Madelaine Grobbelaar Petsch (born August 18, 1994) is an American actress and

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. She is known for portraying

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television series '' Riverdale'' and Marissa in ''

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''.

Early life

Petsch was born on August 18, 1994, in

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. At the age of three, she began dance classes, and two years later enrolled in theater classes. Petsch's parents are from

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, and she spent the first ten years of her life dividing her time between South Africa and the state of Washington. She attended the

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and relocated to

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after graduating. Petsch has one older brother.

Career

Petsch appeared in a national advertising campaign for

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in 2014. In February 2016, she was cast as

's '' Riverdale'', having been pinned for the role since late 2015 after meeting the casting director, who was at the time working on ''

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''. The series began filming in September of that year and premiered on January 26, 2017. In March 2017, she joined the cast of the film '' Polaroid'', which was released in 2019. In January 2019, it was announced that Petsch would star in and executive produce the horror-comedy film ''Saint Clare''; but in 2022,

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took over the role. In April 2018, Petsch collaborated with sunglasses company Privé Revaux and released her own collection of sunglasses. Petsch has a

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channel, stating that the inspiration to start one was so fans could know the real her outside of acting.

Personal life

At age 14, she began speaking out as a

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, after having been raised

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. She has also participated in an awareness campaign for PETA.

Filmography

Music videos

* " Malibu" (2020, at home edition) by

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

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