BIO
Renee Rapp is an actress and singer-songwriter, best known for her role as Regina George in the Broadway musical Mean Girls, and the subsequent film adaptation in 2024. She also starred as Leighton, one of the four leads in Mindy Kaling's HBO Max series The Sex Lives of College Girls, and released her debut EP, titled "Everything to Everyone," followed by the full-length studio album Snow Angel in 2023.
Renee Rapp's professional career began in 2019 after she won the Jimmy Award for "Best Performance by An Actress." Following her Jimmy Award win, Rapp appeared as Wendla in Theatre Charlotte's 2018 production of Spring Awakening. Other performance credits that year include Supergirl Pro Surf and Music Festival, the Educational Theatre Foundation's fourth annual Broadway Back to School event held at Feinstein's/54 Below in, Monteen in Roundabout Theatre Company's reading of Parade.
On January 12, 2019, Rapp performed at BroadwayCon's 2019 Star to Be event, singing "They Just Keep Moving the Line" from NBC's Smash. She was next seen on March 4, 2019, performing at Feinstein's/54 Below's 54 Sings The High School Musical Trilogy, followed by their FOR THE GIRLS event on March 28.
On May 28, 2019, it was announced that Rapp would be taking over the role of Regina George in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical, Mean Girls, first for a limited run from June 7–26, then permanently starting September 10, 2019. On June 3, Rapp performed at The Green Room 42, singing songs from Mean Girls after an introduction by Tina Fey.
Rapp was cast as Leighton Murray, one of the four leads in Mindy Kaling's Max teen comedy series The Sex Lives of College Girls in 2020, leaving after the second season.
Rapp released a deluxe version of her EP "Everything to Everyone" on November 11, 2022, which featured two new songs. She embarked on a tour the following year, coinciding with the release of Snow Angel. She was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on January 20, 2024.