Meet Shaylee Mansfield, the Breakout Star of 'Feel the Beat'
Meet 11-year-old emerging star Shaylee Mansfield, who got her get started on YouTube and is now the breakout skill of 'Feel the Beat.’ What else is she in?
Shaylee Mansfield is the breakout star of Netflix's new dance movie Feel the Beat, which stars Sofia Carson as April, a failed Broadway actress who returns to her small homeland and trains a group of younger dancers of a large festival.
Shaylee plays Deaf dancer Zuzu in Feel the Beat, a film that was named in large part as a result of of Shaylee's character literally feeling the beat as she danced. "I feel the vibrations," Zuzu indicators to April in the film, after the teacher perceives Zuzu's Deafness as hindering her skill to dance. Keep studying to be informed extra about 11-year-old Shaylee, how she got her start on digital camera, and what different initiatives you'll be able to catch her in.
Shaylee Mansfield began out as a YouTuber when she used to be 3.
Sheena McFeely, Shaylee's mom, began a YouTube channel known as ASL Nook when the rising star was best 3 years outdated. "Knowing what it was like to grow up as the only Deaf person in her family and raising two young signers, Sheena felt something was missing from the internet: a place where everyone is welcome to learn ASL," the circle of relatives's web page reads.
Thus, ASL Nook was born, a YouTube channel that ran from 2013-2019 and aired over 50 episodes, helping households and kids international learn American Sign Language. From the second she began appearing on digicam, Shaylee used to be described as "sassy, strong, and smart" and "never ... staying still."
She captured the hearts of audiences worldwide, and became well known for her retelling of classic Christmas stories in ASL. It was once just a topic of time prior to Hollywood caught notice and decided Shaylee will have to be a star.
Loved Shaylee in 'Feel the Beat'? Here's where else you'll see her.
Shaylee and her circle of relatives starred in a 2018 A&E documentary particular known as Deaf Out Loud executive-produced by Marlee Matlin, which adopted the Mansfields and two other predominantly Deaf households as they lift their kids in a listening to global.
After gaining national consideration, Shaylee went directly to act in SundanceTV's This Close and Disney Channel's Bunk'd, a role that truly impacted the young star.
"In other things I had worked on, hearing people often portrayed Deaf people in storylines that drew attention to what they cannot do," the actress instructed RespectAbility.
"When I came on to Bunk'd, and I read that script, I was like, 'Wow'. There's no reference to me being Deaf or not being able to hear or talk. There was nothing like that. That meant to me that this was intentional on the writers' part that they wanted Willow to be just a regular human camper and that's what her story was about."
About her persona in Feel the Beat, Shaylee tells RespectAbility: "There are some Deaf people like Zuzu who march (or shall I say dance) to their own beat. Because when you believe in YOURSELF, rather than in the world's perceptions of you, you shine no matter what. It makes you even more alive. When that happens, people will eventually see that and begin to change their perceptions."
Aside from gazing — or rewatching — Feel the Beat on Netflix, catch Shaylee in Disney+'s Noelle.
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