Addison Rae

I will admit I underestimated Addison Rae, and I suspect most critics did too. It is easy to dismiss a TikTok dancer from Lafayette, Louisiana; it is much harder to explain how she converted fifteen-second clips into a Forbes 30 Under 30 listing, film roles, and a music career that serious pop listeners now discuss without irony. That conversion rate tells me she understands attention as a raw material rather than an end in itself. Plenty of influencers ride one wave; she keeps catching new ones. Whether she becomes a lasting pop star is open, but I would not bet against her instincts.

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Name (English)

Addison Rae

Name (Japanese)

アディソン・レイ

Reading

あでぃそん・れい

Born

October 6, 2000 (age 25)

Origin

Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

Occupation

actor / singer / dancer / Internet celebrity / influencer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

University

Louisiana State University

Awards & achievements

• 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30

• Official sitehttps://addisonrae.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/addisonraee/
• Xhttps://x.com/whoisaddison
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison%20Rae
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83739405

Tags

• Louisiana
• actor
• singer
• dancer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.