Marcelle LeBlanc is a film and television actress.[1]
LeBlanc is from Birmingham, Alabama.[2] She began participating in theater at age 11. At age 14, she founded an initiative to provide other children with scholarships to participate in after-school arts programs, in cooperation with the Alabama Arts Alliance non-profit for which she is a state spokesperson.[2][3][4]
In December 2019, she entered the Miss Coosa Valley's Outstanding Teen pageant, earned the title of Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2021 in 2020, and won the Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2022 title on July 30, 2021. During the national pageant, she won top overall interview and a preliminary talent competition award, and her title-holding year is dedicated to promoting the arts scholarship organization she founded and lobbying for funding for arts programs.[1][2]
LeBlanc enrolled at Auburn University in fall 2021, where she joined the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and plans to major in accounting while continuing to act in film and television.[2]
Filmography
edit2021
- The Waltons: Homecoming - Mary Ellen Walton
- Just Beyond, episode "My Monster" - Jade
- PEN15, episode "Jacuzzi" - Venice (voice)
- Fear Street Part Two: 1978 - Becky
- Cobra Kai, episode "Aftermath" - Stacy
2020
- Super Science Showcase - Becky Thatcher
2018
- False Profits - Cassidy
- Union - Josephine
- Criminal Minds, episode "Full-Tilt Boogie" - Dana Gaines
2017
- Father Figures - Schoolgirl (uncredited)
- Stranger Things, episode "Chapter Nine: The Gate" - Cute Girl
References
edit- ^ a b "Marcelle LeBlanc". Miss America. 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ^ a b c d Colurso, Mary (2021-11-26). "Meet the Alabama teen who nabbed an iconic role in 'The Waltons' Homecoming'". al. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ^ "HOME". S.T.A.R.S. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ^ "Birmingham native Marcelle LeBlanc shares how she landed roles in Stranger Things, Cobra Kai + more | Bham Now". Birmingham Now. 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2022-03-03.