The actor gives life to the character of Archie Andrews in the production, a Riverdale High School student who participated in the high school football team and who often counteracts with his role as a singer. A highly acclaimed performance by the public that has made KJ Apa one of the favorite protagonists of the plot.

Therefore, we will analyze the professional career and personal life of this young actor to get to know him a little better. An experience with the world of acting where he has conquered everyone with his professionalism and talent, becoming established as one of the stars of the moment among celebrities. You’ll be surprised!

YOUR PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Born on June 17, 1997 in Auckland, New Zealand, Keneti James Fitzgerald Apa is an actor known artistically as KJ Apa. From a very young age he showed great artistic talent, but his first passion was not related to the world of acting. It all took place in 2010, when he performed a guitar solo at the Style Pasifika Fashion Awards and won a scholarship to King’s College Music School in New Zealand.

It was then that, without seeing it coming, KJ Apa’s life changed forever. At the age of 14 he recorded his first album playing the guitar, ‘The Third Room’ , later directing his career towards the world of modeling. He auditioned for ‘Shortland Street’, where he got the role of Kane Jenkins, he also participated in the miniseries ‘The Cul De Sac’, which led him to move to Los Angeles shortly after.

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However, the real project that would radically change his life came in 2016, when he had been chosen to play Archie Andrews in ‘Riverdale’, a television series based on the ‘Archie’ cartoon. Of course, in order to get under the skin of the protagonist KJ Apa he had to dye himself red.

An on-screen performance that earned him a Saturn Award nomination for ‘Best Young Actor in a Television Series’. On the other hand, the artist has also made the leap to the big screen, forming part of the cast of feature films such as ‘A Dog’s Purpose’, ‘The Hate U Give’, ‘The Last Summer’, ‘I Still Believe’, ‘Dead Reckoning’ and ‘Songbird’.

HIS PERSONAL LIFE

On a personal level, KJ Apa shows himself to be a faithful follower of social networks. In fact, on his Instagram account he has almost 19 million followers, a platform where he also shares his closest and most intimate face. In addition, he has shown that, apart from music and interpretation, he is a great lover of art.

In addition, KJ Apa has been the promotional image for various advertising campaigns and has been on the cover of various magazines. A facet where she has made it clear that she feels like a fish in water. On the other hand, in the field of love, the actor began a sentimental relationship with the model Clara Berry in December 2019. A love story from which his first child, Sasha Vai Keneti Apa, was born in 2021.

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