A fictional character, the main character of the musical series "Chorus", played by Leah Michel. Who is Rachel Berry, and what way did she go from season 1 to 6 of the show?
What is the series about?
“Chorus” (or “Losers”) is a musical series that was released from 2009 to 2014 and gained mass popularity due to the high level of not only acting, but also the vocal abilities of the main characters. In the story, a Spanish teacher creates a school choir "New Directions" - but not the same as they used to see in Russian schools, when the girls sing in a row "I went ashore Katyusha", but a vocal-instrumental and dance ensemble that creates covers with interesting performances for famous songs. Over the course of 6 seasons, the characters quailed Lady Gaga, Queen, Britney Spears, The Beatles and many other artists, and the compositions themselves were widely distributed and praised by critics.
Leah Michelle character character
Rachel Berry is one of the main characters of the show. But given the character’s ambitiousness, she can be called even the most important heroine. Rachel was played by American actress and singer Leah Michel.
As already mentioned, Rachel is very ambitious, sometimes even too much. In the first seasons, this ambitiousness and self-confidence covered all the positive aspects of the character. From early childhood, the heroine dreamed of becoming a star and was confident in her own talents (which she really has), recorded her performances on video and uploaded to social networks.
A family
Rachel has two fathers who love and support her in all endeavors. In one of the seasons of the show, the heroine meets her biological mother and begins to communicate with her.
Relationship with others
Rachel Berry (actress Leah Michel, by the way, is completely different from her character in character, she is a much softer person) was conceived by the creators of the show as a school outcast due to her dreams and ambitions. In the first seasons, the support group scoffed at her performances, and even in the choir, where her talents are recognized, because of her character, she is not very fond of. Instead of changing, Rachel lifts his nose even more and arranges tantrums. At least at first.
The main rival Rachel Berry (in the series does not focus much on this attention, but is shown in hints) in the choir is Kurt Hummel. They both fight for the lead singer. Kurt, with a high voice, often puts forward his candidacy for women's parties, which Rachel almost always gets. However, in the end, like everyone else in the New Directions, they become friends.
Ambition
The talented singer and actress Rachel Berry dreams of performing on Broadway, just like her idol, Barbra Streisand. She strives to enter NYADI and become a star and does everything that is required for this. In the first seasons, she even agreed to go over the head.
Rachel was a soloist of the school choir even before the creation of New Directions, right up to its disbandment. Listening to the new Rachel’s chorus went without problems, but she didn’t expect to meet other talented guys - Berry is sure that she is not more talented on Earth (except for Barbra Streisand). Over the seasons, Rachel is changing, learning to admit her mistakes, realizing that talent is not everything, making friends and love. This is not to say that Rachel will find everything easy (life puts its barriers), but (with a poiler!) She will achieve her goal .
Personal life
In the first season, Rachel Berry is in love with
Finn Hudson - the most popular guy in the school. When he enters the choir, they begin to communicate more. Rachel follows
Kurt Hummel's advice to attract Finn. But Kurt specifically gives her bad advice - because he himself feels sympathy for the handsome football player. Nevertheless, having passed through all the barriers, Rachel and Finn open their hearts to each other. Largely also because Berry begins to learn to understand and accept other people, and Finn ceases to be afraid not to do what is expected of him.
Appearance
The appearance of Rachel Berry changes along with her character. In the first season, she is rather an ugly duckling, who did not find her strengths and her own style. At that time, this did not bother her too much, in trying to attract Finn, she constantly misses, and the rest of the time she looks pretty childish.
Already in the second season, Rachel begins to grow up a little. The growing trend continued in the third and fourth seasons of the series. The real transformation of Rachel Berry we see in the last parts of the show is a strong, talented, confident stylish woman.