Rebecca Rittenhouse

Rebecca Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse in 2014
Born1988 or 1989 (age 36–37)
Los Angeles, California, U.S
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Rebecca Rittenhouse is an American actress. She has played Cody LeFever in the ABC prime time soap opera Blood & Oil and Dr. Anna Ziev in the Hulu romantic comedy series The Mindy Project. In 2022, she played the title character in the comedy series Maggie, which was cancelled after 13 episodes and purged from the Hulu streaming service in 2023.

Early life

Rittenhouse was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Pasadena.[1] One of her first roles was in lower school, when she was cast as the Balloon Girl in her all-girls academy's production of the musical Gypsy. She continued performing in high school, Westridge, but never thought of it as a career.[1] Rittenhouse attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied Romance languages. Afterwards, she decided to study acting at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City. She considered a career in medicine while trying to get roles.[1]

Career

Rittenhouse made her Off-Broadway debut in 2013 in Commons of Pensacola, at the Manhattan Theatre Club.[2] In 2014, she made her television debut, appearing in the pilot episode of Showtime drama series, The Affair. Later in that year, Rittenhouse was cast in the series regular role as Brittany Dobler in the Fox comedy-drama, Red Band Society.[3][4] The series was canceled after one season.[5] Rittenhouse was one of the actresses briefly considered for the female lead role in the superhero film Deadpool, which went to Morena Baccarin.[6]

In 2015, Rittenhouse was cast as the female lead Cody LeFever in the ABC prime time soap opera, Blood & Oil.[7][8][9] In late 2017, she was cast as Keri Allen in the season seven finale of the legal drama series Suits, which served as a backdoor pilot for a potential spin-off, Pearson.[10] However, the role was recast with Bethany Joy Lenz for the series.[11]

In 2018, she starred in "The Body", an episode of the anthology series Into the Dark. In 2019, she starred as interior decorator Ainsley Howard in the Hulu miniseries Four Weddings and a Funeral, an update on the 1994 film of the same name. The miniseries was created by Mindy Kaling and Matt Warburton,[12] with whom she had previously worked with on The Mindy Project.[13]

Rittenhouse starred in the title role of the comedy series Maggie, released on Hulu in July 2022.[14] The show was originally scheduled to debut on ABC, but was dropped to the Hulu streaming service,[15] where it was canceled after 13 episodes and purged from Hulu and Disney+ in May 2023.[16]

Personal life

From 2015 to 2018, Rittenhouse was in a relationship with her Blood & Oil co-star Chace Crawford;[17] in June 2024, Crawford revealed that the two continue to share custody of a rescue dog.[18] In September 2023, Rittenhouse announced her engagement to marketing executive Kyle Robiskie.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Philadelphia, Ti Amo Veronica directed by Jeff Ayars[20]
2018 Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot Bonnie
2018 Unfriended: Dark Web Serena Lange
2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Michelle Phillips
2021 Good on Paper Serrena Halstead

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Affair Jocelyn Episode: "1"
2014 Red Band Society Brittany Dobler Main cast
2015 Blood & Oil Cody LeFever Main cast
2016–2017 The Mindy Project Dr. Anna Ziev Main cast (seasons 5–6)
2017 Real Life Nora TV movie
2018 Suits Keri Allen Episode: "Good-Bye"
2018 The Handmaid's Tale Odette Episode: "After"
2018 Into the Dark Maggie Episode: "The Body"
2018 The Good Cop Macy Episode: "Who Killed the Guy on the Ski Lift?"
2019 Four Weddings and a Funeral Ainsley Howard Main cast
2022 Maggie Maggie Main cast
2025 Running Point Jay Brown's ex-wife Episode: "The Streak"
2026 His & Hers Lexy Jones Main cast

References

  1. ^ a b c "BA #244: Rebecca Rittenhouse". boxangeles.com. September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Blood & Oil". ABC. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (18 February 2014). "Charlie Rowe, Rebecca Rittenhouse & Zoe Levin Cast In Fox's Red Band Society". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. ^ Fienberg, Daniel (11 September 2014). "Red Band Society co-star Rebecca Rittenhouse discusses bridging the age gap". HitFix. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Red Band Society: FOX, ABC Studios Tried to Save Cancelled Series". TV Series Finale. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  6. ^ Sampson, Mike (18 February 2015). "Deadpool Casts Morena Baccarin to Star With Ryan Reynolds". ScreenCrush. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  7. ^ Petski, Denise (27 February 2015). "ABC Pilots Boom, Mix & 46 Percenters Add To Casts". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  8. ^ Pierce, Scott D. (8 May 2015). "Utah will star as North Dakota in new ABC TV series". The Salt Lake Tribune. TV or Not TV (column). Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  9. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (12 May 2015). "ABC 2015-16 Schedule: Network Bets On Stability With Few Changes, Muppets On Tuesday". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Suits Spinoff: Rebecca Rittenhouse & Morgan Spector Join Potential Gina Torres-Toplined Offshoot". Deadline Hollywood. November 10, 2017.
  11. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 20, 2018). "Suits Spinoff: Bethany Joy Lenz Among Quartet Series Regulars Cast In USA Show". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  12. ^ "New Faces: Rebecca Rittenhouse, A Rom-Com Lead For the Modern Age". W. August 2, 2019.
  13. ^ Eakin, Marah (October 25, 2016). "The Mindy Project stumbles over women's issues in a confounding episode". The A.V. Club. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  14. ^ "'The Wonder Years', 'Queens', 'Maggie' & 'Abbott Elementary' Picked Up To Series At ABC" from Deadline (May 14, 2021)
  15. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2022-01-24). "New ABC Comedy Series 'Maggie' Moving To Hulu". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  16. ^ Weatherbed, Jess (May 19, 2023). "Disney will remove over 50 shows from Disney Plus and Hulu this month". The Verge. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  17. ^ Hautman, Nicholas (April 30, 2019). "Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford Is 'Dating Around' After Quietly Splitting From Rebecca Rittenhouse (Exclusive)". Us Weekly.
  18. ^ Stivale, Shelby (June 13, 2024). "Which of Chace Crawford's Ex-Girlfriends Does He Still Share a Dog With?". MSN. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  19. ^ Richards, Bailey (September 23, 2023). "Rebecca Rittenhouse Announces Engagement to Kyle Robiskie: 'Some Questions Aren't Hard to Answer'". People. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  20. ^ Love in Philadelphia. Cornell University. 2011-10-31. Accessed June 22, 2020. Archived 2020-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
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