Brec Bassinger

**Brec Bassinger** is an American actress. She portrays the titular role of Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl, in The CW and former DC Universe series *Stargirl*. In Season 2, she briefly portrayed the role of Eclipso. She is a two-time back-to-back Saturn Awards winner for the role of Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl.

## Biography

### Official Blurb

Brec Bassinger, most recently, was part of the voice cast for the scripted science fiction podcast “*Black Box*,” alongside Joel McHale and Michael Cimino. She also recently wrapped the independent film “*Man in The White Van*,” opposite Sean Astin. Bassinger can also be heard voicing the roles of “*Margo*” in Nickelodeon’s "*The Loud House*” and as “*Willow” in DreamWorks Animation’s “*Dew Drops*.”*

Bassinger is known for her leading role as “*Bella*” in the Nickelodeon television series “*Bella and the Bulldogs*.” The series followed head cheerleader “*Bella*,” whose life in Texas took an unexpected twist when she became the new quarterback for her school team, the Bulldogs.

Bassinger also starred as “*Roni Sweetzer*” in the Hulu series “*All Night*,” and had recurring roles in Nickelodeon’s “*The Haunted Hathaways*” and “*School of Rock*.” She’s also had roles on the hit comedy series “*The Goldbergs*,” and supporting roles on “*Code Black*” and the Nickelodeon/Viacom movie “*Liar, Liar, Vampire*.”

In other films, Bassinger played “*Catherine*” in the Entertainment Studios feature drama “*47 Meters Down: Uncaged*,” and as “*Maxi Moore*” in the Vertical Entertainment comedy “*Status Update*,” starring opposite Ross Lynch and Olivia Holt.

Bassinger began performing in pageants and talent shows at a young age and was crowned the 2009 “*World’s Our Little Miss*.” She was also competitive in cheerleading, track & field and volleyball. She moved from a small town in Texas to Los Angeles at the age of 13 to pursue acting and began filming her first television series shortly thereafter.

When not busy filming, Bassinger loves traveling, playing pickleball, hiking and advocating for a cure for type 1 diabetes.

### Personal Life

Brec was born in Saginaw, Texas. She resides with her mother, while the rest of her family remains in Texas. She used to play basketball, volleyball and run track/field. Bassinger participated in beauty pageants and was an Our Little Miss World Winner. She has two older brothers named Beric and Brice. Before becoming an actress, she was a competitive cheerleader.

## Career

In 2014, Bassinger was cast in the lead role of the Nickelodeon comedy series *Bella and the Bulldogs*, which ran for two seasons from 2015–2016. In 2016 she joined the cast of the 2018 direct-to-video teen comedy film *Status Update*. Also in 2018 Bassinger played the role of Roni in the Hulu television series *All Night* from AwesomenessTV. In 2019, she starred in the thriller film *47 Meters Down: Uncaged*.

In 2018, Bassinger was cast in the lead role of Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl in the television series *Stargirl*, which premiered on DC Universe and The CW in May 2020. In 2021 and 2022, she won the Saturn Award for "Best Performance by a Younger Actor on a Television Series" for her role as Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl in *Stargirl*.

In 2021, Brec was cast in the starring role of Dawn Longchamp in Lifetime's TV movie adaptation of *V.C. Andrews Dawn Cutler Series*. The four-film series is in production, with the first film *Dawn* premiering in the summer of 2023 with the other three sequels following weekly.

In 2023, Brec was nominated for the Saturn Award for "Best Younger Performance in a Television Series" for her role as Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl in *Stargirl*. This was her third consecutive nomination.

## Multimedia

### Images

First look at Brec as StargirlWrapping Season 2
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## Trivia

* Brec has a near-photographic memory when reading scripts.
* The drive-in scene in "*Stargirl*" is her favorite scene in the episode. It took a ton of wire-work since she was supposed to appear as though she were being dragged around by the staff.
* Both Brec and Cameron Gellman have type-one diabetes. Neither one of them had worked with anyone with their disease. They were able to work together and be honest with one another on how they were feeling. She enjoyed being able to play a strong, cool superhero despite her condition.
* She had production place her in sewing cases so she could properly operate the sewing machines during the scene where Courtney makes her super suit. The first time she put on the super suit felt so special to her. She described it as, "It was almost like a personal milestone in that I truly felt like Stargirl for the first time."
* She wants Batman to appear in *Stargirl* at some point, as one of her favorite movies is *The Dark Knight Rises*.
* The oddest thing she had to for *Stargirl* was a life cast mold of her face.
* It took Brec a while to get used to working with the Cosmic Staff. She didn't mind being uncomfortable with it since it reflects how Courtney feels about the Staff at the beginning of Season 1. The longer she filmed with the Staff the more comfortable she became.
* While she hadn't heard of the JSA before being cast as Stargirl, she did read the comics and has become well-versed in them.
* Brec eventually wants to see a romance between Courtney and Shazam happen in *Stargirl*.
* Her favorite episode of Season 1 to shoot was episode 7. It introduces one of Stargirl's archnemesis.
* She injured herself while filming episode three. She had been doing action-packed sequences all day and then she had to run down a hill and slipped and fell onto a rock. She now has a scar on her back from where she cut it.
* When filming wrapped for Season 1, Brec was able to keep one of the Cosmic Staff's. She and Geoff Johns are the only ones with copies.
* She attended the 2020 DC FanDome panel event.
* Brec was part of the Geena Institute Q&A for the Season 2 premiere of Stargirl.
* In 2021, Brec won the Saturn Awards for Best Performance by a Younger Actor on a Television Series.
* In 2022, Brec won the Saturn Awards for Best Performance by a Younger Actor. She is one of three actresses to ever win the award twice.

## External links

* Brec Bassinger on the Internet Movie Database
* Follow Brec Bassinger [@Brecbassinger] on Twitter
* Follow Brec Bassinger [@brecbassinger] on Instagram
* Watch Brec Bassinger [Brec Bassinger] on YouTube

## References

1. ↑ **Instagram:** Brec says goodbye after 4 years
2. ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/stargirl-brec-bassinger-star-geoff-johns-dc-universe-series-1145751
3. ↑ https://deadline.com/2018/09/stargirl-brec-bassinger-dc-universe-series-1202468446/
4. ↑ **Paramount Press Express:** The official blurb for talent Brec Bassinger.
5. ↑ **Deadline:** Brec Bassinger & Donna Mills To Lead Cast Of Lifetime’s ‘V.C. Andrews Dawn Cutler Series’
6. ↑ ’47 Meters Down — Uncaged’: ‘Stargirl’ & ‘All Night’ Actress Brec Bassinger Joins Cast - Deadline
7. ↑ Brec Bassinger Reveals What It’s Really Like on the ‘School of Rock’ Set - J-14
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 https://community.dcuniverse.com/t/live-q-a-with-brec-bassinger-stargirl-of-stargirl-monday-5-18-3pm-pt-6pm-et/999913/9
9. ↑ https://ew.com/tv/stargirl-luke-wilson-brec-bassinger-series-premiere-spoilers/?utm\_medium=social&utm\_term=CE4F266C-9942-11EA-AA73-4A054844363C&utm\_content=link&utm\_source=twitter.com&utm\_campaign=entertainmentweekly\_ew