West End passersby see Rachel Zegler sing Don't Cry For Me Argentina on balcony
She has since garnered a series of film credits including for the Hunger Games franchise, appearing in the prequel, The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes, as Lucy Gray Baird, and also starred in Shazam! Fury Of The Gods, both of which were released in 2023.
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- Daily Mirror
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Scottish Sun
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- Scottish Sun
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Daily Record
20-06-2025
- Daily Record
MOVIE REVIEW: We decide if video game adaptation 'Until Dawn' is worth spending a night with
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