Ariane Rinehart (born April 13, 1994) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance in ''

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'' as the eldest von Trapp daughter, Liesl, which was described by critics as the standout performance in the production.

Early life and education

Rinehart was born to plastic surgeon Gregory Rinehart and illustrator Nadine Sokol Rinehart. Rinehart has an older brother, Ian. Rinehart started with ballet as an extra activity to do, but soon developed a love for it. She then started taking voice and acting lessons. Rinehart's first role was in Rodger and Hammerstein's ''

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''. Rinehart attended Lindbergh High School in

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, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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, where she majored in sociology and minored in German.

Career

When she was 10 years old, Rinehart starred as Marta, the second youngest Von Trapp, in a professional production of the ''Sound of Music'' in St. Louis. This was a precursor to her second role in ''The Sound of Music'' in 2013, which was watched by 18 million people on NBC. It was the first full-scale musical made for TV and performed live since 1957. As part of the promotion for

she performed one of the songs live in the 2013

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. Rinehart also reunited with the other Von Trapp children in December 2014 at 54 Below for a concert to promote the re-airing of ''The Sound of Music Live!.'' She has had several other film and television roles, and starred in the

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music video for the song "

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". She appeared as

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in the film ''

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'', released on March 28, 2014. In 2016, Rinehart appeared in episodes of '' Quantico'' and ''

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'', and 2017 in '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and '' What Would You Do?''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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NBC biography of Rinehart
Living people Actresses from St. Louis American film actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from New York City Barnard College alumni 1994 births 21st-century American singers Singers from New York City Singers from St. Louis {{US-screen-actor-1990s-stub