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Rebecca Rittenhouse Was Tired of Waiting to Be Chosen, So She Built Something of Her Own
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You probably know Rebecca Rittenhouse from her roles on The Mindy Project, Blood & Oil, His & Hers, and more. But behind the success was an industry that required constant resilience, rejection, and the ability to keep showing up even when the answer was no. When the pandemic and the 2023 Hollywood strikes brought uncertainty to her career, Rebecca was forced to confront how much of her future depended on being chosen by others. That moment pushed her to take control, step into the unknown, and build something of her own: Privet Beauty. <...
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There was COVID and then there was a strike in Hollywood and that was really hard, depressing time. It really made me take stock of the fact that I had very little control over what was happening in my life and my career. Hey everyone, welcome back to Superwomen. Today's guest is Rebecca Rittenhouse. She is an actor that you have known and seen on shows like Mindy Kaling.
She's been on amazing ensemble shows, streaming shows. I guarantee you if you watch TV, in the last, I don't know, 10 years, you've seen this gorgeous woman perform. But during the writer's strike, she found the inability to control anything as a huge barrier to moving forward and moving on. Today, we talk about the launch of Privet Beauty, which specializes in
brows and more to come, but also what it takes to transition from an industry that's always looking at you with high perfection and standards to launching something new, going into the unknown and building something out of nothing. Take a listen.
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