Rowan Blanchard Biography

Rowan Blanchard (born October 14, 2001) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Riley Matthews on the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World that aired from 2014 until 2017. She also makes appearances on The Goldbergs as Jackie.

Life and career

Blanchard was born in Los Angeles, California, to Elizabeth and Mark Blanchard-Boulbol, who are yoga instructors. Her paternal grandfather was an immigrant from the Middle East, who was of part Armenian ancestry, and her paternal grandmother's ancestors are from England, Denmark, and Sweden. She was named after a character in Anne Rice's The Witching Hour. Rowan has two younger siblings, Carmen and Shane.

Blanchard began acting at the age of five. In 2010, Rowan was cast as Mona's daughter in The Back-up Plan and was in the main cast of the Disney Junior Original Series Dance-A-Lot Robot as Caitlin. In 2011, she was cast as Rebecca Wilson in Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, and as Raquel Pacheco in Little in Common. In late January 2013, Blanchard was cast as Riley Matthews in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World. She also sings the title song, along with co-star Sabrina Carpenter. The titular character is the daughter of Cory and Topanga from Boy Meets World. She is an active member of Disney Channel Circle of Stars. In early January 2015, Blanchard was cast as Cleo in the Disney Channel Original Movie Invisible Sister.

In 2016, it was announced that Blanchard was set to co-star in a feature film adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time; the film was expected to begin production in November.

Personal life

Rowan Blanchard is a public activist in areas such as feminism, human rights, and gun violence. While most of her comments regarding these issues are posted via Twitter or Tumblr, she has spoken at the UN Women and US National Committee's annual conference as part of #TeamHeForShe, a feminist campaign.

In a series of tweets in January 2016, she stated that while she had "only ever liked boys" in the past, she was "open to liking any gender" and therefore she identifies as queer.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	'	Mona's 7-year-old kid
2011	Little in Common	Raquel Pacheco
2011	Spy Kids: All the Time in the World	Rebecca Wilson
2018	A Wrinkle in Time		Post-production

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Dance-a-Lot Robot	Caitlin	Main role
2014-2017	Girl Meets World	Riley Matthews	Lead role
2015	Best Friends Whenever	Riley Matthews	Special guest star; episode: "Cyd and Shelby's Haunted Escape"
2015	Invisible Sister	Cleo	Disney Channel Original Movie
2017	The Goldbergs	Jackie	Recurring role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2012	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film "? Young Actress Ten and Under	Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2016	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Summer TV Star: Female	Girl Meets World
2017	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Female TV Star	Girl Meets World
2017	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Changemaker	Herself

See also