*Daniella Perkins is one of Hollywood’s hottest young rising stars but is going back to school and enrolling in a new academy this September to learn how to become – the BOSS!
Well, her new teen-age character is anyway.
Perkins voices the character, Winnie, an aspiring chef who will be enrolling in Mogul Academy next month as part of the new upcoming Nickelodeon animated mini-series “Middle School Moguls.”
The series “Middle School Moguls” is four half-hour CG-animated television specials that were created by GenGirl Media Inc. founders and sisters Gina Heitkamp and Jenae Heitkamp to inspire the next generation of female business leaders and entrepreneurs. It chronicles the ambitions of four new friends attending Mogul Academy, an entrepreneurial school where kid-business dreams come true.
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“Middle School Moguls” showcases four new students and Perkins says she shares a key trait with her character Winnie.
“I love Winnie because she doesn’t give up on her dream,” explains Perkins about her show’s character. “She’s going to school to be a pet chef, but her dream is to be a real chef and even her family is against her on it.
“She doesn’t stop, and she figures out a way to make her dreams come true,” adds Perkins. “She just believes in herself a lot. I feel like that’s something I believe in personally myself, so I love that it’s in Winnie, too.”
Winnie’s new friends attending Mogul Academy are Valeria, voiced by Olympic gold medal gymnast Laurie Hernandez; Celeste voiced by Jade Pettyjohn (“School of Rock”) and Yuna voiced by Haley Tju, (“Bella & the Bulldogs).
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The girls are empowered by Mogul Academy to test their business creativity, innovation and grit. But being a kid boss comes with grown-up challenges, so the students will have to think outside of the box and “mogulize” if they want to make their big dreams a reality.
Helping the girls along their journeys are Victoria Steele, the Headmaster of Mogul Academy, voiced by actress Jane Lynch (“Glee”), and Wren, a non-binary teacher in the Mogul Academy Fashion Branch, voiced by Tim Gunn (“Project Runway”).
Before being cast on “Middle School Moguls,” Perkins was Nickelodeon’s first multi-racial princess starring as Ciara in “Knight Squad.” Her past credits include a series regular role on Nickelodeon’s Legendary Dudas, as well the leading role as Milly in the Nickelodeon TV movie “Blurt” and a guest-starring role on Disney’s “Girl Meets World.”
With downtime on set, Perkins frequently collaborates with her younger sister Devenity on social media where the Perkins Sisters accounts have amassed a following of over 2.5 million. Connect with Daniella on Instagram and YouTube.
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