Rowan Blanchard Bio

Rowan Blanchard, a U.S. actor, was born on 14th October 2001. She was featured in Time's list of the most influential teens. Her first appearance was as Rebecca Wilson in Spy Kids All the Time in the World (2011). She was then cast in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World (2014)-2017 in which she received Young Artist Award nominations. Since then, she's been on the screen as Jackie Geary in ABC's sitcom The Goldbergs (2017-2018) and Alexandra Cavill (2020-present) on TNT. Blanchard was the daughter of Elizabeth Blanchard-Boulbol and Mark Blandhard-Boulbol Yoga instructors. Her grandfather, who is paternal, is from Syrian, Armenian and Lebanese origin, and her maternal grandmother hails of England, Denmark and Sweden. Her paternal grandparents travelled together in Aleppo (present-day Syria). Named after the character of Anne Rice in The Witching Hour, she was named after her. Rowan is the younger of two siblings, Carmen and Shane. Blanchard began acting when she was the age of five. She first appeared as Mona's daughter in The Back-up Plan. Later she joined the main cast of Disney Junior Original Series Dance-a-Lot Robot's Caitlin. Blanchard was first cast in Spy Kids All the Time in the World in the year 2011 as Rebecca Wilson, and in Little in Common as Raquel Pacheco in 2011. Blanchard was also cast in the Disney Channel's Girl Meets World series as Riley Matthews in January 2013. Alongside Sabrina Carpenter, Blanchard sings the title track. The main character of the show is Cory and Topanga's daughter from Boy Meets World. She was a active Disney Channel Circle of Stars participant. Blanchard was part of the Disney Channel Original Movie Invisible Sister as Cleo beginning in January of 2015.