We recently connected with Breann Barrow Longmire and have shared our conversation below.

Breann, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?

I have been an entertainer since I could remember, dressing up and putting on performances at two years old for my dad in our living room, shooting at home music videos with my cousins at eight years old to Kelly Clarkson’s “Since You Been Gone” (that is quite the video – lol), and going to Disney Channel casting calls with no professional training or credits behind me at the age 0f twelve but still having the confidence to get up and do what I love.

I knew I wanted to be an entertainer at around the age of 6; growing up in San Antonio, Tx; I would go to the rodeo every year with my family. I remember seeing all the rodeo queen contestants with their big hair and sparkling outfits and going out in the arena and riding their horses with so much pride. I had to do that; I needed to get out there and ride my pony and make the whole crowd cheer. My rodeo queen dream transitioned quickly into acting and dance as I matured. While I still loved equestrian riding, and I can honestly say it is still one of my huge passions, acting felt right and was so much fun, and I could entertain in a way that fits in with more of who I was.

My parents were never ones to truly put me out there, not that they didn’t believe in me; they are my biggest supporters. But, they had no experience in the entertainment and film field and never knew where to start. My mother is a high school dance director, and my father is a pharmaceutical sales representative. To this day, if you asked my dad what a “monologue” is, I don’t think he could give you the correct answer! I also think it made them nervous, and my family couldn’t drop everything so they could help their 10-year-old pursue an acting career.

But little Breann knew what she wanted and had enormous confidence and sass for your typical 10-year-old. She decided to entertain still and act whenever she could, which led to the home filmed music videos, Disney casting calls, and begging her mom for professional acting lessons for years.

Once middle school hit, so did the judgment of peers and the pressure to fit in. I got into theatre in the sixth grade at Canyon Middle School in New Braunfels, TX, and that is when it all changed. My theatre teacher was something else, and I can’t say the coaching was the best, but I didn’t care because it got me on stage. That year I landed my first lead role in the “Paper Bag Bandit” as Clementine. I was over the moon. It gave me the confidence to keep pursuing what I truly loved and not care if all my schoolmates thought it wasn’t cool. I loved being a theatre kid.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers?

My background is full of all sorts of different surprises, I feel. People see and hear about me and expect me to have a different experience, personality, and tastes than they imagined.

I am 24 years old, born and raised in San Antonio, TX. I come from firm Italian, Syrian and Polish roots stemming from my mom and dad’s ancestry. I married my high school sweetheart, Conor, in April of 2022, and we have two Labrador Retrievers, Mali and Skyy. I went to college and majored in Electronic Media, minored in theatre, and concentrated in Sports Media (surprise – lol!) at Texas State University. Yes, I was a sorority girl, a Delta Zeta. There were not many theatre kids involved in sororities, but I was used to being different. In high school, I was on the dance team, and it was super intense and not like other school dance teams across the state of Texas. With how advanced we were, we were highly respected at our school, and I guess you could say popular? (To be honest, I never really noticed the popularity scale at my high school. To this day, I still look back and don’t see it. I always tried to be kind to everyone and treat everyone equally.) With that being said, being a theatre kid on our dance team was not something kids did, but I didn’t care. I loved acting and dance, and I was dead set on being involved in both.

In high school, I landed multiple lead roles and won our program’s “Triple Threat” award my senior year; this gave me the confidence to continue pursuing my dreams, even if it is a one in a million shot to get a dream role. Once I got to college, I majored in acting for a semester, and honestly, I couldn’t stand it. The school I attended was very musical theatre focused, and while I respect the craft, it was not the route I wanted to take with my acting. I tried to focus on television and film. So, I stepped back, switched my major to the communication school, and focused on digital media while still being a theatre minor and getting to soak up all the film acting classes I wanted. College was a dream for me; I studied what I loved, found my best friends, got to have a TON of fun, and experienced so many new things.

I took my studying off-campus throughout my college years and started seeking professional acting training in Austin, TX, from multiple different coaches. I learned, cried, laughed, and got to push myself after years of begging my parents for professional coaching. I felt fulfilled and proud. In 2018, I shot my first short film and in 2019 shot my second, Yellow Balloon, which premiered (finally after COVID) at the Sene Film Festival in October of 2021.

COVID did halt acting and, of course, the whole world. It was rough, but this was when TikTok took off, and so did the idea of Fashion influencers. I was too self-conscious for a while to shoot anything, but I finally decided to take my extreme love for fashion and digital media degree and start having some fun. So I hopped on Amazon, bought a tripod and ring light, and started putting outfits together and shooting them. I have certainly seen growth analytic-wise on my Instagram from this, but my TikTok is still a work in progress. But, it isn’t about the likes and views count for me; I enjoy playing dress-up, being creative, and feeling confident.

I have gotten brand deals with Parade, Pinterest, Clean Beauty Collective, Touchland, and other brands. Since I started all of this at the end of 2020, I have grown personally and made some great connections. I have high hopes and aspirations for my content creation path and will continue to do it for fun.

2021 came around, and I finally was able to get back to acting after COVID restrictions were lifted. I did background work on a Netflix film, then landed a lead role on a new episodic show in the works of being pitched to Amazon Prime. I have met some incredible new faces in the Austin, TX, film scene. Such as a dear friend of mine, Jay Brans, an incredibly talented make-up artist and photographer, and Arthur Bryan Marroquin, a fellow actor, and photographer who shot my most recent headshots. 2022 has been moving at full pace for my acting career, and I am now in the talks with multiple agencies looking for my first talent agent. I am extremely excited and ready for this next step in my career, I have such high manifestations for 2022, and I know some great things will happen.

Acting and content creation are not my only pursuits right now; I also work full-time for Little Dot Studios, a production studio based in London and Los Angeles. I work daily with major clients like Hulu and Netflix and get to work directly with their YouTube channels and create posts and review content for them. It is fun, and I work with such intelligent and lovely people.

I am proud of where I have been able to put myself. But, my biggest goal for myself is always to strive to do more, grow more, be more kind to others, and always work my hardest. But, most importantly, be a good human.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

More so, an idea that I had to unlearn is that success in industries like acting and digital media does not come easy and is not always glamorous.

I think for a while, when I was in high school, I had this idea that I would just go off to college, start taking acting classes in Austin, and get picked up or book a considerable role. I would go off to walk red carpets, be on magazines, etc. I was naive and wanted things for the wrong reasons.

I got to college, started taking acting classes, and was very quickly humbled by other talent and how much of it there was. That is when I took the idea out of my mind that anything comes easy; I needed to work to get the roles and book the agent. I needed to work harder than I ever thought, and I had to give others a reason to see why I was worth it. I also needed to want this for the right reasons. Not to get to walk down a red carpet or be a “star.” I needed to want it out of respect for the art. Once I made these realizations and matured, the game changed for me. I finally started seeing moves in my career, and my skills improved. I loved it for the art, not the idea of the lifestyle.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being creative?

The most rewarding part of acting and creating content is making others feel something. I love that film can take someone’s emotions and move them in different ways. It is therapeutic, it’s a rollercoaster, and it’s amazing all simultaneously.

I think the same about the fashion content I create. It can inspire others to wear things that make them feel their most confident. I know when I watch other influencers on social media, I get motivation and go and play with my outfits and makeup. I get to create something new, feel good in it, and share it with others. I think fashion is such an outlet and allows people to show their personalities; it makes people feel good. I genuinely believe the best thing people can be is confident, kind, and well dressed.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breannlongmire/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breann-barrow-longmire-994506183
• Other: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breannblongmire?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Pinterest: https://pin.it/79yZavD IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8777019/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Image Credits
Arthur Bryan Marroquin & Breann Barrow Longmire