Date of Birth : May 12th 1997
Odeya Rush was born on May 12th 1997 in Haifa, Israel, to parents Maia and Shlomo. Odeya is the only girl in her family among six boys, two older brothers, and two sets of younger twin boys.
Odeya first roles were in TV series Curb Your Enthusiasm (2011) and Law and Order: SVU (2010), before landing an important role in The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) as Joni Jerome.
Odeya Rush then played the female lead in the high anticipated book-to-movie The Giver (2014), opposite Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep.
After wrapping The Giver, Odeya was cast in female lead in Goosebumps (2015) with Jack Black and Hunter’s Prayer (2015) with Sam Worthington.
Her name, “Odeya,” means “Thank God” in Hebrew.