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American actress Elizabeth Greer “Beanie” Feldstein was born on June 29, 1993. Her breakthrough roles were in the comedies Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Lady Bird (2017), and Booksmart (2019), the latter of which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She later rose to prominence for her supporting turns in the dramas Lady Bird (2017) and Lady Bird (2018).
Feldstein has performed on the Broadway stage, making her theatrical debut as Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly! (2017–18) and playing the title role of Fanny Brice in the first revival of Funny Girl (2022), for which she received a Drama League Award nomination for Distinguished Performance. She played Monica Lewinsky in the third season of American Crime Story: Impeachment on FX in 2021.
Feldstein has performed on the Broadway stage, making her theatrical debut as Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly! (2017–18) and playing the title role of Fanny Brice in the first revival of Funny Girl (2022), for which she received a Drama League Award nomination for Distinguished Performance. She played Monica Lewinsky in the third season of American Crime Story: Impeachment on FX in 2021.
Feldstein was born in Los Angeles, the sole child of Guns N’ Roses tour accountant Richard Feldstein and Sharon Lyn (née Chalkin), a costume designer and fashion stylist. Feldstein is a Jew. Her older brother, actor Jonah Hill, is the middle child of three; their oldest sibling, Maroon 5 manager Jordan Feldstein (1977-2017), passed away abruptly at the age of 40 from a blood clot.
What is Beanie Feldstein doing now?
Feldstein was set to act in Richard Linklater’s Merrily We Roll Along movie, which would be filmed over the period of 20 years, it was revealed on August 29, 2019. The first act of the movie’s principal photography has already finished. With Ben Platt and Paul Mescal, Feldstein will play a prominent role.
She would play Fanny Brice in the 2022 Broadway revival of Funny Girl, it was revealed on August 11th, 2021. Her performance received mixed to unfavourable reviews. She was described as “decent” but “not fantastic” by Jesse Green of The New York Times and as “simply not” a “power vocalist” by Adrian Horton of The Guardian.
She was described as “decent” but “not fantastic” by Jesse Green of The New York Times and as “simply not” a “power vocalist” by Adrian Horton of The Guardian. The New York Post’s Johnny Oleksinski observed, “I’m sad to say that Feldstein is not providing a Broadway-caliber performance.” Feldstein later departed the show; on September 6, Lea Michele took her place. Before then, standby Julie Benko played the part.