Ariane Rinehart (born April 13, 1994) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance in ''

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'' as the eldest von Trapp daughter, Liesl, which was described by critics as the standout performance in the production.

Early life and education

Rinehart was born to

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Gregory Rinehart and illustrator Nadine Sokol Rinehart. Rinehart has an older brother, Ian. Rinehart started with ballet as an extra activity to do, but soon developed a love for it. She then started taking voice and acting lessons. Rinehart's first role was in Rodger and Hammerstein's '' Carousel''. Rinehart attended Lindbergh High School in

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, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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, where she majored in sociology and minored in German.

Career

When she was 10 years old, Rinehart starred as Marta, the second youngest Von Trapp, in a professional production of the ''Sound of Music'' in St. Louis. This was a precursor to her second role in ''The Sound of Music'' in 2013, which was watched by 18 million people on NBC. It was the first full-scale musical made for TV and performed live since 1957. As part of the promotion for

she performed one of the songs live in the 2013

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. Rinehart also reunited with the other Von Trapp children in December 2014 at 54 Below for a concert to promote the re-airing of ''The Sound of Music Live!.'' She has had several other film and television roles, and starred in the Justin Timberlake music video for the song "

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". She appeared as

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in the film '' Noah'', released on March 28, 2014. In 2016, Rinehart appeared in episodes of '' Quantico'' and '' Blue Bloods'', and 2017 in '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and '' What Would You Do?''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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NBC biography of Rinehart
Living people Actresses from St. Louis American film actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from New York City Barnard College alumni 1994 births 21st-century American singers Singers from New York City Musicians from St. Louis Singers from Missouri {{US-singer-stub