The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Harvest She cast the role of Lenore Dove Bird with actress Whitney Peck! The film takes place 24 years before we met Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer LawrenceWe’ll go back in time to Haymitch Abernathy.Woody Harrelson) Teenage years and experience during the 50th Hunger Games. Since part of Haymitch’s life in District 12 has been with his true love, Lenore Dove, it’s expected that Whitney will spend a lot of screen time alongside them. Joseph Zadehwho was cast to play the 16-year-old version of Haymitch.
While we wait impatiently Sunrise on harvest to hit theatres, Hollywood life We’ve rounded up five must-know facts about Whitney below.
Omar Whitney Beck
Whitney is 23 years old as of April 2026. She was born in January 2003.
Whitney Beck is a friend of Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina CarpenterIts orbit includes quite a few well-known names, from Joey King to Taylor Zakhar Perezand Whitney is part of a group of friends. According to the actress on Instagram, she shared photos with the “Espresso” hitmaker, and appeared in her “Nonsense” music video. Whitney also made sure to support Sabrina during it Short and sweet tour.
according to J-14Whitney was a lifelong friend of one of Sabrina’s other friends Paloma Sandoval. Whitney and Paloma shared several photos on Instagram together as well.
Whitney from Uganda
Although she now lives in New York City and grew up in Canada, Whitney was born in Uganda. I talked to Mastermind magazine in late 2024 about her memories of Uganda.
“Discipline is implemented in a completely different way there,” Whitney explained. “I went to boarding school from the time I was six until I moved to Vancouver, so everything was very strict. You had a uniform, even for Saturdays and Sundays. You had to get up at the crack of dawn, and our parents would come and visit us on the weekends. It’s very tough love: people will tell you what they’re thinking, especially families. There are high expectations for women in the family, and my older brothers had to practically raise me because my mother, as a single parent, had to be. She was out doing whatever she had to do.” She does, so my older sister took care of us.
Whitney starred in gossip girl alive
If you know Whitney from somewhere, it’s because she’s best known for playing Zoya Lott in the HBO revival series gossip girl from 2021 to 2023. Although the series has been cancelled, Whitney has still found success starring in a Chanel campaign and appearing in Hocus pocus 2.
Whitney previously discussed her time in the business gossip girl During 2024 Mastermind interview. The actress and model admitted she was “excited and nervous about how the public would perceive it” and noted that she thought the show “would probably be a one-off job”.
“So, I was happy that we got two seasons of it,” she admitted. “I don’t really have any bad memories or experiences with the show. I had a great time. Obviously there were things that could have been done better on the show, in the big picture, making everyone feel like they belonged. I’m not going to speak for anyone, but I think there were little things here and there that happened while filming the show… yeah. Anyway, I had a great time on the show, and when problems were voiced, they did their best to figure it out.”
Whitney plays Lenore Dove in Sunrise on harvest
Whitney will play Lenore Dove Bird The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Harvest. Lenore Dove is Haymitch’s friend. As most book fans know, the reason Haymitch ended up in the 50th Hunger Games was because he saved Lenore Dove from being chosen in a last-minute brawl with the Peacekeepers.
Without giving away spoilers for the book, fans know one thing to be true, which is that the odds are unfortunately not in Haymitch and Lenore Dove’s favor.
