Reneé Rapp graduates from 'Mean Girls' to 'College Girls'
ABC News
Reneé Rapp, former star in Broadway’s “Mean Girls” as Regina George, makes her TV debut in the new series “The Sex Lives of College Girls” for HBO Max
NEW YORK -- When Broadway shut down during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, “ Mean Girls” star, Reneé Rapp, figured she'd take the opportunity to return home in North Carolina and wait it out — thinking it would be only a few weeks. Weeks turned to months and when Broadway showed no sign of reopening soon, the now 21-year-old had to figure out what was next.
She recalls a conversation with her mom who said, ‘What are you going to do with your life?′ And I was like, ‘I’ll get on it, Denise. Thank you,’" said Rapp in a recent Zoom interview.
Rapp's manager suggested she begin auditioning for film and TV. Prior to that, Rapp says she had only done a few self-tape auditions and describes them as “not cute.” She read for the HBO Max series “ The Sex Lives of College Girls," created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble, and was shocked to even get a call back. It debuts Thursday.
“I remember hearing they liked me and that I was ‘pinned.’ I had no idea what that meant. I thought it meant they had someone else and I was on the back burner.” (It means you're liked by the casting director and production for a role, and they want you to hold filming dates on your schedule.)
