Groundbreaking style blogger and online teen magazine editor Tavi Gevinson can add a new credit to her burgeoning resume: Actress. The 16-year-old has signed on to star in writer-director Nicole Holofcener‘s new film, an as-yet-untitled project from Fox Searchlight. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gevinson will play the character of Chloe, “an only child who never received much attention from her parents, forcing her to grow up faster than her peers.”

Gevinson’s co-stars in the film include Hollywood heavyweights Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Toni Collette, James Gandolfini, and Catherine Keener. This may represent a new career focus for Tavi: the Chicago native recently told Bust magazine she plans to move to Los Angeles once she graduates high school.

But the teen journalist isn’t neglecting her editorial duties. She recently wrapped the first print edition of her online teen magazine, titled Rookie Yearbook One. The roundup of the mag’s first year is being published by Drawn & Quarterly and is due out September 4.

Photo via The Style Rookie.

Here’s a reason to get excited: two of the most compelling voices in women’s media are teaming up to create a magazine for teenage girls. Tavi Gevinson, the 14-year-old fashion blogger, is joining forces with Jane Pratt, creator of the legendary 90s teen magazine Sassy and the fashion periodical for thinking women, Jane.

Gevinson may be a whippersnapper, but she has already proven herself to be a gifted fashion critic, stylist, and social commentator. In addition to her popular blog The Style Rookie, she has contributed to Jezebel and Pop magazine, and was recently the subject of a New Yorker profile. Most importantly though, she knows her subject matter. The new publication, she explains on her blog, will be “a magazine for an audience of wallflowerly teenage girls.”
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