Main Characters
Freshmen:
Michael Grant as Jack Simpson: a talented football player who is dealing with a lot more then he wanted to.
Peyton List as Michaela Alexander: Jack's bubbly, music loving girlfriend who is forced to go through everything alone.
Ariel Winter as Ashli Carters: a shy and loving cheerleader desperate for approval, she'll do just about anything to achieve it.
Uriah Shelton as Munro Stevens: a creative, gay, journalist with extremely religious parents who he tries to hide his true self from.
Dylan Sprayberry as Dylin Tompkins: an intelligent bisexual teen who loves acting, he's currently dating the school's queen bee but is falling for someone else.
China Anne McClain as Rylee McGuire: a hardworking and ambitious student who finds herself dealing with vicious rumors.
Samantha Isler as Ivy Wren: the mean and sometimes heartless queen bee who doesn't let anyone or anything stand in her way.
Zachary Gordon as Keegan Dale: a comic book loving teen who is finding out his entire life has been lies.
Jaden Smith as Joseph Allen: a bad boy whose receiving a second chance.
Elle Fanning as Nina Nolan: Ivy's follower who doesn't seem to have a mind of her own, but that soon will change.
G. Hennelius as Sammie Mars: a funny feminist and Munro's best friend.
Adult:
Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson: the Eco-friendly woman dealing with a lot, some of which she's having trouble getting past.
Recurring Characters
Students:
Cierra Ramirez as Madison Lopez (Grade 12) Degrassi's mean and vile power cheer captain who has no filter.
Laura Marano as Amanda Jones (Grade 12) Madison's follower who hangs on her every word.
Eric Unger as Chad Matthews (Grade 9) the sexist ninth grade football team captain.
Chandler Cantrbury as Todd Ackers (Grade 9) Jack's best friend who is also on the football team.
Robert Capron as Brandon Smith (Grade 10) the stern co-editor of the school's paper.
Spencer List as Jacob Alexander (Grade 10) the friendly photojournalist of Degrassi's paper and Michaela's brother.
Amandla Stenbery as Isa Lynch (Grade 10) a creative and entertaining writer for Degrassi's paper.
Hayley Erin as Amy Love (Grade 11) the "manager" of Degrassi's paper, she's fun yet serious when she needs to be.
Adults:
Shane Kippel as Spinner Mason: Emma's ex-husband who is now dating someone new.
Cassie Steele as Manny Santos: Emma's supportive best friend who is working as an actress in LA.
Francia Raisa as Gabby Lopez: Spinner's rude new girlfriend who hates Emma.
A/N: Here is the cast for part one of my Degrassi fanfiction, simply titled Degrassi! I decided to recon Jack's freshmen year. His freshmen year is now during the 2015/2016 school year, hopefully you are all okay with that! The first episode will premiere Jan. 1st! Be on the look out for it! :) Please review this story, thanks.