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WEEK IN WOMEN: Addison Rae’s multi-pic partnership with Netflix – Brandy McDonnell reports

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Addison Rae has entered into a multi-picture creative partnership with Netflix, the streamer recently announced.
The deal comes after Rae made her acting debut in the rom-com remake He’s All That, which debuted on Netflix over the summer.

In just one year, Rae, 21, has emerged as one of the biggest stars in the world. Named the top-earning creator on TikTok, the Louisiana native has amassed more than 100 million followers across social media since November 2019.

Rae is the third most-followed individual on TikTok, with more than 5.4 billion likes and 84 million followers. She continues to grow half a million new TikTok followers daily, according to a news release.

But her impressive reach extends beyond TikTok, with in excess of 39.7 million followers on Instagram, 4.72 million subscribers on YouTube and 4.8M followers on Twitter.

In addition to her impressive social media following, the Los Angeles-based up-and-comer has made a name for herself across several other enterprises. In 2019, she became co-founder of the clean makeup company ITEM Beauty, was named a global ambassador for American Eagle, and launched a podcast for Spotify with her mom titled “Mama Knows Best.” Continue reading on THE WEEK IN WOMEN.

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Brandy McDonnell

Brandy McDonnell writes features and reviews movies, music, events and the arts for The Oklahoman, Oklahoma's statewide newspaper, and NewsOK.com, the state's largest news Web site. Raised on a farm near Lindsay, Okla., she started her journalism career in seventh grade, when she was elected reporter for her school's 4-H Club. Taking her duties seriously, she began submitting stories to The Lindsay News, and worked for the local weekly through high school. She attended Oklahoma State University, where she worked for The Daily O'Collegian and earned her journalism degree with honors. She worked for three years at small Oklahoma dailies The Edmond Sun and Shawnee News-Star. In 2002, she joined The Oklahoman as a features reporter, writing about movies, the arts, events, families and nonprofits. She moved to The Oklahoman's entertainment desk in 2007. In 2004, she won a prestigious Journalism Fellowship in Child & Family Policy from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Along with her membership in AWFJ, she also is a founding member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Brandy writes The Week In Women blog for AWFJ.org.