For the 20-year-old phenom, a career-making role in West Side Story is just the beginning.
Aspiring starlets used to sidle up to the counter at Schrafft’s in the hopes of getting discovered. These days, they get cozy with their iPhones’ front-facing cameras. A brief clip filmed on her phone was what ended up propelling one New Jersey teenager to the kind of overnight success that feels like a throwback amid a Hollywood landscape peopled with celebrity children and the TikTok-famous.
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