Odeya Rush The Giver: 5 Facts

The Giver's Fiona character will be played by a gorgeous Jewish actress, Odeya Rush. Odeya has secured the role of a lifetime by playing Brenton Thwaites' love interest. She'll become an international A-lister after The Giver is released on August 15th. We've posted pictures of Odeya Rush because she's gorge, but how much do you know about this talented rising star.

1) She claims she's "always so emotional even when [she watches] a movie that's really good." Rush says "I get emotional about how good the movie was."

2) While filming The Giver, Odeya went shark cage diving. Meryl Streep didn't join in, Brenton didn't either "because he's Australian and they have a weird thing about sharks." Alexander Skarsgard participated and her Odeya's dad joined in and had the time of his life.

3) She's friends with Taylor Swift. If only men liked women as much as women like her, or if only Taylor Swift switched teams. Swift is friends with every famous female that she meets basically, so naturally Odeya attended her house party in Rhode Island, along with several other A-listers. Are these women afraid Swifty will write songs about them if they don't become BFF's with her?

4) For her initial audition, Odeya spent 1 hour auditioning to play Fiona. Most auditions last between 5 to 10 minutes or less.

5) She has four twin brothers. Rush has six brothers total and two sets of them are twins.