Rowan Blanchard (born October 14, 2001) is an American actress, who
was included on a list of Time's list of Most Influential Teens in
2015. She is known for her roles as Riley Matthews on the Disney
Channel series Girl Meets World (2014â€"2017), as Jackie Geary on the
ABC sitcom The Goldbergs (2017â€"2018), and Alexandra Cavill in the
TNT series Snowpiercer (2020â€"present).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 had paternal Syrian ancestry and maternal Armenian
ancestry, and her paternal grandmother's ancestors are from England,
Denmark, and Sweden. Her paternal great grandparents had met in
Aleppo, present-day Syria. She was named after a character in Anne
Rice's The Witching Hour. Rowan has two younger siblings, Carmen and
Shane.
was included on a list of Time's list of Most Influential Teens in
2015. She is known for her roles as Riley Matthews on the Disney
Channel series Girl Meets World (2014â€"2017), as Jackie Geary on the
ABC sitcom The Goldbergs (2017â€"2018), and Alexandra Cavill in the
TNT series Snowpiercer (2020â€"present).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 had paternal Syrian ancestry and maternal Armenian
ancestry, and her paternal grandmother's ancestors are from England,
Denmark, and Sweden. Her paternal great grandparents had met in
Aleppo, present-day Syria. She was named after a character in Anne
Rice's The Witching Hour. Rowan has two younger siblings, Carmen and
Shane.
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