Lola Rae Crist, is an actress and ballet dancer from Los Angeles. At 15 she moved to New York City to train professionally at a classical ballet conservatory. She has studied at some of the most prestigious ballet schools in the world including; Ellison Ballet, School of American Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet School and Dutch National Ballet. Lola has won multiple awards through Youth America Grand Prix, the largest international ballet competition in the world, including a gold medal at the Finals at Lincoln Center in New York. After years of intensive training, she changed her focus to acting, launching her career with an appearance in director David Fincher's Academy Award winning film, Mank.