Dianna Agron

Biography of Dianna Agron

Dianna Elise Agron was born on April 30, 1986 in Savannah, Georgia. She is an American singer and actress.

Agron grew up in San Francisco. Her father's family is originally from Russia; her original surname Agronsky was changed by officials in Ellis Island. Agron's father is Jewish, and her mother converted to Judaism; Dianna Agron had a bat mitzvah. She spent her school days at Burlingame High School in California. As a teenager, she gave dance lessons.

Agron has appeared on shows such as Shark, CSI: NY, Numbers and a recurring role on Veronica Mars. She also played the role of Harper in a 13-episode series of short films called It's a Mall World by Milo Ventimiglia, which aired on MTV, and in the second season of the series Heroes, also with Ventimiglia. Agron also hosted a mini music festival for 826LA in Los Angeles called Chickens in Love. Agron's best-known role is as Quinn Fabray, a high school cheerleader on the Fox television series Glee, in which she co-starred.

Agron was chosen among many other young Hollywood stars to participate in Walmart's Ocean Pacific Spring 2010 marketing campaign. In 2010, she directed the music video for Body by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down. The video was featured on the Oxfam America website.

Agron was named People's Most Beautiful 2010 list and #26 on Afterellen.com's Top Hot 100 list. She is a vegetarian and supports the organization PETA.

While shooting the film I Am Number Four together, Agron met fellow British actor Alex Pettyfer and was in a relationship with him until February 2011. In early 2016, she became engaged to Winston Marshall, member of the band Mumford & Sons. The couple married on October 15, 2016. They separated in 2019 and divorced in 2020. Agron dated actor Bradley Cooper in 2022.