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Madelaine Petsch
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Petsch at the 2024 WonderCon
Born
Madelaine Grobbelaar Petsch

(1994-08-18) August 18, 1994 (age 30)
Citizenship
  • United States
  • South Africa
Occupation
Years active 2014–present
YouTube information
Years active 2017–present
Genre
Subscribers 6.42 million
Total views 285.7 million
Subscriber and view counts updated as of June 4, 2024.

Madelaine Grobbelaar Petsch (born August 18, 1994) is an American actress and social media personality. She is best known for portraying Cheryl Blossom on The CW television series Riverdale (2017–2023).

Early life

Petsch was born on August 18, 1994, in Port Orchard, Washington. 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. She attended the Tacoma School of the Arts and relocated to Los Angeles after graduating. Petsch has one older brother.

Career

Madelaine Petsch MTV Awards 2018
Petsch in 2018

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.

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Hive Current girl #2
2016 The Curse of Sleeping Beauty Eliza
2017 F the Prom Marissa Direct-to-video film
2019 Polaroid Sarah
2020 Sightless Ellen Ashland Also co-producer
2022 Jane Olivia Brooks Also producer
About Fate Clementine Pratt
Hotel for the Holidays Georgia
2024 The Strangers: Chapter 1 Maya Lucas Also executive producer
The Strangers: Chapter 2 Post-production
2025 The Strangers: Chapter 3
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Instant Mom Mermaid Episode: "Gone Batty"
2017–2023 Riverdale Cheryl Blossom Main role
2020 The Simpsons Sloan Voice role; episode: "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds"
Web series roles
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Acting for a Cause Jane Bennet Episode: "Pride and Prejudice"
Day by Day Narrator Voice role; episode: "Relocation"
2020–2021 The Shadow Diaries Eliza Gold Voice role; podcast

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Teen Choice Awards Choice Hissy Fit Riverdale Won
2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards Scene Stealer Won
Teen Choice Awards Choice Hissy Fit Won
2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Musical Moment Nominated
Shorty Awards Breakout YouTuber of the Year Herself Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Ship (with Vanessa Morgan) Riverdale Nominated
2022 Streamy Awards Best Crossover (with Lili Reinhart and Camila Mendes) Herself Nominated

See also

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