Angourie Rice facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Angourie Rice
Rice at the 2017 Cannes Festival
Born	Angourie Isabel Teresa Rice (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2013–present

Angourie Rice is an Australian actress born on January 1, 2001. She started acting when she was a child. People noticed her work in movies like These Final Hours (2013) and The Nice Guys (2016).

She is well-known for playing Betty Brant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. These include Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). For her main role in Ladies in Black (2018), she won an important acting award. In 2024, she starred as Cady Heron in the musical movie Mean Girls.

Angourie has also been in TV shows. These include an episode of Black Mirror called "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" (2019). She also appeared in the HBO series Mare of Easttown (2021) and the Apple TV+ series The Last Thing He Told Me (2023).

About Angourie Rice

Angourie Rice was named after a place in New South Wales, Australia. Her grandmother lived there. Her dad, Jeremy Rice, is a director, and her mom, Kate Rice, is a writer.

Angourie was born in Sydney. She lived in Perth for five years and in Munich, Germany, for one year. After that, her family moved to Melbourne, Australia. She lives in Collingwood, Melbourne, but often travels for filming, especially in the United States. She finished high school in 2018.

Angourie's Acting Journey

Angourie Rice began her acting career in Perth, Western Australia. She appeared in several short films and Australian TV shows. In 2012, when she was just eleven years old, she got a lot of attention. This was for her main role in a short film called Transmission. She even won an award for Best Actress at a film festival for it.

Early Movies and TV Shows

In 2013, Angourie made her first movie appearance in These Final Hours. This was a thriller about the end of the world. She also appeared in the live-action parts of the animated movie Walking with Dinosaurs.

In 2014, Angourie was in the TV series The Doctor Blake Mysteries and Worst Year of My Life Again. In 2015, she appeared in Mako: Island of Secrets.

Big Roles and Awards

In 2016, Angourie had a big role as Holly March in the action-comedy movie The Nice Guys. She acted alongside famous actors Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. She also played Tegan in the science-fiction movie Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows.

In 2017, she played Eliza Wishart in the Australian movie Jasper Jones. This movie received many award nominations. She also played Jane in The Beguiled.

Becoming Betty Brant

Angourie Rice played Betty Brant in the 2017 movie Spider-Man: Homecoming. She played the role again in the 2019 sequel, Spider-Man: Far From Home, where her character had a bigger part. She also appeared as Betty Brant in the web series The Daily Bugle. She returned to the role once more in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Recent Work and Projects

In 2018, Angourie starred in the romantic movie Every Day. She also played Lisa in the Australian movie Ladies in Black. For this role, she won an AACTA award for Best Lead Actress.

In 2019, Angourie acted with Miley Cyrus in an episode of Black Mirror. This episode was described as a fun, adventurous story. In 2021, Variety magazine named her one of the 'Actors to Watch'. She also played Siobhan in Mare of Easttown with Kate Winslet.

Angourie also hosts a podcast called The Community Library. She started it in 2019 to help people learn how to read and think critically about books.

In April 2022, Angourie was chosen to star with Jennifer Garner in the Apple TV+ series The Last Thing He Told Me. In December 2022, she was cast as Cady Heron in the movie version of the Broadway musical Mean Girls. This movie was released in theaters on January 12, 2024.

She also co-wrote a book called Stuck Up & Stupid with her mother, Kate Rice. The book was nominated for a Young Adult Indie Book Award in 2024.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

See also

In Spanish: Angourie Rice para niños