Rowan Blanchard

Blanchard was born on October 14, 2001, in Los Angeles, California, to Elizabeth and Mark Blanchard-Boulbol, who are yoga instructors.{{cite web|url=http://www.markblanchardsyoga.com/studio-city-power-yoga-studio.html|title=Yoga Los Angeles :: Mark Blanchard Power Yoga Studio City|website=Markblanchardsyoga.com|access-date=May 3, 2014|archive-date=August 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801092727/http://www.markblanchardsyoga.com/studio-city-power-yoga-studio.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.debbiegibsonmerch.com/coachbios.html|title=Debbie Gibson Online Store – EY Workshop|website=Debbiegibsonmerch.com|access-date=May 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701020908/http://www.debbiegibsonmerch.com/coachbios.html|archive-date=July 1, 2015|url-status=dead}} Her great-grandfather was Syrian;{{Cite web |date=2017-04-07 |title=Rowan Blanchard Says She's "Sick to My Stomach" About the Conflict in Syria |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/rowan-blanchard-speaks-out-syrian-conflict-instagram |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522143842/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/rowan-blanchard-speaks-out-syrian-conflict-instagram |url-status=live }} and her great-grandmother was Armenian.{{Cite web |last=Sasso |first=Samantha |date=2017-03-29 |title=Rowan Blanchard On Beauty, Brows, & Growing Up On The Internet |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2018/08/208133/rowan-blanchard-beauty-skin-care-interview |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=www.refinery29.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112084613/https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2018/08/208133/rowan-blanchard-beauty-skin-care-interview |url-status=live }} Her paternal great-grandparents met in Aleppo, present-day Syria.{{cite web|first=Chelsea|last=Stone|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/rowan-blanchard-speaks-out-syrian-conflict-instagram|title=Rowan Blanchard Says She's "Sick to My Stomach" About the Conflict in Syria|website=Teen Vogue|date=April 7, 2017|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522143842/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/rowan-blanchard-speaks-out-syrian-conflict-instagram|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.yogalaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=41|title=Interview with a Yogi|website=Yogalaw|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-date=May 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507021027/http://www.yogalaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=41|url-status=dead}} She was named after a character in Anne Rice's The Witching Hour.{{Cite web|title = Rowan Blanchard: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me|url = http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/rowan-blanchard-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-w158635|website = US Weekly|date = December 2015|access-date = December 2, 2015|archive-date = August 28, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180828171934/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/rowan-blanchard-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-w158635/|url-status = live}} Rowan has two younger siblings, Carmen and Shane.{{cite web|url=http://video.disney.com/watch/disneychannel-this-is-who-i-am-rowan-blanchard-4fb1e5fa55e064f6f1d38d63|title=Rowan Blanchard's "Who I Am" (Disney Channel)|work=Disney Video|access-date=October 5, 2014|archive-date=June 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609014414/http://video.disney.com/watch/disneychannel-this-is-who-i-am-rowan-blanchard-4fb1e5fa55e064f6f1d38d63|url-status=dead}}

Blanchard began acting in 2006 at the age of five, first being cast as Mona's daughter in The Back-up Plan and was in the main cast of the Disney Junior Original Series Dance-a-Lot Robot as Caitlin. In 2011, she was cast as Rebecca Wilson in Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, and as Raquel Pacheco in Little in Common.{{Cite web |date=2011-08-22 |title=Review: 'Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-spy-kids-20110822-story.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2015-04-17 |title=Not your average 13-year-old: Rowan Blanchard, special guest at Kidz Expo Saturday, dives into weighty, worldwide subjects {{!}} Chattanooga Times Free Press |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2015/apr/17/not-your-average-13-year-old-rowan-blanchard-speci/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.timesfreepress.com |language=en}} The former earned her a Young Artist Award nomination.

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In 2013, Blanchard was cast in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World, a sequel to Boy Meets World, as Riley Matthews, the daughter of Boy Meets World characters Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence.{{cite magazine |last=Stransky |first=Tanner |date=January 28, 2013 |title='Boy Meets World' spin-off: Meet Cory and Topanga's daughter -- EXCLUSIVE |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/01/28/boy-meets-world-daughter-rowan-blanchard/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216164031/http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/01/28/boy-meets-world-daughter-rowan-blanchard/ |archive-date=December 16, 2014 |access-date=February 2, 2013 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}{{cite news |last=Ng |first=Philiana |date=January 28, 2013 |title='Boy Meets World' Follow-Up Casts Cory and Topanga's Daughter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/girl-meets-world-rowan-blanchard-416222 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706191546/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/girl-meets-world-rowan-blanchard-416222 |archive-date=July 6, 2018 |access-date=February 2, 2013 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |location=Los Angeles, CA}} She also sings the title song with co-star Sabrina Carpenter, among other songs for the network.{{cite journal |title=The Disney Channel Circle of Stars Sing Songs |url=http://www.m-magazine.com/posts/the-disney-channel-circle-of-stars-sing-songs-from-frozen-in-a-new-music-vid-40461.html |url-status=live |journal=M Magazine |date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225092318/http://www.m-magazine.com/posts/the-disney-channel-circle-of-stars-sing-songs-from-frozen-in-a-new-music-vid-40461.html |archive-date=December 25, 2017 |access-date=July 27, 2014}} The series premiered in 2014, and ran for three seasons until 2017.{{Cite web |last=Wagmeister |first=Elizabeth |date=2017-01-05 |title='Girl Meets World' Canceled: Disney Channel's 'Boy Meets World' Spinoff Won't Return for Season 4 |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/girl-meets-world-cancelled-disney-channel-season-4-1201952881/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Although Brian Howry of Variety gave the series a mixed review, he said that Blanchard was an "appealing lead".{{Cite web |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=2014-06-27 |title=TV Review: 'Girl Meets World' |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/reviews/tv-review-girl-meets-world-1201251523/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Max Nicholson of IGN agreed, writing that she had "the same go-getter spunk of predecessor Ben Savage, but she also nails the wide-eyed innocence that made Cory such a lovable lead in the original." He also called the "Girl Meets Rileytown" episode one of her "best performances yet, proving her dynamic range as actress once again."{{Cite web |last=Nicholson |first=Max |date=2015-04-06 |title=Girl Meets World: Season 1 Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/06/girl-meets-world-season-1-review |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=IGN |language=en}} For Girl Meets World, she received nominations at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards, and Young Artist Awards. Also for Disney, she played Cleo in the 2015 Disney Channel Original Movie Invisible Sister.{{cite news |last=Bibel |first=Sara |date=January 9, 2015 |title=Disney Channel Greenlights Original Movies 'Invisible Sister' Starring Rowan Blanchard & Paris Berelc & 'Further Adventures in Babysitting' Starring Sabrina Carpenter & Sofia Carson |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/01/09/disney-channel-greenlights-original-movies-invisible-sister-starring-rowan-blanchard-paris-berelc-further-adventures-in-babysitting-starring-sabrina-carpenter-sofia-carson/348327/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109234005/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/01/09/disney-channel-greenlights-original-movies-invisible-sister-starring-rowan-blanchard-paris-berelc-further-adventures-in-babysitting-starring-sabrina-carpenter-sofia-carson/348327/ |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |access-date=January 10, 2015 |work=TV by the Numbers}} File:Rowan Blanchard 2017.png

From 2017 to 2018, Blanchard had a recurring role as Jackie Geary on the ABC series The Goldbergs.{{Cite web|last=Swift|first=Andy|date=2017-02-06|title=Rowan Blanchard Joins The Goldbergs in First Post-Girl Meets World Role|url=https://tvline.com/2017/02/06/rowan-blanchard-the-goldbergs-cast-girl-meets-world-star/|access-date=2020-10-08|website=TVLine|language=en-US|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305172217/https://tvline.com/2017/02/06/rowan-blanchard-the-goldbergs-cast-girl-meets-world-star/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=You Got Zuko'd |url=https://www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/shows/thegoldbergs/episodes/you-got-zukod/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016215205/https://www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/shows/thegoldbergs/episodes/you-got-zukod/ |archive-date=October 16, 2018 |access-date=October 3, 2018 |website=Disneyabcpress.com}} In 2016, she was cast in the minor role of Veronica Kiley in Ava DuVernay's film A Wrinkle in Time,{{cite web |title=A Wrinkle in Time Press Kit |url=http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/AWrinkleInTime/writen-material/AWrinkleInTime5a989b04754db.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009072722/http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/AWrinkleInTime/writen-material/AWrinkleInTime5a989b04754db.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2019 |access-date=March 7, 2018 |publisher=Walt Disney Studios}}{{cite magazine|last=Gettell|first=Oliver|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/01/wrinkle-in-time-zach-galifianakis-andre-holland-rowan-blanchard|title=A Wrinkle in Time adds Zach Galifianakis, André Holland, Rowan Blanchard|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 1, 2016|access-date=November 5, 2016|archive-date=December 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222202950/https://ew.com/article/2016/11/01/wrinkle-in-time-zach-galifianakis-andre-holland-rowan-blanchard/|url-status=live}} an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name. Her performance was partially improvised, and Blanchard said "I've never had so much freedom and so much trust from a director ever."{{Cite web |last=Paige |first=Rachel |date=March 9, 2018 |title=Rowan Blanchard improvised her most heartbreaking scene in "Wrinkle In Time" |url=https://hellogiggles.com/rowan-blanchard-wrinkle-in-time-improv/ |access-date=October 29, 2024 |website=HelloGiggles}} It was released in 2018 to mixed reviews.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2016-11-14 |title=Ava DuVernay's 'A Wrinkle In Time' To Hit Theaters In Spring 2018 |url=https://deadline.com/2016/11/ava-duvernay-a-wrinkle-in-time-release-date-1201854261/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

In March 2019, Blanchard was cast as Alexandra Cavill in TNT/AMC's{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=2024-03-14 |title='Snowpiercer': AMC Picks Up Season 4 After TNT Scrapped Sci-Fi Drama |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/snowpiercer-amc-picks-up-season-4-1235858793/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} Snowpiercer, a futuristic thriller series based on the 2013 South Korean-Czech film of the same name.{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |date=March 27, 2019 |title=Rowan Blanchard Joins TNT's 'Snowpiercer' |url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/rowan-blanchard-cast-tnt-snowpiercer-1202583579/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124131517/https://deadline.com/2019/03/rowan-blanchard-cast-tnt-snowpiercer-1202583579/ |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |access-date=March 27, 2019 |website=Deadline |language=en}} The series premiered in 2020, and Blanchard was promoted to the main cast from the second season onwards.{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2019-05-15 |title='Snowpiercer' Moves To TBS With Early Season 2 Renewal |url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/snowpiercer-moves-tbs-season-2-renewal-1202615187/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} She co-stars with Jennifer Connelly, whom Blanchard told TV Insider that "I feel really, really grateful that the show provided me opportunity to work with [her] because she's been acting since she was a child and I’ve been acting since I was a child."{{Cite web |last=Darwish |first=Meaghan |date=2021-01-25 |title='Snowpiercer' Star Rowan Blanchard on Playing Alexandra, From Her Loyalties to Life Aboard Big Alice |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/985760/snowpiercer-season-2-alexandra-rowan-blanchard-melanie/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=TV Insider |language=en-US}} Snowpiercer ran for four seasons with mixed to positive reviews, concluding in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Ryan |date=2024-06-03 |title=Snowpiercer Season 4: AMC Drops Teaser Trailer for Final Episodes Ahead of July Premiere |url=https://tvline.com/news/snowpiercer-final-season-4-amc-release-date-1235020513/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=TVLine |language=en-US}}

It was announced in 2021 that Blanchard would co-star with Auli'i Cravalho in the Hulu movie Crush,{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2021-08-10 |title=Rowan Blanchard & Auli'i Cravalho To Star In Hulu Coming-Of-Age Film From Director Sammi Cohen |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/rowan-blanchard-aulii-cravalho-to-star-sammi-cohen-film-hulu-1234811978/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} which was released in April 2022 and became the third most streamed film of its release week.{{Cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=2021-08-10 |title=Rowan Blanchard, Auli'i Cravalho to Lead Hulu Coming-of-Age Romance Feature |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rowan-blanchard-aulii-cravalho-to-lead-hulu-coming-of-age-feature-1234995233/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Prange |first=Stephanie |date=2022-05-04 |title='The Batman,' 'Moon Knight' Again Top Weekly Whip Media Streaming Charts |url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/the-batman-moon-knight-again-top-weekly-whip-media-streaming-charts/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Media Play News |language=en-US}} It received generally positive reviews from critics, many of whom praised Blanchard's performance.{{Cite web |last=Mohan |first=Monita |date=2022-04-29 |title=The Beauty of 'Crush' Is That It's a Coming-of-Age Story, Not a Coming Out Story |url=https://collider.com/crush-hulu-coming-of-age-not-coming-out-story/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Collider |language=en}} Tomris Laffly of Variety called her "instantly likeable",{{Cite web |last=Laffly |first=Tomris |date=2022-04-29 |title='Crush' Review: Hulu's Teen-Centric Queer Rom-Com Plays It Too Safe |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/crush-review-1235242525/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} and Christy Lemire for RogerEbert.com wrote that both Blanchard and Cravalho "assert themselves confidently with more mature material while still bringing all that well-honed comic timing".{{Cite web |last=Lemire |first=Christy |date=2022-04-29 |title=Crush movie review & film summary (2022) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/crush-movie-review-2022 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en-US}}

In 2023, Blanchard guest starred on the comedy-drama series Poker Face as Lily Albern.{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2022-10-04 |title='Poker Face': Rhea Perlman, Chelsea Frei, Rowan Blanchard Join Rian Johnson's Peacock Series |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/poker-face-rhea-perlman-chelsea-frei-rowan-blanchard-rian-johnsons-peacock-series-1235134414/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Blanchard is an activist on issues such as feminism, human rights, and gun violence. Most of her comments regarding these issues are posted via Twitter or Tumblr, and she has spoken at the UN Women and US National Committee's annual conference as part of #TeamHeForShe, a feminist campaign.{{cite journal |last=Duff |first=Chelsea |date=June 29, 2015 |title=Rowan Blanchard gave the most moving feminist speech for at the UN Women's Conference |url=http://www.girlslife.com/post/2015/06/29/Rowan-Blanchard-gave-the-most-moving-feminist-speech-for-at-the-UN-Womens-Conference.aspx |url-status=live |journal=Girls' Life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109233641/http://www.girlslife.com/post/2015/06/29/Rowan-Blanchard-gave-the-most-moving-feminist-speech-for-at-the-UN-Womens-Conference.aspx |archive-date=November 9, 2015 |access-date=July 24, 2015}} She was inspired to do so after being harassed at age 12, and "started putting things on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram, because I realize that I have a following, and most of the people who watch our show, I would say, are girls. And I didn't want them ever going through that."{{Cite web |date=2016-03-24 |title=Rowan Blanchard |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/rowan-blanchard |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}

In February 2018, Blanchard wrote and released the book Still Here.{{cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Lauren |date=September 20, 2017 |title=15-Year-Old Rowan Blanchard Has Announced Her First Book |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/rowan-blanchard-publishing-book |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522143850/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/rowan-blanchard-publishing-book |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |access-date=March 3, 2018 |work=W}} She began writing it in December 2015 and was assisted by her cousin who worked at a book publishing company. According to Blanchard, Still Here is not "specifically about being about being a teenage girl. It's just about growing up, whenever that is."{{Cite web |date=2018-02-22 |title=Rowan Blanchard on the Anxiety She Felt Releasing Her New, Very Personal Book, Still Here |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/rowan-blanchard-a-wrinkle-in-time-still-here |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=W Magazine |language=en}}

In April 2018, Blanchard criticized Israel and its military on her social media and shared her own post with a photo of Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi holding the Palestinian flag. In the same post, she voiced support for the Palestinians during the 2018–2019 Gaza border protests.{{cite instagram |postid=BhPOyUvlmmF/ |user=rowanblanchard |title=Instagram may have little, if any, affect on a war so brutal and so unimaginable to those of us who use it daily to watch the news from a removed lens. But I am absolutely positive that I, being a white person from America, have a very vague actualized understanding of the very sickening, murderous injustice of what is going on the grounds in Palestine, and an even vaguer understanding of what it means to be 17 year old Ahed Tahimi (pictured) right now. That said, I do not believe Instagram can be a way of ending a war as violent and as hard to actualize as this, but maybe it is a way of reminding my audience (that is predominantly from the west or especially America), that the world is a lot bigger than America, and there is a lot to read and a lot to learn about and a lot of personal will to be viewed as controversial rather than to remain silent and removed even with a slight cognizance of brutal, violent conflicts such as this. This morning, Palestinians continued their #GreatMarchOfReturn, an unarmed protest along the Gaza Strip demanding to return to their home. Solidarity with the people of Palestine. Solidarity with teen activists from places other than first world, western countries, who are doing unimaginable work every day, without social media, news, etc giving space for them. |first=Rowan |last=Blanchard |date=April 6, 2018 |access-date= |language=En |location= |archive-url= |archive-date= |script-title= |trans-title= |link=https://www.instagram.com/p/BhPOyUvlmmF/ |ref=}} In May 2018, she criticized Israel once again in her social media and shared another photo of Tamimi. She wrote that "Gaza qualifies under every definition of genocide yet massacred protestors must always be identified as 'peaceful'."{{cite instagram |postid=Biw9D66lVke/ |user=rowanblanchard |title=Gaza qualifies under every definition of genocide yet massacred protestors must always be identified as 'peaceful'. How do white settlers so successfully deform language that no matter how astounding their violence, it is always the colonized who have the burden of proving peace?" zaina alsous, today, may 14 2018 |first=Rowan |last=Blanchard |date=May 14, 2018}}

In September 2024, Blanchard and 25 Palestinian and Jewish protestors were arrested outside the United Nations headquarters for disrupting the motorcade of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The protestors wore shirts that labeled Netanyahu a war criminal and called to "stop the genocide", as well as demanding an end to the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war.{{Cite web |last=Art |first=Pop Culture & |date=2024-09-27 |title=Rowan Blanchard and other protesters blockade UN headquarters during Benjamin Netanyahu's visit |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2499059/rowan-blanchard-and-other-protesters-blockade-un-headquarters-during-benjamin-netanyahus-visit |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Actor Rowan Blanchard Arrested with 25 Palestinian and Jewish New Yorkers Blockading Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's Motorcade Route to the United Nations, Disrupting His Address to the General Assembly in Wake of Assault on Lebanon and Genocide in Gaza {{!}} Common Dreams |url=https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/actor-rowan-blanchard-arrested-with-25-palestinian-and-jewish-new-yorkers-blockading-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahus-motorcade-route-to-the-united-nations-disrupting-his-address-to-the-general-assem |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=www.commondreams.org |language=en}}

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In 2015, Time included Blanchard on their list of "Most Influential Teens".{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Nhi |date=December 8, 2015 |title=Cory and Topanga's daughter is one of TIME's "30 Most Influential Teens" |url=https://saseye.com/2015/12/08/cory-and-topangas-daughter-is-one-of-times-30-most-influential-teens/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426115249/https://saseye.com/2015/12/08/cory-and-topangas-daughter-is-one-of-times-30-most-influential-teens/ |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |access-date=2020-10-08 |website=THE EYE}}{{Cite magazine |author= |title=The 30 Most Influential Teens of 2015 |url=https://time.com/4081618/most-influential-teens-2015/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626182042/https://time.com/4081618/most-influential-teens-2015/ |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |access-date=October 8, 2020 |magazine=Time}} Also in 2015, Rolling Stone included her on their list of "18 Teens Shaking Up Pop Culture" and said she was "not only a strong actress but has also made a name for herself as an outspoken feminist activist".{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2015-09-16 |title=18 Teens Shaking Up Pop Culture |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/18-teens-shaking-up-pop-culture-11682/rowan-blanchard-13-228033/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} In 2016, Interview called her "one of the most exciting voices of her generation" and said "with ease" that she exuded "ease, confidence, and urgency". That same year, she appeared on Harper's Bazaar{{'s}} "Rising Style Icons Under 20 Years Old" list.{{Cite magazine |date=2016-10-31 |title=21 Teenagers Who Already Dress Better Than You |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/red-carpet-dresses/g6394/stylish-celebrity-teenagers/?slide=1 |access-date=2024-09-16 |magazine=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US}}

In 2014, Blanchard had revealed on Instagram that she had been struggling with depression.{{Cite magazine|first=Lucy|last=Feldman|date=May 16, 2018|title=How Teens Are Redefining the Conversation Around Depression|url=https://time.com/5278452/rowan-blanchard-mental-health/|access-date=October 8, 2020|magazine=Time|archive-date=October 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003192135/https://time.com/5278452/rowan-blanchard-mental-health/|url-status=live}} She wrote: "As I found myself, this year in particular, going through ups and downs with depression, I realized that instead of rejecting and ostracizing these teenage feelings (human feelings), I can learn to love the intensity of them and know that everything is momentary."

In a series of tweets in January 2016, Blanchard stated that while she had "only ever liked boys" in the past, she was "open to liking any gender" and is queer.{{cite news|last=Weaver|first=Hilary|title=Girl Meets World Star Rowan Blanchard Came Out As Queer and Went to Bat for Her Disney Character, Too|url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2016/01/rowan-blanchard-came-out-as-queer.html|work=New York Magazine's The Cut Blog|date=January 18, 2016|access-date=January 18, 2016|archive-date=May 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509024929/http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/01/rowan-blanchard-came-out-as-queer.html|url-status=live}}

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