Odeya Rush
Odeya Rushinek (Hebrew: אודיה רושינק; born 12 May 1997), known professionally as Odeya Rush (אודיה רש), is an Israeli actress.[1][2] She is known for her lead roles in The Giver (2014), Goosebumps (2015), The Bachelors (2017), Lady Bird (2017), Dumplin' (2018), Let It Snow (2019) and Dangerous Waters (2023).
Odeya Rush
Early life[edit]
Odeya Rushinek was born in Haifa, Israel, to a Jewish family.[3] In Hebrew, her given name means "I will thank God".[3] As an eight-year-old growing up in her hometown of Haifa, Israel, she wrote and performed plays.[4]
Her family moved to the United States when she was nine years old so that her father could take up a job as a security consultant in Alabama.[5][6] When she arrived, Rush did not know English and could only speak Hebrew.[7] She attended the N. E. Miles Jewish Day School in Birmingham, Alabama, where she resided;[3][8] she later moved to Midland Park, New Jersey, where she attended public school.[9]
In the beginning of 2013, Rush moved to Los Angeles with her family. She has six brothers; four of them are younger than her—two sets of twins who reside with their parents in Los Angeles, and two older paternal half-brothers who reside in Israel.[5][10]