Madelaine Petsch
Madelaine Petsch is an American actor and producer best known for playing Cheryl Blossom in Riverdale, a role that made her one of the show’s most recognisable and talked-about characters across its seven-season run. Since then, she has expanded into producing and film work, including a leading role in The Strangers: Chapter 1, where she also took on an executive producer credit as part of a larger trilogy project.
Petsch is also known for being vegan, she has spoken about growing up with environmentally conscious parents and a home life centred on food from the garden, then later committing fully to veganism as a teenager. She has linked her plant-based choices to both values and day-to-day wellbeing, especially the practical reality of keeping energy steady during long shoot days.
When she was 22 she teamed up with PETA to promote veganism wearing a dress made from bok choy. Petsch is also a board member of the Environmental Media Association, a non-profit that works with the entertainment industry to encourage eco-friendly practices.1Drell, C. 2020. Madelaine Petsch Thinks We Should be More Radical. Elle. Available: https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a31754101/madelaine-petsch-interview/ [Accessed 8 September 2021].
“People make it seem like it’s so difficult. I want to teach people how positive and easy it is to be vegan—I don’t want to make it seem like it’s this big feat.”2Drell, C. 2020. Madelaine Petsch Thinks We Should be More Radical. Elle. Available: https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a31754101/madelaine-petsch-interview/ [Accessed 8 September 2021].
