Lili Reinhart
American actress (born 1996)
Lili Pauline Reinhart (born September 13, 1996) is an American actress. She portrayed Betty Cooper on the CW teen drama series Riverdale (2017–2023) earning 7 Teen Choice Awards as well as nominations for a Critics' Choice Award and three People's Choice Awards.
Reinhart early film work includes supporting roles in The Kings of Summer (2013), Miss Stevens (2016), and Hustlers (2019). She has since taken leading roles in the romance films Chemical Hearts (2020), Look Both Ways (2022), and The Love Hypothesis (2026) as well as the crime drama American Sweatshop (2025) and the comedy-drama miniseries Hal & Harper (2025), all of which she also served as an executive producer.
Early life
Reinhart was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Amy and Daniel Reinhart, and raised in the nearby town of Bay Village. She is of German and French descent and has stated her surname is of German origin. Reinhart is the middle of three sisters. She developed a love for singing, acting, and dancing at the age of 10, and asked her mother to drive her to New York City for auditions. Reinhart moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, when she was 16 years old. Reinhart moved to Los Angeles when she was 18 years old to pursue acting and after five months, she returned home to Charlotte, North Carolina, and worked with a therapist.
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