Rayna Vallandingham has lately taken the web by storm for her function as Zara Malik in upcoming season of Cobra Kai.
Rayna, who’s the daughter of an Indian-origin mom and a Dutch-origin father, surprisingly regarded nothing like a totally Indian or Dutch.
Rayna Vallandingham in Cobra Kai
Rayna lived most of her life in California and subsequently she by no means felt “desi” sufficient whereas rising up.
So, the character of Zara Malik in Cobra Kai was troublesome for her initially.
“I needed to placed on an Indian accent for it,” mentioned the 21-year-old in a brand new interview with Vogue India.
Rayna informed the outlet, “I saved excited about how my nana and nani would converse, specializing in capturing these little nuances.”
“I obtained this function a month earlier than Nani handed away, and it later felt like every part had come full circle,” acknowledged the actress and marital artwork star.
However, earlier than becoming a member of leisure trade, Rayna is a fourth-degree taekwondo black belt, who has 13 American Taekwondo Association world titles in conventional fight and weapons through the years.
Rayna Vallandingham’s world champion journey
Rayna began working towards taekwondo on the age of two due to her grandfather.
“I skilled all day, every single day, even earlier than I began kindergarten,” recalled Rayna in a brand new interview with Vogue India.
Rayna revealed she was “a shy child” so her dad and mom enrolled her into marital arts class “to assist me escape of my shell”.
After Rayna joined the college, she would come again from college and return for martial arts coaching within the night.
Finally on the age of 9, Rayna broke the world document for probably the most world titles gained in a single yr, six in complete.
She additionally earned a ‘triple crown’ by successful first place in all three taekwondo classes together with conventional varieties, conventional weapons and sparring.
Rayna nevertheless took a break from marital arts after coming into her teenagers and the rationale was, she wished to be a standard child.
But she began getting bullied and a instructor suggested then recommended her to get again into marital arts.
“I did, however I felt like I’d misplaced my momentum,” mentioned the actress and content material creator.
Rayna Vallandingham’s social media presence
Rayna has thus far garnered round 3.7 million followers on her Instagram the place she typically shares snippets from her private {and professional} lives.
