Stefania Barr

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Stefania Barr
Birth nameStefania Noelle Barr
Born (1994-12-04) December 4, 1994 (age 29)
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Genres Indie-Alternative rock, pop punk
Occupation(s)Musician, actress, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, ukulele
Years active2001–present
LabelsIndependent
Website http://www.shrinkthegiant.com

Stefania Noelle Barr (born December 4, 1994) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, composer, and lead vocalist of indie-alternative rock band Shrink the Giant. She is perhaps best known for her role as Maysilee Donner in the fan film, The Hunger Games: Second Quarter Quell.

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Performance career

Barr started her acting career in 2003 (age 8) with Disney Channel Original Movie Right on Track .

She was praised for her work ethic and maturity on set. Producer Jason Nacey of The Doorstep stated that she “stuck out like a sore thumb”, among other actors her age, after booking the lead role as a walk-in on the final round of auditions. Her roles in 2005's The Doorstep, 2006's Unrest and 2007's The Last Sin Eater and The Dance established her as a serious, mature-beyond-her-years actress.

She started her first indie-alternative rock band in early 2010 (age 14) (called Metanoia) with two high school friends. Barr sang lead vocals and played lead guitar, with Alyssa Kennington as backup vocals and rhythm guitar, and Thomas Flinders on drums. The trio played local venues together, including the Deer Valley Concert Series of Park City, Utah. After a few short months, they disbanded.

Under the direction of manager/producer Jean-Marc Barr, Barr joined with Aaron Hurt to form Shrink the Giant in the fall of 2010. They immediately began recording an album.

Barr's fame was established in 2011 by playing Maysilee Donner in The Hunger Games: Second Quarter Quell. Fans around the world immediately accepted and embraced her as the face of Maysilee, and a part of The Hunger Games "fandom."

Shrink the Giant released their first album worldwide on May 15, 2012. The album received great reviews from press and fans alike. SLUG Magazine heralded it as "polished and ready for the masses." [1]

Barr was cast in a 2012 short film titled Life According to Penny.

As a composer, Stefania completed her first musical score in December, 2012 for the film Life According To Penny, in which she also starred as the lead character "Penny." Post-production on the short was completed January, 2012, and it is currently touring festivals across the country. After just one film festival screening, Stefania was nominated for the Best Original Score (which she won) and Best Lead Actress, in the Filmed in Utah Awards. The film itself won Best Short Film and the People's Choice Award, and will likely be made into a feature-length film within the next few years. She was also nominated for Best Original Score in the Filmbreak awards, in May 2012.

Through her online work with Mainstay (including another short film she was featured in for the book Unwind by Neal Shusterman), HarperCollins asked specifically for Stefania to act in a book trailer for Kat Zhang's recently released novel What's Left of Me. The trailer was featured exclusively on Entertainment Weekly upon its release, and is now available on HarperTeen's YouTube channel.

Since the release of their album, Shrink the Giant turned their attention to playing shows. Barr and bandmate Aaron recruited a local drummer (Alex Larsen), bassist (Marisa Wilde), and Stefania's brother (Sebastian Barr, a violinist and percussionist) to fill in the parts they recorded on the album. The full performance band began playing local venues together on August 1, 2012.

In September 2012, they submitted one of their songs to a Salt Lake City radio station, X96, in the "Put Your Band Where Our Bash Is" competition. They were chosen as finalists, and after competing against twelve other bands in an online competition, and then the top five groups in a "battle of the bands", they won.

On September 29, 2012, Stefania and the band played at the 17th-annual X96 Toyota "Big Ass Show" as one of nine bands, including Neon Trees, Imagine Dragons, Awolnation, Grouplove, The Used, The Wombats, Eve 6, and Dead Sara.

November 16, 2012, marked the release of the Summit Land Conservancy's 2nd Edition book, Summit County: Witness, which used a photograph taken by Barr as the cover image. The same photograph was also printed in Photographer's Forum"Best of High School and College Photography: 2012," earlier in the year, and accepted into the Springville Art Show, of Springville Utah, the previous year.

Recent work

Shrink the Giant recently won the "Best Alternative" UTA Award for their first album. [2]

Shrink the Giant's second album "Faceless" was released worldwide on December 4, 2014, in both digital download and CD format.

Filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
2019ParanoidStacey MillerShort Film
2019StalkerStacey Miller
2018Trek: The MovieAnna McDowell
2017 Small Town Crime KristyStrange Family / Nelms Brothers
2014GuardianIzzyHepburn Punk Productions
2013The Iron DoorPaigeAdaptive Studios
2012LeeAureliaSundance Institute/Chloe Zhao
2012Siren's SongAlana48HFF
2011Life According to PennyPennyMain character/Award Winning Short
2009JosephKatharine Smith
2009The Last Eagle ScoutYoung Kira
2008Once Upon a SummerAndy (8 years old)leading role
2008Fifty CentsSamProduced by Five One Films
2008IllusionsAllie
2007The DanceAlly
2007Getting AheadMackenzie
2006 The Last Sin Eater Glynnis
2006 Unrest Allison Blanchard age 10uncredited
2005DoorstepHaileyaward-winning short film
2005SnowballsJenniesolo
2005The First VampireHannah
2004The HauntingSara
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Youth & Consequences Teen GirlEpisode: Crotch Riot
2007 Return to Halloweentown Bratty DaughterDisney Channel Original Movie
2002 Everwood FeaturedDirected by Kathy Bates
2001 Right on Track Courtney Enders age 5Disney Channel Original Movie
Self Appearances
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013PCTVSelfLive Performance with Shrink the Giant
2011Staying In TuneSelfAward Winning short documentary
Internet
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Miles Behind ThemSarahWalking Dead short (Paul Green/Mainstay Productions)
2012What's Left of Me sceneEva/Addie(Mainstay Productions) based on book by Kat Zhang
2012What's Left of Me trailerEva/AddieBook trailer for Kat Zhang (HarperCollins)
2012UnwindKelseyshort film
2011Hunger Games: SECOND QUARTER QUELLMaysilee Donnershort film
2009Christmas MessageCameo
2008Lemonade SpotsEdith

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  2. "2014 First Annual Utah Music Awards | buzz.io". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2014-10-15.