Isabella Russo is a young American-born actress, model, singer, and TV personality, who’s possibly best known for her appearances in the film “We Have a Ghost”, and the TV series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”
Age, Early Life, and Education Background
Isabella Russo was born under the Capricorn zodiac sign on 7 January 2004, in New Jersey, USA, and is 20 years old as of 2024. She’s the daughter of actor Christopher Russo and the homemaker Kristi Tomooka-Russo. Her father is of Irish and Italian ethnicity whereas her mother is Asian. The actress was raised the only child in a well-settled Christian household. She spent her first 10 years touring around North America, watching a variety of plays with her parents. Russo’s favorite childhood plays include “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” and “Defying Gravity.”
Russo attended a private high school in New Jersey. She whetted her acting and dancing skills at the Royal Academy of Dance. Moreover, she attended the New York City-based Magnet Theater, where she studied improv comedy.
Hobbies and Interests
Russo spends most of her time knitting, and has made scarves, cardigans, headbands, and sweaters for her pet dog.
In her spare time, the young actress loves playing “Dungeons & Dragons” and considers herself a total nerd at the game. She spends most of her Sundays playing with people she’s never met before, and surprisingly ends up having a lot of fun.
Russo enjoys listening to music from the rock band Greta Van Fleet and has attended a number of their concerts.
She has kept a ‘ridiculously large’ collection of scented candles – she often states in interviews that she wouldn’t be disappointed if someone gave her more candles as a present.
Russo has disclosed that she prefers drinking tea to coffee. She doesn’t like coconuts, and in an interview said ‘I wish I could enjoy it (coconuts) but it’s always been the one food I can’t tolerate.’
The New Jersey native claims that she’s been bitten by the fennec fox twice.
She enjoys watching late-night films; her favorite is the 2006 comedy-drama “Little Miss Sunshine.
Career Beginnings and Stage Appearances
Isabella began acting when she was a child; one of her earliest performances was in a Wicked Magical Mystery Tour. She appeared in her first Broadway project, the acclaimed musical “School of Rock,” when she was 11 years old in 2015, portraying Summer Hathaway in the production, which was adapted from the hit comedy-drama film “School of Rock” by Jack Black, and received critical acclaim for her remarkable acting skills; the role of Hathaway was originally played by the “Drake & Josh” actress, Miranda Cosgrove. Isabella has performed in many US states, and during her performance in the Hawaiian capital of Honolulu, she served as the opening act for the American actress, Shoshana Bean. Isabella has also appeared in various off-Broadway productions, including “The Mother of Invention,” in which she portrayed Ryder, and the Kenny Leon-directed play “The Underlying Chris,” in 2019.
Rise to Stardom and Continued Success: Film and TV Appearances
Russo made her TV debut in the 2016 TV short, “The Toycracker: A Mini-Musical Spectacular,” in which she played Clara. In the year that followed, she was cast as Katie in the 2018 TV film “Untitled Kourtney Kang Project,” which was followed by the short film “Lucy in the Sky,” in which she portrayed Annabelle. 2019 saw Russo appear in two episodes of the Channel 4 TV sitcom “Crashing”, and in 2021, she voiced Young Glendale in the Netflix animated musical, “Centaurworld.” Russo has portrayed Beth Lee in single episodes of the police procedural dramas “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Law & Order: Organized Crime” in 2022. Moreover, she voiced Tali in six episodes of the animated adventure series, “Wolfboy and the Everything Factory.”
Russo’s fame skyrocketed for her portrayal of Joy Yoshino in the Christopher Landon-directed supernatural horror comedy movie “We Have a Ghost,” which premiered on Netflix on 24 February 2023. In the film, the discovery that Kevin’s home is haunted by a ghost (Earnest) makes his family a social media sensation – however, they get on the watchlist of the CIA when Earnest and Kevin begin investigating the former’s past mysterious life. Russo worked alongside the likes of David Harbour, Anthony Mackie, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, and Niles Fitch in the film. 2023 also saw Russo voice Suki and other additional characters in the video game, “Avatar: The Last Airbender – Quest for Balance.”
Other Works
Isabella is also a talented singer who has performed in numerous concerts, and the song “You’re in the Band” in the 70th Annual Tony Awards TV special, and “Portal Tummy and Me” in a 2021 episode of the TV series “Centaurworld.”
Additionally, Isabella has modeled for various established brands in the USA.
Social Media Presence
Isabella is active on Instagram (@iamisabellarusso) with over 14,000 followers. She joined X (formerly Twitter) in April 2015 and has accumulated around 1,500 fans as of early 2024. She goes by @IsabellaKRusso on the platform.
Isabella launched her YouTube channel, Official Isabella Russo, on 18 May 2015 – has around 1,700 subscribers and has uploaded 24 videos, which have over 510,000 views as of early 2024.
She mostly posts her singing videos, and some of her most popular are “The Toycracker – Target 2016 Holiday Mini Musical” (premiered on 13 December 2016), and “School of Rock the Musical Perform on THE VIEW” (uploaded on 25 February 2016), which have over 380,000 and 55,000 views respectively.
Personal Life
Isabella is seemingly focused on her budding career in the American entertainment industry. She hasn’t publicly introduced anyone as her lover, and is presumably single as of early 2024. Her parents met in the mid-‘90s during the “Miss Saigon” tour – a musical revolving around the romance of a Vietnamese girl and an American marine during the Vietnam War. Recently, Kristi and Christopher took to Instagram to celebrate their 22nd anniversary. Her mother posted a picture of herself and Christopher, and captioned it ‘So Very grateful to be sharing this amazing life with my man!’
Height, Weight, and Physical Appearance
Isabella is of Asian-American roots, and has brown eyes and long hair of the same color. She’s slimly built, weighs around 120lbs (54kgs), and her height is around 5ft 2ins (1.57m), with vital statistics of 34-24-34. She wears shoe size 7(US).
Net Worth
Isabella’s main source of income is her acting career, and also earns through endorsements and promotional deals. The young actress is estimated to be worth between close to-$400,000 as of 2024, and seemingly leading a lavish lifestyle.
