Nastassia Bianca Schroeder (born June 24, 1988[1]) is an American television personality, podcast host, fashion blogger, model and author.[2] She is best known for her role on the reality television series Vanderpump Rules.[3][4]
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Born | Nastassia Bianca Schroeder June 24, 1988 |
Education | Loyola Marymount University (B.A.) |
Occupation(s) | Television personality, model, author |
Known for | Vanderpump Rules, Style by Stassi |
Website | Official site |
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Early life
Nastassia Schroeder was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to an architect father, Mark, and a jewelry designer (Georgi Jules Jewelry) mother, Dayna. She has two younger brothers, Hunter and Nikolai, and a younger sister, Georgianna. Her grandmother, Rosemary died at age 95 in May 2019.[5] When she was 11, Schroeder began taking theater classes at her local high school, Mount Carmel Academy. She was the president of the drama club during her senior year of high school and was voted "Most Talented" by her senior class in 2006.[5] When she turned 18, she moved to Hollywood and attended Loyola Marymount University, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in English writing.[6]
Career
Television
In 2005, Schroeder appeared as a contestant on the reality game show The Amazing Race, alongside her father Mark, her step-mother Char, and her brother Hunter.[7] After the filming of the show, the Schroeders' house was flooded and destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. They stayed with another family from the show while they rebuilt their house.[8]
While going to school in 2008, she was on the television series Queen Bees.[9] In 2010, she started working at Lisa Vanderpump's restaurants SUR and Villa Blanca, which earned her a spot on the reality television series Vanderpump Rules. The series follows Vanderpump's employees, as they work on building their futures and become entangled in interpersonal drama.[10] It is a spin-off from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, also starring Vanderpump. In 2016, she portrayed Koening in the television film Sharknado: The 4th Awakens. She has also appeared on three episodes of Bravo's reality television series Summer House between 2017 and 2019.[11]
Fashion
Schroeder worked as a model for several years, appearing in magazines like Italian Vanity Fair, 944, and Us Weekly.[12] Schroeder introduced a capsule collection with accessories e-retailer ShopPrimadonna.com which officially launched in December 2014.[13] She released a clothing line in collaboration with JustFab in July 2019.[14][15] The collection has two parts "Next Level Basics" and "#OOTN (Outfit of the Night)".[16][17][18]
Writing
Schroeder worked as a style critic writing for Vanderpump‘s daughter’s website, The Divine Addiction.[16] Schroeder's book Next Level Basic: The Definitive Basic Bitch Handbook was released on April 16, 2019 by Gallery Books.[19][20][21][22] The book was third on the New York Times Best Seller list.[23]
Other ventures
In 2019, Schroeder, Kristen Doute and Katie Maloney-Schwartz released a wine collection called "Witches of WeHo".[24][25]
She hosts a weekly podcast titled Straight Up with Stassi.[26] Schroeder announced that she is doing "Straight Up With Stassi LIVE" podcast tour in four cities in September 2019.[27]
Filmography
Year | Title | Notes |
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2005 | The Amazing Race | Season 8 contestant |
2008 | Queen Bees | 8 episodes |
2012–2014 | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | 7 episodes |
2013–present | Vanderpump Rules | 132 episodes |
2016 | Hashtaggers | Episode: "#Zoe101 with Stassi Schroeder" |
2017 | Hollywood Medium | Episode: "Stassi Schroeder & Kristen Doute/Johnny Weir/Nancy Grace" |
2017–2019 | Summer House | 3 episodes |
2019 | Ex-Housewife | Episode: "Episode #1.2" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Sharknado: The 4th Awakens | Koening | Television film |
Published works
- Schroeder, Stassi. Next Level Basic: The Definitive Basic Bitch Handbook. New York: Gallery Books, 2019.
References
- ^ Schroeder, Stassi. "One more day till I turn 25, ahhh!!!!!!". Twitter. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ^ "Stassi Schroeder and Lala Kent on Flying Private, Vajazzling and Fast Food". Interview Magazine. 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ Canning, Kristin (2019-05-13). "Stassi Schroeder Just Shared A No-Makeup Selfie Of Her Psoriasis Flare-Up". Women's Health. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ "Q&A: Stassi Schroeder on Her Favorite Conspiracy Theories and the Joys of Being Basic". Observer. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ a b "Stassi Schroeder". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ "Stassi: "I Lost My Best Friend"". Bravo TV. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ^ Rhorer, Whitney Jefferson, Hal. "Stassi Schroeder Will Never Go Brunette Again And Other Things We Learned From Her "Burning Questions" Interview". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Morales, Tatiana (5 October 2005). "A Family Beyond The 'Race'". CBS. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ^ Entertainment Tonight (2019-04-15), Stassi Schroeder MORTIFIED By Old Queen Bees Footage (Exclusive), retrieved 2019-07-08
- ^ "Stassi Schroeder Says Fans Got This Wrong About Her in Vanderpump Rules Season 1". Bravo TV Official Site. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- ^ "So How Does Stassi Schroeder Know the Cast of Summer House?". Bravo TV Official Site. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- ^ "About Stassi Schroeder". Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
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- ^ "Vanderpump Rules' Stassi Schroeder Rocks JustFab Collaboration". Fashion Gone Rogue. 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- ^ a b Minton, Melissa (2019-07-02). "Stassi Schroeder's clothing line is packed with #OOTD options". Page Six. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ Sherman, Maria. "Stassi Schroeder's JustFab Line Is Miraculously More Than Just a Bunch of Off-the-Shoulder Tops". Jezebel. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "Stassi Schroeder Just Gave Us the Fashion Collab We've Been Waiting For". Bravo TV Official Site. 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- ^ Hall, Chloe (2019-04-16). "Stassi Schroeder's Big Business of Being Basic". ELLE. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ Romero, Ariana. "Stassi Schroeder Invites You To Join The Cult Of Next-Level Basic With Her First Book". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ Peitzman, Louis (2019-04-14). "It's Actually Good to Be Basic, Writes Stassi Schroeder of 'Vanderpump Rules'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ McCarthy, Lauren. "Stassi Schroeder Says Nothing Feels Better Than Being Basic". W Magazine. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "Stassi Schroeder's Book Is a New York Times Best Seller — and She Had The Most Stassi Reaction to the News". Bravo TV Official Site. 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ Nast, Condé. "The 'Vanderpump Rules' Girls Made a Rosé That Feels 'Like You're Drinking Water'". Glamour. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "The "Witches of WeHo" — Kristen Doute, Katie Maloney-Schwartz, and Stassi Schroeder — Are Releasing a Witchy Wine". Bravo TV Official Site. 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "Straight Up with Stassi on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "Straight Up With Stassi LIVE!!". STASSI SCHROEDER. Retrieved 2019-07-03.