1. Tavi Gevinson was born on April 21,1996 and is an American actress, writer, and magazine editor.
18 Facts About Tavi Gevinson
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Tavi Gevinson was the founder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine Rookie, aimed primarily at teenage girls.
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Tavi Gevinson was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in the suburban town of Oak Park, Illinois.
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Tavi Gevinson's father, Steve Gevinson, is a high school English teacher.
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Tavi Gevinson's mother, Berit Engen, is a weaver and part-time Hebrew instructor who grew up in Oslo, Norway.
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Tavi Gevinson's father was born to an Orthodox Jewish family; her mother, who was raised Lutheran, converted to Judaism in 2001.
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Tavi Gevinson attended Oak Park and River Forest High School and graduated in 2014.
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Tavi Gevinson made overseas fashion-related trips to Tokyo and Antwerp, funded by Pop magazine, and was commissioned to write articles for Harper's Bazaar and Barneys.
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New York magazine questioned whether it was possible for Tavi Gevinson to write her blog without "some help from a mom or older sister".
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The site was originally conceived of as a joint venture with Jane Pratt, but Tavi Gevinson ultimately decided to maintain sole ownership.
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In 2012, Tavi Gevinson spoke at TEDxTeen, with a focus on representation of women in popular culture, and at The Economist's World in 2012 Festival.
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In November 2018, Tavi Gevinson announced that she was shutting down Rookie due to its no longer being financially sustainable.
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Tavi Gevinson first acted in a short film, First Bass, in 2008, but became more visible in 2012.
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Also in 2012, Tavi Gevinson filmed a role in Enough Said by director Nicole Holofcener.
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Tavi Gevinson played Mary Warren in Ivo van Hove's 2016 production of The Crucible at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
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Tavi Gevinson then made a guest appearance on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on a panel critiquing Sean Penn's Rolling Stone interview with El Chapo.
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In 2016, Tavi Gevinson recorded a duet with Hunx and His Punx frontman Seth Bogart, singing on "Barely 21" from Bogart's self-titled debut solo album.
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Tavi Gevinson organized a get-well-soon-card drive for Malala Yousafzai, the fourteen-year-old Pakistani girl whose campaigning for education rights led to her shooting in October 2012.