Aussie Actress Angourie Rice Is The New Cady Heron, But Only Real Ones Know About Her Previous Roles

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    Angeline Barion
    by Angeline Barion

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Australian actress Angourie Rice has taken on one of her biggest challenges yet — filling Lindsay Lohan's shoes as Cady Heron in the new Mean Girls reboot.

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    Playing the iconic transfer-student-turned-teen-queen would be enough of a challenge in itself. But the new Mean Girls film is also an adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, which means the role now demands a certain vocal prowess to nail the performance. Thankfully, it's safe to say that Rice angelically delivers.

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    But Angourie Rice's long list of achievements doesn't stop at Mean Girls. At just 23, Rice has already co-authored a novel titled Stuck Up & Stupid, acted onstage for a production run at Melbourne Theatre Company, and worked alongside big names like Zendaya, Tom Holland, Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe.

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    So, if you've been wondering where you've seen her before, then you're in luck. We've rounded up a comprehensive list of movies and shows that you may recognise Angourie Rice from.

    Here's where you might have spotted her:

    1. At the age of 10, she starred in short film Mercy (2011).

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    2. In 2012, she received praise for her lead role in the award-winning short film Transmission.

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    This moving 13 minute short, set in a post-apocalyptic Western Australia, follows the survival story of Tilly (played by Rice) and her dad Jim as they attempt to reach safety in a virus-free zone.

    3. The year after, Rice starred in These Final Hours (2013), a film with a similar premise to Transmission.

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    4. Or maybe you caught a glimpse of her in the 3D movie Walking With Dinosaurs (2013), in which she played the niece of palaeontologist Zack (played by Karl Urban).

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    5. In 2015, Rice got to live the dream of every 2010s teen when she played Neppy in the H20: Just Add Water spin off series, Mako Mermaids (2015).

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    6. In 2016, she channeled her inner sci-fi girlie in Nowhere Boys the TV series and its follow up movie, Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows.

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    7. Rice's gig playing Holly March in The Nice Guys (2016) solidified her place in the big leagues — she was playing daughter to Ryan Gosling's character Holland!

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    8. 2017 saw Rice kick off one of her busiest career years to date. She starred in Australian film Jasper Jones...

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    9. ... Before joining Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning for Sofia Coppola's period film The Beguiled...

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    10. ...and, oh yeah. She also joined Tom Holland's Spider-Man franchise*.* No biggie, right? Rice played Betty Brant, the face of the high school's news program, and appeared in Homecoming (2017), Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021). She even scored a TikTok spin off series, The Daily Bugle, which ran from 2021 to 2022.

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    11. Following her breakout role in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Rice began snagging lead roles, like in the book-to-film adaptation of Every Day (2018).

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    12. You might've even seen her 2018 performance of the awkward (yet, glamorous) Lisa in Ladies in Black.

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    13. Taking her talents back to television acting, Rice starred in a 2019 Black Mirror episode about a talking doll, alongside Miley Cyrus and Madison Davenport.

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    14. And in 2021, Rice got another breakout role in the HBO limited series Mare of Easttown. She played Siobhan, the daughter of Mare (played by none other than Kate Winslet).

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    15. Before she was Cady, Rice gave us a taste of her teen queen talents in Senior Year (2022), in which she plays the younger version of Rebel Wilson's character, Stephanie Conway.

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    16. Her teen queen portrayals didn't stop after Senior Year. Rice also gave us big Regina George vibes when she played Honor Rose in 2022 Paramount+ Film, Honor Society.

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    17. And finally, her most recent project prior to Mean Girls: The Musical was playing step-daughter to Jennifer Garner in Apple TV+'s The Last Thing He Told Me (2023).

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    Which Angourice Rice role has been your favourite?

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