Portrait · Raph_PH / CC BY 2.0 Olivia Rodrigo Singer, songwriter and actor
Born 2003
Olivia Rodrigo is an American singer, songwriter and actor whose screen career preceded her first pop album. An only child, she grew up in Southern California with a teacher mother and a therapist father, attending auditions and singing at local talent shows. Her family moved to Los Angeles while she was in middle school. She played Grace Thomas in An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success, then Paige Olvera in Disney’s Bizaardvark and Nini in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. The latter also introduced her songwriting through All I Want. In a 2023 interview she described learning to build songs around piano chords while working as a young actor, then developing songwriting as a craft rather than relying only on spontaneous emotion. Drivers License began her solo breakthrough in 2021, followed by SOUR, made with producer and songwriting collaborator Daniel Nigro. Its success brought three Grammy wins in 2022, including Best New Artist. GUTS, partly recorded at New York’s Electric Lady Studios, followed in 2023; the expanded GUTS (spilled) arrived the next year. Her filmed work includes the SOUR road documentary Driving Home 2 U, a Netflix GUTS World Tour concert special and an interview appearance in Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery. In 2025 she headlined Glastonbury and performed with Robert Smith; the festival recording later became a live album. Alongside music, her Fund 4 Good supports organisations working for women and girls. Her third studio album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, was released in June 2026. She discussed its literary and post-punk influences in interviews and began The Unraveled Tour in Hartford in September. Its European dates remain forthcoming. A December 2026 Los Angeles Jingle Ball appearance remains an announced future engagement.
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Connected people 01 Cover source The Color Purple Alice Walker Was reading Alice Walker’s The Color Purple when interviewed in April 2026, as reported in June. Exact edition reference, not owned ISBN.
Named item linked to an attributable source View image source 02 Cover source Simple Passion Annie Ernaux Annie Ernaux’s Simple Passion was among her most-loved books in the June 2026 report. Reference translation and edition only.
Named item linked to an attributable source View image source 03 Cover source Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win Jessica Valenti Recommended in June 2026. Exact reference edition.
Named item linked to an attributable source View image source 01 Elephant by the White Stripes. Named as her most-listened-to album in July 2023.
Recorded with an attributable source 02 The Cure and New Order helped shape its sound. Direct interview reported in June 2026; musical influences rather than a present favourite ranking.
Recorded with an attributable source 03 Waxahatchee’s Right Back to It. She praised the song in the June 2026 interview.
Recorded with an attributable source 01 Cacio e pepe and banana bread. July 2023 interview and the bread she had baked; no daily menu inferred.
Recorded with an attributable source 02 Chicken lumpia. Prepared for Now Serving in March 2026; an individual dish, not a dietary label.
Recorded with an attributable source 01 Gym workouts before touring. August 2026 interview describes preparation; no frequency or complete current training programme inferred.
Recorded with an attributable source 01 Raised on Filipino cuisine and vegetarian dishes. Historical childhood description; it does not establish a current vegetarian diet.
Recorded with an attributable source 01 Cover source Bi-Facil Clean and Care Lancôme Named Bi-Facil Clean and Care for removing show makeup in November 2024. Lancôme global ambassador context; catalogue size is a reference.
Named item linked to an attributable source View image source 01 Cover source Idôle Power Lancôme Said she wore Idôle Power every day in January 2025, in a disclosed Lancôme ambassador campaign interview. Catalogue size is a reference, not her established bottle.
Named item linked to an attributable source View image source 02 Cover source Baccarat Rouge 540 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Named Baccarat Rouge 540 her favourite perfume in September 2023. Catalogue reference only; owned concentration and size unestablished.
Named item linked to an attributable source View image source 01 A pet snake named Stripes. Recalled in August 2021; current ownership and the animal’s later status not established.
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