the television series Curb Your Enthusiasm in the episode “Mister Softee”.

Rush’s first film role was in 2012 in the Peter Hedges-directed Disney film The Odd Life of Timothy Green playing Joni Jerome, the best friend of Timothy. In 2013, she was named one of Hollywood’s 20 up and coming young actresses under 20 to watch by The Midwest TV Guys.

Rush co-starred, in the science fiction film The Giver as Fiona in 2014, based on the 1993 novel of same name from Lois Lowry and directed by Phillip Noyce. The film also starred Brenton Thwaites, Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift. Rush was one of two Israeli actresses, along with Gal Gadot, to be named as Hollywood’s newest leading ladies by InStyle magazine in 2014,

In 2015, she played Ashley Burwood, niece of Johana Burwood (played by Sarah Hyland), in the comedy film See You in Valhalla. Her next role was the female lead in the film Goosebumps, based on the R. L. Stine’s popular book series. She played Hannah Fairchild, the “daughter” of R. L. Stine (portrayed by Jack Black), who teams up with her neighbor to fight the Goosebumps monsters.

Rush completed filming the satirical comedy film Dear Dictator in 2016, in which she starred with Michael Caine and Katie Holmes. She was also cast as Ella Hatto, alongside Sam Worthington, in action-thriller film The Hunter’s Prayer directed by Jonathan Mostow.

In 2017, Rush had a supporting role in Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird and she was nominated along with the rest of the cast for numerous awards. The film earned five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. In 2017, Rush starred in The Bachelors with JK Simmons.

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