Biography

Odeya Rush's first role was as Larry David's childhood friend in an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Shortly after that, she starred in "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," then went on to do "The Giver" alongside Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep, and "Goosebumps" opposite Jack Black. At age 18, she wrote, directed, and starred in her own short film, "Thanks." Odeya recently starred in the Oscar-nominated "Lady Bird" directed by Greta Gerwig, and played a leading role in "Dumplin" alongside Jennifer Aniston. Odeya became a US citizen in 2018. This past year, she's written and directed two short-film-style music videos, and she hopes to continue to work behind the camera.
- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous

Striking blue eyes

Odeya is the only girl in her family among six boys; two older brothers, and two sets of younger twin boys.

She was born in Haifa, Israel. When she was nine, her family moved to Alabama, U.S., for her father's work.

She gets compared to Mila Kunis frequently.

She balances her acting, singing, and dancing with biking and swimming.

She studies with Ann Ratray in New York City.

[on her first name] It's an interesting story, actually . . . I'm Jewish [and] . . . it's from the [Old Testament] . . . They thought of many other names, but they couldn't exactly agree. My dad just opened the book and the first sentence he saw, it was in Hebrew . . . My name, Odeya, means "Thank God." So that's where they found it.

When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress. He was like, "OK, calm down. Learn English."