Beanie Feldstein

Feldstein at SXSW 2019

Elizabeth "Beanie" Feldstein (* 1993 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American film and stage actress .

Life

Feldstein was born in 1993 as the third child of the accountant Richard Feldstein and the costume designer Sharon Feldstein (née Chalkin ) into a Jewish family. Her older brothers are the actor Jonah Hill (* 1983) and the longtime Maroon 5 manager Jordan Feldstein (1977-2017). She grew up in West Los Angeles and attended Harvard-Westlake High School. She has been close friends with the actor Ben Platt since school .

Feldstein studied sociology at Wesleyan University and moved to New York City in 2015 . In 2016 she had her first major role in the comedy Bad Neighbors 2 . A wider audience, it was in 2017 for her role in Greta Gerwigs tragicomedy Ladybird alongside Saoirse Ronan known. While filming, producer Scott Rudin saw her recordings and had them for the role of Minnie Fay in the Broadway remake of the musical Hello, Dolly! audition. From April 2017 to August 2018 she appeared in it, initially at the side of Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce .

2019 she was in the film comedy Book Smart in the lead role of Molly to see. For her performance she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Actress - Comedy or Musical .

In the third season of the anthology series American Crime Story , which deals with the Lewinsky affair , she will take on the role of Monica Lewinsky .

At the end of June 2020, Feldstein became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Filmography (selection)

2002: What's Up, Dad? ( My Wife and Kids , TV series, 1 episode)
2012: Madison High (TV movie)
2015: Orange Is the New Black (TV series, 1 episode)
2015: Fan Girl (TV movie)
2016: Bad Neighbors 2
2017: The Female Brain
2017: Lady Bird
2017: Will & Grace (TV series, 1 episode)
2018: Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B - Girls Like You (Music Video)
2019: Booksmart
2019: How to Build a Girl
2020: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, 1 episode)

theatre

2017-2018: Hello, Dolly! ( Shubert Theater , New York City)

Web links

Commons : Beanie Feldstein - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Beanie Feldstein in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Beanie Feldstein in the Internet Broadway Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Hello, Beanie: Feldstein Having a Moment With 'Dolly' and 'Lady Bird'. January 3, 2018, Retrieved October 12, 2019 (American English).
↑ Corinne Heller: Jordan Feldstein Dead: Jonah Hill's Brother and Maroon 5's Manager Was 40 . In: eonline.com, accessed February 28, 2018.
↑ Anna Silman: Beanie Feldstein Is a Champion Best Friend . In: thecut.com, accessed February 28, 2018.
^ Amy Kaufman: Yes, she's Jonah Hill's kid sister. More important, Beanie Feldstein kills it in 'Lady Bird' and 'Dolly' . In: Los Angeles Times , accessed February 28, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b Michael Schulman: Why Beanie Feldstein Loves Playing the Sidekick . In: The New Yorker , accessed February 28, 2018.
^ Academy Invites 819 To Membership. In: oscars.org, June 30, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Feldstein, beanie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Feldstein, Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American film and stage actress
DATE OF BIRTH	1993
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Angeles , California , United States

[1] Hello, Beanie: Feldstein Having a Moment With 'Dolly' and 'Lady Bird'. January 3, 2018, Retrieved October 12, 2019 (American English).

[2] Corinne Heller: Jordan Feldstein Dead: Jonah Hill's Brother and Maroon 5's Manager Was 40 . In: eonline.com, accessed February 28, 2018.

[3] Anna Silman: Beanie Feldstein Is a Champion Best Friend . In: thecut.com, accessed February 28, 2018.

[4] Amy Kaufman: Yes, she's Jonah Hill's kid sister. More important, Beanie Feldstein kills it in 'Lady Bird' and 'Dolly' . In: Los Angeles Times , accessed February 28, 2018.

[NY-5] Michael Schulman: Why Beanie Feldstein Loves Playing the Sidekick . In: The New Yorker , accessed February 28, 2018.

[6] Academy Invites 819 To Membership. In: oscars.org, June 30, 2020.