Rydel Funk (Lynch)

Rydel Mary Lynch (born August 9, 1993) is an American singer and actress. She is one of the founding members of the pop rock band R5.

Early life Lynch was born August 9, 1993, in Littleton, Colorado, the daughter of Stormie (née De St. Jeor) and Mark Lynch. She is the second oldest child and only girl of five siblings. Her brothers are Riker, Rocky, Ross, and Ryland Lynch. She learned to play the keyboard, double shaker and the tambourine, as well as learning how to dance. She has appeared in several commercials. Her second cousins are entertainers Derek and Julianne Hough, their maternal grandmothers being sisters.

Career

Acting She made her acting debut in Sunday School Musical as a Crossroads Choir Member. She appeared in School Gyrls as a cheerleader along with her brother Riker Lynch. She appeared in A Day as Holly's Kids as Holly's Actual Kid 2. She appeared in the pilot episode of the television series Bunheads as a Vegas Showgirl. In April 2012, R5 signed a deal with Hollywood Records. In early 2013, R5 released a four-song EP entitled Loud. Rydel spoke about the album, saying "We wanted to put out a fun album." The song, "Love Me Like That" is described as the "cheerleader hip-hop jammer" and "an irresistible party track that's a whole lotta rhythm and a little bit blues". The song received generally positive reviews. R5 went on their fifth tour titled Louder Tour with Rydel regularly performing "Love Me Like That" and covers of songs such as a duet of "Sleeping with a Friend" by Neon Trees with Ellington Ratliff. Rydel and along with R5 won the special award Radio Disney Showstopper at the Radio Disney Music Awards. On July 22, 2014, R5 released their new EP called Heart Made Up on You.

Lynch had two songs on R5's second studio album, Sometime Last Night. The first, "Lightning Strikes", was performed regularly on the "Sometime Last Night" tour. The second, "Never Be The Same", was on the deluxe version of the album, titled Sometime Last Night Special Edition. In 2012, R5 appeared as Ross Lynch's band for the music video of the song "Heard It on the Radio". Also in 2012, Lynch made an appearance in Taylor Mathews's "Head Over Feeling" music video. She was featured in the R5 movie All Day, All Night which was released to limited theaters on April 16, 2015. The film was shot documentary style and showed the band living and working together while writing and recording Sometime Last Night.

Lynch cites All Time Low, Neon Trees and The Script as musical influences, and cites Neon Trees and Walk the Moon as her favorite bands. They have two sons born in 2021 and 2023, respectively, and two daughters born in 2022 and 2025.

Filmography + Television roles Year Title Role Notes 2008 Sunday School Musical Crossroads Choir Member 2009 School Gyrls Cheerleader 2009 So You Think You Can Dance Herself "Top 18 Perform" (Season 6, Episode 12) 2011 A Day as Holly's Kids Holly's Actual Kid 2 2012 Bunheads Vegas Showgirl Episode: "Pilot"; uncredited 2015 Violetta Herself (with R5) Season 3, episode 70

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