Spinning Out Isn't Willow Shields's First Major Role — Here's What Else She's Done
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While some of the cast members of Netflix's Spinning Out are relative unknowns, Willow Shields isn't one of them. The 19-year-old actress plays Serena Baker, an ambitious teenage figure skater who happens to be the younger sister of leading lady Kat, a former competitor who takes up pairs skating when her singles career abruptly ends. As movie fans will know, this isn't the first time that Shields has played a complicated "little sister" role, but it is her first series regular role on a TV show. The majority of Shields's claim to fame comes from her role in one franchise, but it has kept her on the radar for nearly a decade now.
Shields has several more projects in the pipeline at the moment. In addition to being committed to Spinning Out if and/or when it gets a second season, she's in preproduction for A Fall From Grace, a mystery-thriller about a serial killer that will costar David Lynch, Forest Whitaker, and Vincent D'Onofrio. Keep reading to see what Shields has starred in so far!
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Beyond the Blackboard
In this 2011 TV movie, Shields played Grace, one of the students taught at a makeshift school at a homeless shelter. She acted alongside her older brother, River (pictured here, far left).
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The Hunger Games
Shields's breakout role came when she was cast in the 2012 film adaptation of the YA novel The Hunger Games. She played Primrose Everdeen, the gentle younger sister of heroine Katniss, whose random selection for the brutal Hunger Games drives Katniss to volunteer to take her place.
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Shields returned as Primrose for the 2013 sequel, Catching Fire.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1
In the third installment of The Hunger Games, Shields's Prim is growing into a brave teenager who's training in the medical corps, taking an active but noncombative role in the growing rebellion.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2
To close out the Hunger Games series, Shields played Prim one more time, now a teenager who's taking gradually more active roles in the rebellion while still maintaining her defining trait: her uncynical compassion.