By Maddy Shaw Roberts. As a high-schooler, Zegler was selected from a pool of 30,000 applicants to play Maria in Steven Spielberg’s remake of ‘West Side Story’. Rachel Zegler is a 20-year-old Colombian-American actor and singer-songwriter from New Jersey, who will star in Spielberg’s upcoming remake of West Side Story and Disney’s.

Fans were treated to the first look at Disney’s live-action “ Snow White ” remake at the D23 Expo on Friday, revealing Rachel Zegler in the role of the first-ever Disney princess. The 30.