Olivia Rodrigo

**Olivia Rodrigo** is an American singer-songwriter and actress who portrays Scarlet Mikaelson on *Teen Wolf: The Movie.*

## Biography

Olivia Isabel Rodrigo was born on February 20, 2003, at Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta, California. She lived and grew up in neighboring Temecula. Rodrigo is biracial; her father is of Filipino descent and her mother has German and Irish ancestry. Her father works as a family therapist and her mother works as a school teacher. She has stated that her paternal great-grandfather moved from the Philippines to the United States as a teenager and her family follows Filipino traditions and cuisine. Rodrigo started taking vocal lessons in kindergarten and learned to play piano soon after. She began taking acting and singing classes at age six and started acting in theater productions in elementary school. Rodrigo was playing guitar by age 12. She grew up listening to her parents' favorite alternative rock music, such as the bands No Doubt, Pearl Jam, the White Stripes, and Green Day. Rodrigo became interested in songwriting after listening to country music, especially American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. She moved to Los Angeles after landing her role on *Bizaardvark*.

Rodrigo first appeared onscreen in an Old Navy commercial. Shortly after in 2015, at age twelve, she made her acting debut portraying the lead role of Grace Thomas in direct-to-video film *An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success*. In 2016, Rodrigo received recognition for starring as Paige Olvera, a guitarist in the Disney Channel series *Bizaardvark*, a role she played for three seasons.[*citation needed*]

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. For the show's soundtrack, Rodrigo wrote "All I Want" and co-wrote "Just for a Moment" with co-star Joshua Bassett. Rodrigo was praised for her performance, with Joel Keller from Decider describing her as "especially magnetic".

Rodrigo signed with Interscope Records and Geffen Records in 2020. She negotiated the record deal to secure her the ownership of the masters of her music. On January 8, 2021, she released her debut single, "Drivers License", which she co-wrote with producer Dan Nigro. Within the week of its release, "Drivers License" was critically acclaimed, and broke Spotify's record twice for most daily streams ever for a non-holiday song with over 15.7 million global streams on January 11 and over 17 million global streams the next day. It went on to break another Spotify record for the first song in history to hit 80 million streams in 7 days. The song debuted at number one on *Billboard* Hot 100, and reached number-one in numerous other countries. 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."

On April 1, 2021, Rodrigo released her follow-up single, "Deja Vu", which debuted at number eight on the *Billboard* Hot 100, making her the first artist to debut their first two releases in the top 10 of the Hot 100. The third single preceding her debut album, "Good 4 U", followed on May 14, 2021, and became her second single to debut at number one on the Hot 100. *Sour*, her debut studio album, was released on May 21, 2021, to critical acclaim. Charlie Gunn of *The Forty-Five* called it "the greatest coming-of-age album since early Taylor Swift or Lorde". *Slate*'s Chris Molanphy said its first three singles alone established Rodrigo's "early status as Gen-Z's most versatile new artist". According to *Clash* critic Robin Murray, Rodrigo is regarded as one of Generation Z's finest artists, while *Variety* dubbed her "the Voice of her Generation" in its cover story of Rodrigo. *Sour* debuted at number one on the *Billboard* 200 chart and spent a total of five weeks at the spot, becoming the longest reigning number-one album by a female artist in 2021.

In June 2021, Rodrigo premiered *Sour Prom*, a prom-themed concert film on YouTube. On December 6, 2021, Rodrigo announced a world tour, including tour stops in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Three days later, she was named Entertainer of the Year by *Time*. In an Instagram post on December 24, 2021, Rodrigo uploaded a snippet of a Christmas song called "The Bels" that she wrote and recorded at age five. According to *Billboard*, Rodrigo closed 2021 as the best-selling singles artist worldwide, placing eight songs on the year-end Global 200 chart, including "Drivers License" at number four, "Good 4 U" at number nine, and "Deja Vu" at number 27. In the US and UK, *Sour* was respectively the third and fourth best-selling album of 2021. *Sour* and "Drivers License" were also respectively Spotify's most streamed album and song globally. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) ranked Rodrigo as the tenth best selling artist of 2021 and *Sour* as the second best selling album of 2021.

On February 17, 2022, Rodrigo announced and released the trailer of her Disney+ documentary film *Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U*, which was released on March 25, 2022. Rodrigo received seven nominations at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Album of the Year for *Sour*, and Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Drivers License". She won the awards for Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album for *Sour*, and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Drivers License"