Jennette McCurdy, iCarly Star, Joins Indie Teen Comedy ‘Little Bitches’; McCurdy Takes On Body Shaming With Too-Slim Look; McCurdy Confirms She Is Dating Co-star, Jesse Carere, For Past Year
Jennette McCurdy, iCarly Star, and Virginia Gardner will joined Kiersey Clemons in the upcoming independent teen comedy "Little Bitches." Gardner starred in "Project Almanac" and the upcoming drama "Goat" opposite Nick Jonas.
"Little Bitches" tells the story of best friends who are trying to reconnect with a former friend before an end-of-senior-year party where they plan to open their college acceptance letters at the same time.
"Little Bitches" is currently shooting in Los Angeles. It is being directed by Nick Kreiss, who also wrote the screenplay. "Little Bitches" also stars Andrew Santino, Moises Arias, Karan Soni, Adam Lustick, Laura Hayes, Beth Dover, Chloe Bridges and Irene Choi.
McCurdy currently stars in the Netflix drama "Between." "Between" series tells the story of a town dealing with a mysterious disease that killed everyone under 21 years old. In the series, the government quarantines a 10-square-mile area around the fictional town of Sleepy Lake and leaves the survivors to fend for themselves.
"Between" was created by Michael McGowan the award-winning writer/director of "Still Mine," "One Week," "Saint Ralph." The series will run 6 episodes. It is executive produced by McGowan, Don Carmody, David Cormican, and Naveen Prasad.
Besides iCarly, Jennette McCurd starred in Nickelodeon's 'Sam & Cat,' which co-starred Ariana Grande. Jennette McCurdy has been acting on the web series "What's Next For Sarah?" which took a satirical look at McCurdy, Ariana Grande and other young actresses' lives in between gigs.
McCurdy also appeared in Nickelodeon movies "The Last Day of Summer," "Best Player" and "Swindle." She starred in, wrote and executive produced web series "What's Next for Sarah?"
McCurdy recently posted a frighteningly skinny photo to Instagram to spotlight the effects of body shaming, which is the act of making someone feel bad about their body's size and shape.
The iCarly and Sam & Cat star' Instagram shot with a waist far too thin to hold up her upper body.
"Hey guys - can we stop using facetune and other flaw-correcting apps to extremes?" McCurdy captioned the photo. "Instead of camouflaging our flaws and feeling ashamed, let's embrace our strengths and feel empowered."
In a new interview with Vulture, Jennette McCurdy also recently confirmed that she's been dating her co-star, Jesse Carere, for about a year!
"This is maybe staking a big claim in my future self, but I would say that I certainly love him right, you know?" McCurdy said.
"I feel like I'm learning to love in all the right ways and to accept love for who I am versus an impressive version of myself. I think from an early age I learned to be whatever person people needed me to be."