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Amber got her start in the business at the age of 8 when she landed the lead role of Jennifer in the movie, She Could Be You, in 2007. After filming the movie, she relocated to Los Angeles to give episodic season a try and has been in Los Angeles for 12 years now. Landing roles in the ABC comedy "Man Up" and national commercials, she had the bug and at the age of 13 booked the leading role of Taylor Hathaway on the Nickelodeon channel and finally had her big break. The show hit record breaking numbers and she was nominated for an NAACP award along side of an Imagine award for her roles. At the age of 15, Amber booked the role of Gabby in the movie, Vanished Left Behind and carried the dramatic film along side of talented and seasoned actors such as Dylan Sprayberry and Jackson Hughes. She had the incredible opportunity of working with Dave Alan Johnson who created a series with Spielberg, and was beyond thrilled with Ambers work. Amber landed the role of Lucky in the Emmy nominated TV series, Spirit Riding Free on Netflix, and is currently filming a movie with Adam Sandler in Boston. She has work being released next year such as Ice Cream in the Cupboard in which she stars along side of Tobin Bell, and other exciting work to be later announced. Amber is also a singer, she can be seen in national commercials such as AT&T.- Actor
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Jack Davis Griffo is an American actor and musician who starred as the lead antagonist-turned-anti-hero-turned-family-man, Max Thunderman in Nickelodeon's hit show "The Thundermans". This superhero live-action comedy with over 100 episodes was created by three-time Emmy award winning producer and screenwriter Jed Spingarn and ran for 5 seasons through 2018. Jack then began a recurring role as Dylan on the Netflix twice-Emmy-nominated show "Alexa and Katie" and completed various film roles in 2018-2021, including "Butter" and "The 2nd". Born on December 11th, 1996, and raised in Orlando, Florida, Jack grew up in a family with a passion for acting and booked his first commercial at the age of two. His later involvement in school productions lead him to pursue community theater, which quickly evolved into professional theatre. At age 13, he was encouraged to pursue representation and made the bold move to L.A.
Jack's extensive list of film credits include "Oh Might Ocean" (2020 short film garnering Jack "Best Actor", Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival), "Overrun" (2021) The 2nd" (2019 ),"Butter", "Sid is Dead", "Don't Log Off" (2020), "Apple of My Eye (2017), "Splitting Adam" (2015), and "Jinxed" (2013). Jack was nominated for Favorite Actor at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards in 2014 and 2016. The Thundermans also won Favorite TV Show in 2016, which continues to garner young fans. When he isn't acting, Jack is spending time with friends, family, and his beloved dogs, working on music and staying fit.- Actress
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Dove Olivia Cameron was born Chloe Celeste Hosterman on January 15, 1996 in Bainbridge Island, Washington to Bonnie J. Wallace, an acting coach & Philip Alan Hosterman, a chief executive officer/founder of Kandahar Trading Company. She's known for playing a dual role as the eponymous characters in the Disney Channel teen sitcom, Liv and Maddie (2013) and playing Mal, daughter of Maleficent in Descendants (2015) and the sequel Descendants 2 (2017). Subsequently, she had a recurring role as Ruby in the ABC television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2018). She is set to voice Spider-Woman in Marvel's upcoming animated superhero feature film Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors (2018).
When she was a child, she attended Sakai Intermediate School. At the age of 8, she began acting in community theater at Bainbridge Performing Arts.
When she was 14, her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where she sang in Burbank High School's National Championship Show Choir. Cameron is of French descent, and is a fluent speaker of French, having spent many years of her life growing up in France. She has stated she was bullied through her entire school experience, starting in fifth grade, through the end of high school. Regardless of the pressure at school and fitting in, she stayed focused on her dreams of becoming successful in entertainment: "I became very passionate about [becoming an actress and singer]. I fully immersed myself". Her father died in 2011 when she was 15 years old.
In 2007, Cameron played the role of a young Cosette in the Bainbridge Performings Arts stage production of Les Miserables, and in 2008, she had the lead role of Mary in The Secret Garden, again with BPA.
In 2012, Cameron was cast in a new Disney Channel Original Series entitled Bits and Pieces as Alanna. Shortly after filming the pilot, Bits and Pieces was retooled into Liv and Maddie and saw Cameron starring in the dual lead role of Liv and Maddie Rooney. The preview of the series debuted on July 19, 2013, and the show premiered on September 15, 2013. The pilot episode gained 5.8 million viewers, which was the most-watched in total viewers in 2.5 years since the series Shake It Up! Disney Channel renewed Liv and Maddie for a 13-episode second season slated to premiere in Fall 2014, which was later expanded to 24 episodes.
On August 27, 2013, Cameron released a cover of "On Top of the World" by Imagine Dragons as a promotional single. Her cover peaked on the Billboard Kid Digital Songs chart at seventeen and spent three weeks on the chart. On October 15, 2013, "Better In Stereo" was released as a single under Walt Disney Records. "Better In Stereo" made its debut on the Billboard Kid Digital Songs chart at No. 21 before peaking at No. 1, becoming Cameron's first No. 1 hit. In February 2014, Cameron confirmed reports that recording had begun for her debut studio album. Her next single, "Count Me In", was released on June 3, 2014. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Kids Digital Songs chart. Cameron played Liz Larson in her first non-Disney film, Barely Lethal, which was theatrically released by A24 Films in 2015.
Cameron starred in the television film Descendants which premiered on July 31, 2015. The film was viewed by 6.6 million people and spawned Cameron's two first Billboard Hot 100 songs, "Rotten to the Core" at No. 38 and a solo song, "If Only", at No. 94. Other songs from the film featuring Cameron such as "Set It Off" and "Evil Like Me" charted at No. 6 and 12 respectively on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The soundtrack for the movie peaked atop the Billboard 200 chart becoming the first soundtrack from a Disney Channel Original Movie since High School Musical 2 to do so. As part of the Descendants franchise, Cameron released a cover of Christina Aguilera's hit song, "Genie in a Bottle". The music video premiered on Disney Channel on March 18, 2016. The single received 22 million views in less than a month.
On December 22, 2015, Liv and Maddie was officially renewed for a fourth season, becoming the 9th live-action Disney Channel show in history to achieve this. Cameron began filming the season of Liv and Maddie in early 2016. It was later announced that this would be the final season of the show. The series finale of Liv and Maddie later aired on March 24, 2017.
Cameron played the role of Amber Von Tussle in the NBC live television presentation of Hairspray Live!, which aired on December 7, 2016. Reception was generally positive, and Cameron's performance was praised.
Cameron reprized her role as Mal in Descendants 2, the sequel to Descendants, in 2017. The film premiered on July 21, 2017. The Descendants 2 soundtrack debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200, with "It's Goin' Down" from the soundtrack debuting at #81. This became Cameron's third Hot 100 entry, following "Rotten to the Core" and "If Only".
Cameron played the role of Sophie in the Hollywood Bowl live production of Mamma Mia!. The show took place from July 28, 2017 to July 30, 2017. On August 21, 2017, Cameron was cast in the film Dumplin, starring Jennifer Aniston. Cameron is set to play Bekah Cotter in the comedy. In late 2017 Cameron signed on to appear in a recurring role in Season 5 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. This role was later revealed to be Ruby, the daughter of General Hale (Catherine Dent).- Actress
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Maia Mitchell is an Australian singer/song writer and actress from Lismore, New South Wales. She learned to play the guitar at a very young age and her talent has been included on The Fosters (2013) - an ABC Family show that aired in June 2013, where Maia plays one of the main roles of "Callie Jacob".
Also, Maia has made her mark on the Disney Channel, appearing in a special episode of Jessie (2011) in 2013, as well as in the hit original film, Teen Beach Movie (2013), with fellow Disney Channel star, Ross Lynch.
Mitchell participated in dance lessons as a young girl and performed in school and local theatre productions to kick start her career. When she was just 12-years-old, she auditioned for the Australian television series, Mortified (2006) and landed the lead role of "Brittany Flune". The series broke many Australian Children's Television records and even went on to win national and international awards, including an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Best Children's Television Series and a Chicago International Children's Film Festival Award.
Furthermore, she was next cast as "Natasha Hamilton" in the Australian television series, Trapped (2008), and later reprized her role in the sequel series, Castaway (2010), that finds a group of children suffering from the mysterious disappearance of their parents in a dangerous paradise.- Actor
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Joel Courtney is an American actor, known for his starring roles in the Steven Spielberg blockbuster Super 8 (2011) and the Netflix hit The Kissing Booth (2018).
Joel was born into a Navy family in Monterey, California, and is the youngest of four children - an older sister and two older brothers. After his father's retirement when he was 5, his family relocated to Moscow, Idaho, where Joel spent the rest of his childhood attending a small classical Christian school where both his parents taught. When he was 14, Joel went to Los Angeles with his father to visit his brother Caleb who was seeking a career as an actor. While in LA, Joel decided to spend a month auditioning for television commercials in the hopes of leaving with a little money in his pocket. However, before attending even his first audition, his brother's acting coach suggested that Joel attend a casting call for a top-secret J.J. Abrams project. After 11 callbacks, Joel landed his first acting job as the starring role in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster Super 8 (2011)
After his success in Super 8 (2011), Joel appeared in several movies including Sins of Our Youth (2014), Mercy (2014), and Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (2014). He then booked a starring role as Peter Moore in the CW show The Messengers (2015). Joel was able to return to Moscow, Idaho in the summer of 2014 to star in the movie The River Thief (2016), which was produced and directed by friends and community members from Joel's hometown. He was able to work with almost his entire family on the project, including his brother Josh and sister Chantelle who both had significant roles in the film. After The River Thief (2016), Joel went on to star in the high school drama F*&% the Prom (2017) before booking the Netflix hit The Kissing Booth (2018) which launched him back into the public spotlight as the lovable teenager Lee Flynn. As of 2019, The Kissing Booth (2018) was the most watched Netflix movie in history. Joel will reprise the role of Lee Flynn in The Kissing Booth 2 (2020) and The Kissing Booth 3 (2021).- Actress
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Mary Elle Fanning was born on the 9th of April 1998 in Conyers, Georgia, USA, to Heather Joy (Arrington) and Steven J. Fanning. Her mother played professional tennis, and her father, now an electronics salesman, played minor league baseball. She is of German, Irish, English, French, and Channel Islander descent.
Elle's ascent into stardom began when she was almost three years old, when she played the younger version of her sister, Dakota Fanning's, character Lucy in the drama film I Am Sam (2001). She then played younger Dakota again in Taken (2002) as Allie, age 3. But her first big independent movie without her sister was in 2003's Daddy Day Care (2003) as Jamie. She then had two guest appearances on Judging Amy (1999) and CSI: Miami (2002).
Elle was becoming more successful and she got another role, in 2004's The Door in the Floor (2004) with Kim Basinger. Her career kept improving, as she had two movies in 2005, Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) and I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006).
She has since starred in a number of prominent films, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Super 8 (2011), We Bought a Zoo (2011), and Maleficent (2014).- Actress
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Lexi Capriana DiBenedetto was born in Carolina Beach, on the coast of North Carolina. She has appeared in many television shows and movies, including Grey's Anatomy, Modern Family, and Criminal Minds.
Lexi starred on Nickelodeon's comedy series Knight Squad. The series centers around students forming an unlikely alliance to protect each other's secrets and pursue their dreams at a magical school for knights in training.
Currently, Lexi is working on a Nickelodeon and Paramount+ show called The Really Loud House where she plays Lori Loud, the oldest sister of 11 children.- LJ Benet is a Los Angeles actor and singer known for his versatility as a dramatic, comedic and musical performer in film, television and stage productions. LJ began his professional career as a child actor, guest starring on the crime drama, The Mentalist, and playing young Tommy in the equity rock musical, The Who's Tommy. His voice and comic timing landed him the part of young Josh Baskin in BIG The Musical, leading to casting in two 2010 films, Diary of A Wimpy Kid (as a voiceover singer) and You Again, in a funny bit part as Eric, the boy in the tree house.
In 2013, LJ was cast in the hit Disney TV comedy, Dog with a Blog, in a recurring role as Karl Fink, a comedic character reminiscent of a young Niles Crane in Frasier. He also was tabbed for more dramatic parts, portraying an abused boy in a 2012 episode of Bones; a troubled, mischievous adolescent, Kevin Ratner, the 2013 Blumhouse thriller, Dark Skies; and the traumatized son of a dying father in the medical drama, Code Black (2015).
His utility as a performer flourished in numerous stage musicals and dramas. LJ earned Ovation & LA Drama Critics Circle Awards for Ensemble Performance as The Boy in Waiting for Godot at the Mark Taper Forum (2012). He played Romeo in For The Record's musical, Baz: Star Crossed love, at the Palazzo Theater in Las Vegas (2017). More recently, he played country legend Johnny Cash in the ETC ensemble production of Ring of Fire (2023), and Elvis Presley in the Musical Theatre West production of Million Dollar Quartet (2024). LJ also writes and records his own music, totaling over 700,000 streams to date, headlining at venues like The Mint (LA) and the Mercury Lounge (NYC).
Passionate about his community, he serves at Mosaic church, and enjoys the privilege of performing with the Mosaic MSC worship group. LJ is pursuing acting opportunities across the board, but is especially seeking roles in family-friendly theatrical productions, in keeping with his values and beliefs. - Actress
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Actor, musician, internet sensation, and 4x Kids' Choice Awards nominee (and winner), Kira Kosarin is, as TeenVogue put it, "a real-life superhero". With a following of nearly 40 million fans across platforms, and having recently executive produced The Thundermans Return' movie coming to Paramount+ in 2024, Kira shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.