In case you haven't heard, Brat TV is a web-based digital network for the Gen Z crowd.
It's poached several stars from Disney and Nickelodeon, and it's also become a platform
for new talent to emerge.
Let's take a look inside the lives of the Brat channel stars.
Annie LeBlanc has a lot on her plate.
As of 2019, she had five seasons under her belt as Rhyme McAdams on Chicken Girls, and
three seasons as the title character on A Girl Named Jo.
Her daily filming schedule usually lasts nine hours, so she tends to head to set first thing
in the morning, but that doesn't excuse her from three hours of school.
For a profile on Brat.tv, she revealed what's she up to when not filming:
"Sometimes doing schoolwork, sometimes catching up with my friends, sometimes looking over
my lines, sometimes just zoning out and looking at my phone...Every day is different!"
Luckily, LeBlanc still has time to enjoy some treats, as she and her costars love to try
the desserts that are available on set.
Outside of Brat TV, LeBlanc and her younger sister, Hayley, stay busy by creating even
more content for YouTube, including vlogging and music videos.
In an interview with Girls' Life, Annie talked about her music career, revealing that a country-pop
vibe is exactly what she's aiming for with her music.
"I want to talk to you."
"Oh.
NOW you wanna talk to me.
Cool."
"Yeah, and it's important, what's with the attitude?"
Australian teen Indiana Massara got her big break as Rooney on Chicken Girls, with five
seasons completed as of 2019.
She keeps busy outside of Brat TV as well.
She started performing in musical theatre before she turned nine and then started planning
on staying in the entertainment industry.
This includes her acting, plus making YouTube videos and pursuing a music career.
She told Taylor Magazine in 2018,
"I love the creative process...being in the studio and coming up with a beat or listening
to my co-writers.
I also really love filming the music videos."
Massara also made sure to note in that interview that she's less mean in real life than Rooney.
She added,
"That's why I'm super active on my social media to show people that I'm quite different
to my character."
That social media activity includes her popular Instagram account.
In an interview with TigerBeat, Massara explained that her red theme is on purpose and that
she loves posting.
She confessed,
"It's honestly really fun, but it does take a lot of work to keep it up."
In 2011, Mackenzie Ziegler made her TV debut on the Lifetime reality series Dance Moms
and then stayed on the show for six years.
She later appeared on So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars: Juniors.
She then made the jump to Brat TV by playing Cassie on the series Total Eclipse.
Outside of dancing and acting, Ziegler stays busy with other passions, which include writing
and producing.
Her book Kenzie's Rules for Life is a combination of life advice, quizzes, and crafting guides.
In 2018, she told Paper Magazine,
"I love making DIYs.
Every time my friends come over, we make slime or we go to the store and get crafts."
Like several of her network colleagues, Ziegler also stays busy with music.
She co-headlined the Day and Night Tour with Brat TV star Johnny Orlando and also toured
alongside the Simon Cowell-created boy band PRETTYMUCH all across North America.
The music gene must just run in her family.
Ziegler is super close with her older sister, Maddie, aka the dancing girl from Sia's music
videos.
In 2019, Mackenzie told People Magazine,
"I'm very glad that I have a sister that's so talented that I can look up to and learn
from as well."
"She always wants to be in the video.
She always wants to make a little cameo."
Piper Rockelle's Brat TV credits include playing Sky on Mani, as well as a few episodes of
Chicken Girls.
She also has her own digital reality show, called Piperazzi.
She's more than just an actress, as she stays busy with her highly successful social media
accounts.
When she was just ten years old, she became "crown verified" on Musical.ly, the platform
that later turned into TikTok, and she launched her own YouTube channel.
In a 2019 interview with YAYOMG!, Rockelle revealed how she loves to spend her time watching
Netflix, hanging out with her friends, and especially spending time with her cats.
This is no ordinary feline frenzy, as Rockelle admitted,
"I actually have a lot of cats because I run my own cat rescue.
Right now, I have 16 cats!"
Those pets of hers must be having a paw-some time.
In addition to watching over a small army of cats, Rockelle loves to sing.
In 2019, she entered the music scene by releasing her debut single, "Treat Myself."
Maybe all these musically inclined Brat TV stars will make a super band at some point
in the future.
Hayley LeBlanc is one half of the superstar LeBlanc sisters along with her older sister,
Annie.
Hayley's acting credits include playing Harmony in two of Brat TV's biggest series, Mani and
Chicken Girls.
When not in character, Hayley is busy running her popular social media accounts and making
other videos.
In 2019, Nickelodeon signed the LeBlanc sisters to a YouTube cooking challenge show called
Annie vs Hayley.
"Besides baking, where are you most competitive?"
"Everything."
"Everything!"
The LeBlancs have also continued to star on their Bratayley vlog.
The channel started in 2010, when their parents filmed the girls performing gymnastics.
Viewers loved the duo, and the videos became a hit.
Annie and Hayley continued to produce content for the vlog, but sadly the dancing had to
stop.
They ended up having to quit because they were both too busy with filming and other
activities.
Emily Skinner got her first big TV role on the Disney Channel series Andi Mack in 2017.
One year later, she joined the Brat TV family by starring as Diana in Total Eclipse.
Soon after that, she started playing Chloe in Crown Lake.
And like several of her Brat TV colleagues, she's also got a music career on her plate.
At the end of 2018, she teamed up with fellow Brat TV star Lilia Buckingham to release the
single "Denim Jacket."
Skinner has also done her part to give back.
She walked in the 2017 Women's March, and she's also an activist for gun safety, Read
Across America, and medical first responders.
But she also makes sure to make time to enjoy being a teenager.
In a 2018 interview with Everly Mag, she revealed that she loves going to the movies and amusement
parks and finding fun places to eat dinner.
Skinner's name also seems to be associated with some other serious talent.
In a 2018 interview for Famous Birthdays, she noted that people sometimes wondered if
she was actually 47, because apparently, some fans get her confused with Broadway actress
Emily Skinner.
"So, today, I'm back with my brother."
"Johnny."
"And he's gonna be doing my makeup."
When Johnny Orlando was just eight years old, he uploaded, with his older sister's help,
his first music cover to YouTube.
His fame grew with each new cover and soon enough, he and Mackenzie Ziegler were touring
throughout North America and Europe in 2017.
The pair also released the singles "Day and Night" and "What If" together, and they've
had to fend off rumors that they're dating.
"Everybody asks me, 'Is Jenzie real?
Is Jenzie real?'
But no, she's a really cool person, and I really enjoy working with her and also being
friends with her."
Orlando's not just making music, as he played the role of Sam in the first three seasons
of the Brat series Total Eclipse.
Meanwhile, his younger sister Lauren is also no stranger to fame.
She starred alongside her big brother as Kate in the first three seasons of Total Eclipse.
And as she was beginning her modelling career in 2018, she announced via Twitter that she
was the new face of Mudd jeans for Kohl's.
Anna Cathcart's acting resume started at a young age.
This Canadian landed her first major role as Dizzy in the 2017 Disney Channel Original
Movie Descendants 2, a role that she then reprised in 2019's Descendants 3.
She also memorably played the main character's younger sister in the hit Netflix rom-com
To All the Boys I've Loved Before.
In 2019, she joined the Brat TV family as the title character in Zoe Valentine.
When the Brat cameras turn off, she likes to make dance videos with her costars for
Instagram.
In an interview with Glitter, Cathcart talked about spending time with family outside of
all her acting work.
She revealed,
"I really love hanging out with my big sister and my dog.
I also love taking photos and doing hip hop dance.
I don't dance a lot right now but I’m hoping to get more into it!"
She also talked about her other artistic passions by noting,
"I think being a photographer would be really cool, especially a fashion photographer!
I'm taking a photography course right now at school and there's so many cool skills
to learn."
The actress also spends her free time reading books and watching movies, but with one caveat,
as she confessed,
"I'm a big scaredy-cat when it comes to scary movies!"
A casting agent spotted Francesca Capaldi's signature fire-red hair when she was only
eight months old.
According to The San Diego Union-Tribune, the agent approached her family at a restaurant
and asked if little Capaldi's hair was naturally red, to which her mother Gina replied,
"Do you really think I'd dye my baby's hair?"
According to Gina, her daughter's dive into the entertainment industry was the young girl's
idea, as she revealed,
"After filming for 9-1/2 hours, she still wants to hang out with the camera guys and
visit the props department.
She loves it."
For her first major TV role, Capaldi played Chloe James on all three seasons of the Disney
Channel show Dog with a Blog.
Then, in 2019, she signed on to play Nellie Chambers, a main character on Brat TV's Crown
Lake.
When she's not filming, she's busy with auditioning for other parts, along with school, friends,
sewing, dance lessons, and voice recording.
She also does her part to give support to those less fortunate than her.
She attended Mattel's Party on the Pier charity event several years in a row to support the
UCLA Children's Hospital.
She told OnTheSpotInterviews in 2017,
"I always love working the stations here, the booths, and just being able to come and
talk to all the kids."
The event had a carnival theme, which was an added bonus, as Capaldi loves roller coasters
and the balloon popping game.
Lilia Buckingham has shown off her many talents across a few different Brat TV series, including
Chicken Girls, Total Eclipse, and Zoe Valentine.
And on Crown Lake, she took on the role of the narrator, Heather Masterson.
She's not just an actress, as she and Pretty Little Liars author Sara Shepard co-wrote
the novel Influence, which came out in 2019.
Buckingham likes to spend time with her two besties, Millie Bobby Brown and Maddie Ziegler.
This trio loves to make silly videos of themselves dancing, singing, or both.
Buckingham clearly loves music.
Her tastes range from the likes of King Princess to Black Kids.
She talked with Notion about the Black Kids song "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How
to Dance with You," as she revealed,
"This is my all-time favorite song.
It's my 'blast in the car' and 'get ready in the morning' song.
It just makes you want to dance around and sing it at the top of your lungs!"
Unfortunately, Buckingham's daily family life turned complicated in 2019, when her mother
Jane was charged with paying $50,000 for a proctor to take the ACT in place of her son,
Lilia's brother Jack.
Reportedly, her brother said he didn't know anything about the scheme.
Luckily, her fans are there to support her through this ordeal.
One fan named Molly told Refinery29,
"There’s a whole community of people who care about her and have her back through all
of this.
I'd let her know that she can come to us if she needs anything."
"I've really been challenged and had to learn that I've worked for what I've got."
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