PinkPantheress Lands Acting Debut in New Daniels Film
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- PinkPantheress locked in her first-ever acting role in a new untitled Universal feature from the Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), the Oscar-winning duo behind Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
- The film also stars Matt Damon, Sandra Oh, Charles Melton, Sean Kaufman, Silvia Dionicio, Jackson Kelly, Kerrice Brooks, Thalia Dudek, and Michael Gandolfini, with a theatrical release eyed for November 19, 2027
- PinkPantheress earned two Grammy nominations this year — Best Dance Pop Recording for "Illegal" and Best Dance/Electronic Album for Fancy That
- PinkPantheress became the first woman and youngest person ever to receive the BRIT Award for Producer of the Year
- Her 2025 releases Fancy That and its remix Fancy Some More? established her pop profile ahead of the casting, and her recent "Girl Like Me" video shares the glitzy, fast-paced visual style associated with the Daniels' past work
Why it matters: PinkPantheress is crossing from viral pop stardom — two Grammy nods plus a barrier-breaking BRIT Award for Producer of the Year — into a Daniels-directed feature stacked with A-list names like Matt Damon and Sandra Oh, a jump that signals Universal and the directors see her as more than a music cameo.
