Beanie Feldstein

Elizabeth Greer "Beanie" Feldstein is an American actress born on June 24, 1993. She first gained recognition for her film roles in the comedy Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), the comedy-drama Lady Bird (2017), and the coming-of-age comedy Booksmart (2019). Beyond her feature film projects, she has performed on the Broadway stage and portrayed featured television roles across multiple series.

Feldstein was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of costume designer and fashion stylist Sharon Lyn and tour accountant Richard Feldstein. She is Jewish and is the youngest of three children, with her brothers being actor Jonah Hill and music manager Jordan Feldstein. She received the nickname "Beanie" from her nanny as an infant. Feldstein attended the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles as well as the Stagedoor Manor theatre camp in New York, forming a lasting friendship with actor Ben Platt during high school. She graduated from Wesleyan University in 2015 with a degree in sociology.

Feldstein made her screen acting debut in 2002 on the ABC comedy series My Wife and Kids. She later appeared in the 2012 musical pilot Madison High, guest-starred on Orange Is the New Black in 2015, and appeared in the comedy film Fan Girl. Her career expanded with a major role in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising in 2016, followed by appearances in the television pilot The Devil You Know and an episode of Will & Grace. In 2017, she appeared in The Female Brain and co-starred in Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird, sharing a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

In 2019, Feldstein played the recurring role of Jenna in the first season of What We Do in the Shadows and starred in Olivia Wilde's Booksmart. Her performance in Booksmart earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. She subsequently starred as Johanna Morrigan in How to Build a Girl, guest-starred on Grey's Anatomy, voiced a character on The Simpsons, and appeared in the film adaptation of The Humans. In 2021, she portrayed Monica Lewinsky in the television series Impeachment: American Crime Story.

On Broadway, Feldstein made her debut playing Minnie Fay in the 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly!. In 2022, she starred as Fanny Brice in the first revival of Funny Girl, earning a nomination for the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance before departing the production later that year.

Feldstein joined the cast of Ethan Coen's film Drive-Away Dolls, was cast in the fifth season of Only Murders in the Building, and took part in Richard Linklater's long-term film adaptation of Merrily We Roll Along. Feldstein is queer and met film producer Bonnie-Chance Roberts on the set of How to Build a Girl. They married on May 19, 2023, and she announced in May 2026 that she was pregnant with their first child.