Rachel Zegler and Marisa Tomei Reunite on Screen in First Look at 'She Gets It From Me'

Rachel Zegler and Marisa Tomei play a daughter and the birth mother she never knew in She Gets It From Me, a comedy drama that has revealed its first on-screen images. Variety published the exclusive first look on 26 August 2026, showing the pair as Nicky and Charlotte — a young woman whose engagement celebration sends her searching for her pill-popping, ex-punk rocker birth mother. The film is based on a true story. Variety

Julia von Heinz directs from a screenplay by Jay Reiss. The cast also includes Ed Helms and Nat Wolff, who joined the project ahead of a February 2026 production start reported by both Variety and Deadline. Principal photography took place in New York and wrapped in July, with the film now in post-production. Embankment Films is handling global sales — the international rights marketplace where distributors buy films territory by territory — while CAA represents North American rights. Variety

The project was first announced in April 2025, when Variety reported that Embankment was shopping it to buyers. It appeared on the Cannes market hot list the following month. Tomei, the Oscar-winning star of My Cousin Vinny, was attached from the outset alongside Zegler. Variety

Zegler's profile has risen sharply in the months since. She won an Olivier Award — British theatre's top honour — for her performance in Evita in London's West End, and the production has announced a Broadway run for 2027. Variety

The producing team is Jen Dana for 3311 Productions, Anna Werner for Seven Elephants, Susan Leber, Jack Chinery, and Jay Reiss. The film is scheduled to reach audiences on Disney+ and Hulu in September 2026, placing it on the streaming calendar within weeks of the first-look reveal.

For audiences, the streaming window means the wait between a first glimpse and a full watch will be short by current standards. The pairing of Zegler, whose stage and screen career is still in its early chapters, with Tomei, a three-decade screen veteran, gives the material two performers at very different points in their trajectories — a dynamic that fits a story about two people meeting for the first time.