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We’re so excited to see Grace VanderWaal make her movie debut in the upcoming Disney+ film Stargirl and we’re going to get the rest of you excited for it with this exclusive clip!

In the clip, Grace performs a song called “Be True to Your School” and you’ll be able to watch the full version when the movie debuts on Disney+ on March 13.

Grace plays the title role of Stargirl Caraway, a confident and colorful new student with a penchant for the ukulele, who stands out in a crowd. She is kind, finds magic in the mundane and touches the lives of others with the simplest of gestures.

Graham Verchere, Karan Brar, Maximiliano Hernandez, Darby Stanchfield, and Giancarlo Esposito also star in the new movie, which was directed by Julia Hart.

Happy Birthday Grace VanderWaal!

To celebrate her birthday, Disney+ dropped the trailer for Stargirl, the 16-year-old singer’s acting debut.

Here’s a synopsis: Leo Borlock is an average student at Mica High School. He gets decent grades, is a member of the school’s marching band and has always been content flying under the radar. But all that changes when he meets Stargirl Caraway, a confident and colorful new student with a penchant for the ukulele, who stands out in a crowd.

She is kind, finds magic in the mundane and touches the lives of others with the simplest of gestures. Her eccentricities and infectious personality charm Leo and the student body, and she quickly goes from being ignored and ridiculed to accepted and praised, then back again, sending Leo on a rollercoaster ride of emotions.

Stargirl also stars Graham Verchere, Karan Brar, Darby Stanchfield, Maximiliano Hernandez, and Giancarlo Esposito, and will premiere March 13th on Disney+!

Grace VanderWaal and her Stargirl co-star Graham Verchere step out for the Disney+ panel at Disney’s D23 Expo on Friday (August 23) in Anaheim, Calif.

The young stars were there to talk about their upcoming movie, which they announced will launch on the new streaming service in early 2020.

Gina Rodriguez was also there to talk about a new series called Diary of a Female President, which she is executive producing. She’ll also be a recurring guest star on the show. She was joined by star Tess Romero to announce that the series will premiere on Disney+ in January. Told using the narration from her diary, this half-hour single camera comedy follows 12-year-old Cuban-American girl Elena’s journey through the trials of middle school, which set her on the path to ultimately become president of the United States.

FYI: Grace is wearing a Jonathan Cohen dress. Gina and Tess are matching in their Ellie Mae Studios blazer and pants.

Grace VanderWaal is sharing the life lessons she’s learned from her new movie Stargirl and her new single “Waste My Time.”

The 15-year-old singer got candid in a new interview with Teen Vogue. Here’s what she had to say:

On her character Stargirl: “She is so unapologetically herself and it’s ridiculous because she’s so young. Stargirl is not afraid of anyone, of doing her own thing. She understands the concept that no one cares — or at least people don’t care as much as you think they do.”

On writing “Waste My Time”: “What I like about it is that it has a really nice contrast of kind of messed up lyrics, but it’s fun at the same time. That’s a feeling I really wanted to portray. Like when things are messed up, people say you shouldn’t waste your time, you only have one shot. You’re only young once. This is a song [that says], whatever, I don’t care, I’ll waste it.”

On figuring out what she wants to do with her life: “I was freaking out for a second, and I was being so overdramatic, and I was psyching myself out so much. Looking back … [I think I felt like] if I don’t choose this, then the opportunities won’t come back. And if I choose this then the time won’t come back. I was battling between those two things. But now, current Grace, present Grace, I’m just like, ‘Past Grace, chill. It doesn’t even matter that much. You’re just psyching yourself out.’ Now I’m just literally going day by day, whatever happens, happens.”

“Honestly, as long as I’m doing what I love, I’m happy. And right now I’m doing what I love and that’s all that matters. And if in a couple of months I don’t want to do this, whatever. I’ll go back to school. And if I do want to do it, well let’s [see what] we can build. If not, it’ll be hard, but you know, I’ll figure it out. I always figure something out.”

Stargirl is set for release in 2020. Watch Grace VanderWaal‘s “Waste My Time” music video now!

Grace VanderWaal is making her acting debut!

The 15-year-old singer is set to star in the highly-anticipated Stargirl adaptation for Disney’s new streaming service, which is due out next year.

Grace rose to super-stardom in 2016 when she won America’s Got Talent at the young age of 12 and earned comparison to superstars like Taylor Swift in the process.

The “Stray” singer calls her turn to acting “nerve-racking,” – particularly considering Stargirl’s massive built-in fanbase.

“It’s super pressuring, because I know also how people are with books,” she told Vanity Fair in a recent interview. “They want it to be like [how they were imagining], so I’m like, ‘What if I’m not like Stargirl?’”

Stargirl will be released in 2020.

Grace VanderWaal is officially done filming her first ever movie!

The 14-year-old singer and now actress shared a sweet message to her co-stars and crew after wrapping up shooting on Stargirl, where she stars as the title character.

“I genuinely with all my heart have no idea how to even explain these past couple months of my life,” Grace started out on her Instagram. “I always thought I was missing something. I gave up trying to make friends or even have a conversation because I was so incredibly exhausted from giving my all, trying my best to connect with people and never succeeding.”

“I was nervous about making this movie because I knew a lot of the cast would be around my age and that scared me,” she continues. “I am new. I am genuinely a different, better version of myself coming out of this. I am so sad and still drying my eyes about it ending but also incredibly grateful for what this has done for me.”

Grace added at the end, “I’m normal, I’m not missing anything, I just needed love and acceptance to gain some social confidence. Thank you. Thank you to my now lifelong friends.”

Stargirl is set to premiere in 2019.

Just last month, it was announced that Grace VanderWaal would be starring in Disney’s upcoming Stargirl.

The film, based on Jerry Spinelli‘s book of the same name, centers on Leo Borlock, who follows the unspoken rule at Mica Area High School: don’t stand out–under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes–for Leo and for the entire school.

After 15 years of home schooling, Stargirl bursts into tenth grade in an explosion of color and a clatter of ukulele music, enchanting the Mica student body.

Grace recently spoke with ET Canada about her first ever acting role.

“I am so excited!” she exclaimed. “I have never auditioned for anything. I did the lines, it was really weird, but it was comfortable once it started rolling.”

Grace added that she was very confident in her audition afterwards, “I was pretty sure that I got it because I felt that she [casting director] really liked me. But I didn’t know, because I’d never auditioned for anything. But [then], I did and I’m so excited about it.”

Check out Grace‘s full interview below!