{"id":824119,"date":"2025-12-02T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=824119"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:58:00","slug":"rachel-sennott-hollywood-crush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=824119","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Sennott: Hollywood crush"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rachel Sennott \u2014 The Winter Issue 2025<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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This story is taken from the winter 2025 issue of Dazed. Buy a copy of the magazine here.<\/em><\/p>\n

This summer, a video of Rachel Sennott began circulating online. It captured the actor, comedian and writer in a trance-like state: bikini-clad, shades on, her body thrusting powerfully at <\/span>Troye Sivan<\/span><\/a>. The pair are dancing at <\/span>Charli xcx\u2019s<\/span><\/a> wedding in Sicily, front and centre by the DJ decks, the late afternoon sun glowing behind them. Despite the intimidating guest list, the 30-year-old looks blissed-out and at ease. \u201cLove u Rachel,\u201d <\/span>Julia Fox<\/span><\/a> would comment on her Instagram, days later. \u201cI adore this woman,\u201d Charli xcx would echo, sharing a photo of Sennott to her Story.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sennott hadn\u2019t been this social in a while. Until recently, she\u2019d been holed up working on the most significant project of her career: <\/span>I Love LA<\/span><\/em>, a new HBO series on which Sennott serves as both showrunner and star. Although she seems calm today \u2013 speaking from her office in Burbank, the morning sun casting a soft halo around her bare face and cream cardigan \u2013 the pressure has clearly been immense. \u201cI\u2019ve been in a hole for an entire year making the show,\u201d she says, her eyes widening cartoonishly. \u201cI need to remember how to talk to people at parties. You know when you\u2019re like, \u2018I\u2019m being weird right now\u2019? I\u2019m getting my social skills back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

From her career so far, you wouldn\u2019t expect Sennott to be nervous about anything. Born in Simsbury, Connecticut to a \u201cloud\u201d Irish-Italian family, she got her start on the east coast standup circuit. Her humour was earthy and fearless, focused on dating, working and surviving New York as a zillennial. On YouTube, she posted surreal sketches about internships and broody women (in one, she has sex with a puppet); on Twitter, she won a loyal following for her blunt, confessional style (\u201cGoing on a date tonight with $11 in my account let\u2019s hope he\u2019s not a feminist lol\u201d). But her biggest breaks came through collaboration: while studying at NYU, she met actor and screenwriter <\/span>Ayo Edebiri<\/span><\/a> and filmmaker Emma Seligman, which led to her breakout role in <\/span>Shiva Baby<\/span><\/em> (2020) and her first co-written feature, <\/span>Bottoms<\/span><\/em> (2023).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I Love LA<\/span><\/em> is inspired by Sennott\u2019s own move to Los Angeles in late 2020. The show centres on Maia, an uptight, ambitious 27-year-old talent manager played by Sennott, her nihilistic former roommate Tallulah (Odessa A\u2019zion) and their circle of friends as they attempt to scramble up Hollywood\u2019s slippery career ladder. The show has been heavily hyped, with critics drawing comparisons to previous cult HBO shows <\/span>Girls <\/span><\/em>and <\/span>Sex and the City<\/span><\/em> months before it was even shot. (Sennott jokes that it\u2019s more like \u201c<\/span>Entourage<\/span><\/em> for internet It girls\u201d.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Friendship is a central theme of the show. While the characters are often self-absorbed, buckling under the weight of their own ambition, they are nonetheless bound to one another by real, sticky affection. Those bonds feel convincing because of Sennott\u2019s genuine love of people. This warmth may be why Charli xcx tapped her for last year\u2019s 360 music video, cementing her status as one of the internet\u2019s \u201chot girls\u201d. But Sennott \u2013 shrill and shakily downing red wine \u2013 stands out among Charli\u2019s clique, with an off-kilter openness that makes her instantly likeable. \u201cRachel is a true genius and one of the best people I\u2019ve met,\u201d her <\/span>I Love LA <\/span><\/em>co-star, Jordan Firstman, tells me. \u201cThe world she creates around her in her life and on set is so fun, free, creative and open.\u201d Even mid-interview, it\u2019s easy to get pulled into her sunny orbit. Every time you ask a question, she volleys it back to you, throwing out a warm \u201cToootally\u201d or \u201cLove!\u201d every few minutes. \u201cI got really lucky,\u201d she says of the people in her life. \u201cWhenever I\u2019m feeling low or not confident, I look at my friends\u2013the baddest bitches in the world\u2013and I\u2019m like, \u2018OK, they\u2019re friends with me, so I must be doing all right.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How are you, Rachel? How do you normally start the day? Talk us through your routine.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a big routine girl. The second I don\u2019t have my routine, I crash the fuck out. When I\u2019m writing, I wake up at like 5:30am, I have my coffee, my bone broth, go to the gym or take a walk, then come to the office and try to have a little moment alone. But honestly, I\u2019m a control freak, and this year has been the end of my Saturn return. I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve been through yours yet\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026I\u2019ve been through mine; it was hell. I want to know about yours.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So I\u2019m very much a \u2018control\u2019 person; I need my routine, and my Saturn return basically took the control completely out of my hands. It taught me that sometimes the most beautiful things happen when I\u2019m not gripping so tightly. It started around this time last year, when I was waiting to see if the show would get picked up. While I was waiting I had to say no to other things, which was scary. I also went through a breakup and started smoking cigarettes \u2013 like, oh girl, get it together, please. Then I started this job, and I\u2019ve never done the showrunner thing of approving stuff or making decisions fast. Usually, with every decision that I make, I do pros and cons, I call like 11 different people. But I just had to trust my gut. I feel like the Saturn return shakes up your life, and then things fall where they\u2019re supposed to fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

I feel like it\u2019s getting harder to trust your gut. We\u2019re exposed to a lot more noise and opinions now, which can drown it out. What has helped you with that?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, it\u2019s so crazy. I try to walk a lot with no music and just let my thoughts release themselves. There\u2019s such a stream of them, and some are pointless. At the beginning of the walk, the thoughts are like, \u2018The shirt you wore yesterday was weird. I wonder if my mom is mad at me.\u2019 And then 30 minutes in, you start getting more in tune with your intuition. But it takes time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019m an intense person. I\u2019m an anxious person. LA softens me a little, but I\u2019m still a stressful person to be around<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Where did<\/strong> I Love LA<\/em><\/strong> come from? What did you set out to do with it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tallulah is sort of a representation of me when I lived in New York in my early 20s. I was pretty unhappy, anxious and feeling out of control of my life. There\u2019s also this thing that happens with your friends at that age \u2013 like, I\u2019m so lucky, I have the most amazing group of friends, and I feel like I would be dead in a ditch without them. But I feel like, when you\u2019re in your 20s, you\u2019re all in this group together: you\u2019re in college, out of college, living in the same place. Then, as you get to your late 20s, things start to move. All of a sudden, one friend is moving to London, someone\u2019s getting engaged, someone\u2019s partying every night, and you feel this shift. I think, again, this was one of my lessons of letting go: it\u2019s OK for people to be doing different things. But it\u2019s hard not to compare yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

How have your feelings about LA changed since you moved there in 2020?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I first came, there were really bad fires, the sky was brown, I was living in a small studio apartment in North Hollywood and I was doing a job I didn\u2019t feel good about. It was also Covid, so it was super isolating. I just felt really lonely and like everyone was abandoning me, which they weren\u2019t. Then, as I got more comfortable, I found my neighbourhood and my friends, and I started to feel better and better. The best I\u2019ve ever felt in LA has been the past year, when I was making this show. Every day felt like a movie; it really felt special and magical.<\/span><\/p>\n

Has LA changed you as a person?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll always have that east coast vibe in me. I\u2019m an intense person. I\u2019m an anxious person. LA softens me a little, but I\u2019m still a stressful person to be around. It\u2019s just made me settle into a more sustainable, more adult version of myself.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Have you got into any fun alternative healing practices since you\u2019ve moved there? What\u2019s the best and worst thing that you\u2019ve tried?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Sennott:<\/strong> The worst thing I tried was a colonic. It was a disaster. I did it before I went on a plane. I\u2019ve had stomach issues my whole life, and everything I\u2019ve tried to do to make it better always makes it worse. I\u2019m not going to get into details, because it\u2019s disgusting. As for the best thing, I feel like there are so many beautiful walks, hikes and neighbourhoods to explore in LA.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nature is good. Have you ever spoken to a dead person?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Sennott:<\/strong> Definitely, I\u2019m on my psychic shit. Oh my God, when I was going through my Saturn return, I was actively being scammed by like, five psychics and two astrologers, because I felt so out of control. I had one psychic who was telling me to break up with my boyfriend; another was telling me to move to Kentucky. I was getting so many different takes. Also, when you go to a psychic, I feel like the best part is that they tell you something, and then you check in with your intuition and ask yourself, \u2018Is that actually true or not?\u2019 But I was just getting too much input.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I also feel like with shows about \u2018Gen Z\u2019, the attitude can be, \u2018Look at these stupid people on their phones.\u2019 And I just don\u2019t feel that way<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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You were brought up Catholic, right? How did that work with your comedy, which was pretty bawdy when you started out?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Sennott:<\/strong> I think I was definitely repressed growing up. And I\u2019m not trying to blame my parents or anything, I just think I\u2019ve always been the kind of person who\u2019s super impressionable. When I was young and went to church, they\u2019d say, \u2018Don\u2019t have sex till you\u2019re married, or you\u2019ll rot in hell,\u2019 and I took it completely seriously. Because of who I am, I just absorbed all of it. Then I went to NYU, and it was like the opposite world; everyone was saying everything I ever believed was a lie. Suddenly, I was like, \u2018I need to be sexy and free.\u2019 That\u2019s when I started doing standup, and my comedy then was very much a reaction to how I grew up. Now I feel like I\u2019m in a new chapter where I can feel free in my sexuality without trying to prove anything. My humour comes from what I genuinely feel. When I first started writing and performing, everything felt very black and white, villains versus heroes. But now I try to approach myself and my characters with more nuance. None of them are perfect, but I love them all. I think for a long time I saw the world through that Catholic lens \u2013 you\u2019re either good or bad \u2013 and now I see it more like, you\u2019re not good or bad, you\u2019re human. You\u2019re a little bit of everything.<\/span><\/p>\n

That makes a lot of sense, having seen <\/strong>I Love LA<\/em><\/strong>. I thought it was going to be about this really toxic group of friends, but as it goes on you realise they\u2019re flawed in the same ways we all are.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Sennott:<\/strong> Yeah, I also feel like with shows about \u2018Gen Z\u2019 \u2013 and I say that in quotes because I\u2019m very much a zillennial cusp queen \u2013 the attitude can be, \u2018Look at these stupid people on their phones.\u2019 And I just don\u2019t feel that way. When I look at my younger siblings, I see people who had to do high school or college on Zoom, who lost those formative years. One of my sisters went to college for a year, then Covid hit, and she had to move back home and was miserable. I totally got it, because I had just graduated and felt the same way. It\u2019s such a chaotic time, and it can make you feel nihilistic or hopeless, but that doesn\u2019t make people bad; it just means they\u2019ve been through a lot. Even with the show, where we joked it\u2019s like <\/span>Entourage<\/span><\/em> for internet It girls, we wanted to show that those characters are dealing with real stuff too. Hopefully, we\u2019re looking at every character with empathy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Do you think modern life is inherently corrupting? When you look at the way things are now, do you ever think, \u201cHow can any of us be good when we have to deal with all this?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Sennott:<\/strong> I see older people on podcasts saying, \u2018You just need to mess around in your 20s,\u2019 and I\u2019m like, who are you talking to? Because for [young people] it feels like we\u2019re already behind. Any time I\u2019ve accomplished anything, it\u2019s never felt like enough. And it\u2019s not that I\u2019m complaining \u2013 I\u2019m really lucky \u2013 but it\u2019s been one thing after another. Right as I entered the workforce, Covid hit. Then a chaotic presidency. Then another. Then industry strikes, forest fires, AI \u2013 everything feels unstable. There\u2019s never a sense of, \u2018I\u2019m good.\u2019 It\u2019s more like, \u2018What\u2019s next?\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

It creates this constant feeling of being untethered, insecure, and everyone just trying to feel OK. Each character in the show represents a different response to that: Dylan\u2019s the moral one who sees the system is broken and won\u2019t play the game; Maia\u2019s on the hamster wheel, working herself to death; Tallulah\u2019s more nihilistic; Alani\u2019s trying to find calm and beauty; and Charlie\u2019s a mix of Maia and Tallulah \u2013 he\u2019s on the wheel, but he\u2019s seen some things. So, to answer your question, I don\u2019t know. Sometimes it feels like we\u2019re on a sinking ship and everyone\u2019s just trying to get one more job on the ship before it goes down.<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve spoken before about people being mean online, and I know that you deleted your Twitter account because it became a bit too exposing. Do you worry about becoming more sensitive or inhibited as you get more famous?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Sennott:<\/strong> I think it\u2019s really good to have people who check you. Like, first of all, my family calls me out every damn day \u2013 they humble me. We\u2019ll go on a trip together, they\u2019ll be taking pictures of me, and they\u2019re like, \u2018Ew, this D-list celebrity is sleeping on the plane,\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018Please stop.\u2019 I also think just having people who give you good feedback, who challenge you, who have other perspectives than your own, is huge.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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OK and finally, I have some quickfire questions, based on your birth chart. You\u2019re a Scorpio rising. What\u2019s the best way to get revenge on someone?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Sennott:<\/strong> Best revenge is getting to a place where you don\u2019t care any more. Obviously easier said than done, but once you\u2019re at a place where you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh my God, I have no enemies\u2019 \u2013 other than, of course, myself on a bad day, [when] I\u2019m my fucking worst enemy \u2013 then you\u2019re free.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cancer moon: When was the last time you cried?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Sennott:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t cry while making this show because I was so stressed out, and then in the past two weeks, I\u2019ve been crying every day. I think it\u2019s like I finally unscrewed the cork from the past year, and now I\u2019m just crying at nothing, but it feels really good. I feel like there was a lot pushed down, and it\u2019s all coming out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Libra Mercury: What\u2019s the secret to the perfect, sexy selfie? I feel like you\u2019ve mastered this\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Sennott:<\/strong> Know your angle, know your pout, lock into the face that you love. A good selfie is when you want to send it to like three people right away. That\u2019s how you know you\u2019ve got something good.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Libra Venus: What\u2019s one thing you\u2019ve learned about love?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Sennott:<\/strong> You need to write down what you want. I did that after my last relationship; I wrote out what I wanted so I\u2019d know it in the back of my mind. And don\u2019t write people off before you get to know them. If you go into a date thinking, \u2018I just want to find out who this person is,\u2019 it can be fun. I know it all sounds basic as fuck, but honestly, you never know how you\u2019re going to meet someone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, Virgo sun, the overachiever: What\u2019s one thing that you want to do in your career that you haven\u2019t had the chance to do yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Sennott:<\/strong> I want to play a character who\u2019s really different from me \u2013 someone who lives in a different time period or in a totally different way. I still draw on myself a lot, and I\u2019d love to push past that and do something new. And I\u2019d love to direct a movie.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hair Kelly Peach at Walter Schupfer, Management using Oribe Hair Care, make-up Zaheer Sukhnandan using M.A.C, nails Michelle Tran at Saint Luke Artists, set design Cody Rogers, photographic assistant Will Koning, styling assistants M\u00f3nica G\u00e1rate, Maia Burt, Sin\u00e9ad \u00c1oife N\u00ed Tom\u00e1s, production Katie Binfield, casting gk-ld, special thanks Casa Hazel<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More on these topics:<\/span>Film & TV<\/a>The Winter 2025 Issue<\/a>Charli XCX<\/a>Troye Sivan<\/a>ayo edebiri<\/a>Los Angeles<\/a>Julia Fox<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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