Delaney Marie Rowe is an American social media personality, actress, and comedian. She is known for her

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videos on

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in which she parodies character tropes in media, such as the "absolutely insufferable female lead of an indie movie."

Life and career

Rowe was raised in

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. Inspired by the 2004 film ''

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'' to pursue acting, she regularly performed in the

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growing up. She moved from Idaho to

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to attend the

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School of Dramatic Arts, where she earned a BFA in acting in 2017. She worked as a hostess at a restaurant while auditioning for roles. She then started working as a personal chef after making flyers, on which she lied about attending culinary school, and putting them in mailboxes around

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. Rowe appeared in the 2020 short film ''The Wine'' as Cara. Starting in 2020, Rowe started posting comedy sketches—which she writes, performs in, and edits—on

. Her first video on the platform to go viral was a comedy sketch in which she gave a monologue about rain from the perspective of the "absolutely insufferable female lead of an indie movie". She continued to play this character in later videos that also went viral on the platform. Her videos typically feature

and parodies of other media tropes, such as female characters written by men and Manic Pixie Dream Girls. She appeared in the 2023 film ''The List''. , she is signed to

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Personal life

, Rowe lives in

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, Los Angeles. She was in a relationship with BJ Novak.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Delaney 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Boise, Idaho Comedians from Idaho USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni American women chefs American TikTokers Year of birth uncertain Living people Comedians from Los Angeles American parodists Actresses from Los Angeles People from Echo Park, Los Angeles American women comedians