Madelaine Grobbelaar Petsch is an American actress and social media personality. She is best known for portraying Cheryl Blossom on The CW television series Riverdale (2017–2023).
Nick Name: Mads
Years active: 2017–present
Born: August 18, 1994, 29 years old and 7 months, Port Orchard, Washington, United States
Sun Sign: Leo
Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Light Brown
Height: 5ft6in – 1.67 m
Measurements: 33-24-34 in – 84-61-86 cm
Bra size: 32B US – 70B EU
Genre: Vlog
Early life
At the age of three, she began dance classes, and two years later enrolled in theater classes. Petsch’s parents are from South Africa, and she spent the first ten years of her life dividing her time between South Africa and the state of Washington.
Madelaine went to the public school. For her high school education, she decided to go for an arts high school.
She attended the Tacoma School of the Arts and relocated to Los Angeles after graduating.
Petsch has one older brother named Shaun Petsch.
Career
Petsch appeared in a national advertising campaign for Coca-Cola in 2014. In February 2016, she was cast as Cheryl Blossom in The CW’s Riverdale, having been pinned for the role since late 2015 after meeting the casting director, who was at the time working on Legends of Tomorrow. The series began filming in September of that year. It premiered on January 26, 2017, and ended on August 23, 2023, after seven seasons. In March 2017, she joined the cast of the film Polaroid, which was released in 2019. In January 2019, it was announced that Petsch would star in and executive produce the horror-comedy film Saint Clare; but in 2022, Bella Thorne took over the role.
In April 2018, Petsch collaborated with sunglasses company Privé Revaux and released her own collection of sunglasses. Petsch has a YouTube channel, stating that the inspiration to start one was so fans could know the “real her” outside of acting.
Personal life
At age 14, Petsch began speaking out as a vegan, after having been raised vegetarian. She has also participated in an awareness campaign for PETA.
First Film
In 2015, Madelaine made her first film appearance in the sci-fi movie The Hive as Current Girl #2.
First TV Show
In 2015, she was seen in an episode of the comedy-drama series, Instant Mom as a mermaid.
Madelaine Petsch Favorite Things
Lipstick – Baby Mauve from Urban Decay
Contouring Product – Maybelline Facestudio Master Contour V-Shape Duo Stick
Sunscreen Product – EltaMD UV Clear Broad-Spectrum SPF 46
Cleansing Product – Avene scent-free wash
Moisturizer – Avene Skin Recovery Cream
Highlighter – Josie Maran Argan Enlightenment Illuminizing Powder Veil
Fiction Books – Harry Potter series
Madelaine Petsch Facts
Madelaine was raised as a vegetarian. At the age of 14, she decided to go vegan and since then, has claimed that milk and eggs were making her lethargic.
When it comes to doing her lips even for her onscreen characters, she doesn’t trust the makeup artists and likes to do it on her own.
When she was born, her father wanted to name her as ‘Street.’ However, her mother wasn’t happy with it, so instead, she suggested that they put ‘Lane’ in her first name, which eventually evolved to Madelaine.
When she was initially called in for Riverdale auditions, the casting director and producers wanted her for the role of Betty Cooper. However, about 4 months into the auditions, they switched her to Cheryl.
She is afraid of open water bodies and ironically her first scene in Riverdale was in a glass-bottomed boat. She had a panic attack just before they shot the scene.
She wanted to become an actress since the age of 3. By the age of 2, her parents had put her in a dancing class.
She started taking theater classes at the age of 5 and the first role she ever played in the theater was of magic carpet in Aladdin Jr. She had to do a lot of tap dancing for her role.
Her family had moved to South Africa when she was 8 years old. When she was 18, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
During her early struggling days in Los Angeles, she used to work at Barista coffee joint to support herself financially.
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