Raven Symone is a noted American actress
@Actresses, Birthday and Childhood
Raven Symone is a noted American actress
Raven-Symoné born at
Raven Symone lived a private life for much of her life and it was only in a talk show in 2014 that she revealed that she was in a same sex relationship with another woman. The following year she revealed that her partner’s name was AzMarie Livingston; however they split the same year.
Raven Symone Christine Pearman was born to Christopher Pearman and Lydia Pearman in Atlanta, Georgia on 10 December 1985. Symone’s parents encouraged her in her quest to become model when she was still a child by registering with an agency that specialised in child models.
The family did not live in Atlanta for long and in 1988 they moved to Ossining in New York. By the time she arrived in New York as a toddler she had already worked with the New York City based Ford Models for brands like Jell-O, Cool Whip and others.
Raven Symone studied at the Park School located in New York but right from the time she was a child she had become a sought after child artist. In 1989, Symone appeared in the hugely popular ‘The Cosby Show’ hosted by Bill Cosby and remained with the show till the series finale in 1992. .
When Raven Symone was only 7 years old she started her career as a singer and in fact went to Missy Elliott for lessons. In the year 1993 Symone released her first album titled ‘Here’ To New Dreams’ and two of the songs became particularly popular. Her transformation a a child star is complete.
In 1993, Raven Symone was cast in the show ‘Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper’ and she remained in the popular show till 1997. During the same time she also acted in the film ‘The Little Rascals’.
In 1998, Raven Symone was cast in her first big budget Hollywood film ‘Dr. Dolittle’ alongside Eddie Murphy in the role of Charisse Doolittle; the film was a success. In the same year he another film ‘Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century’ was also release. In 2001, she starred in the sequel ‘Dr. Doolittle 2’ that was a commercial success as well.
In 1999, Symone released her album ‘Undeniable’. The album was a moderate success and in order to support the album, she went on tour as the opening act for fellow Jive artist 'N Sync's ‘The 'N Sync Tour’ in 1998-99.
The biggest break of her career came in 2003, when she was cast as Raven Baxter in the Disney show ‘That’s So Raven’. The show became hugely popular and during its four and half year run the show garnered the highest ratings that a Disney show had ever achieved at the time. She appeared in the Disney movie ‘The Cheetah Girls’ in the same year and the following year Symone released her music album ‘This is My Life’.
In 2006, Raven Symone appeared in the movie ‘For One Night’ that dealt with racial segregation in prom nights and in the same year she was cast in the sequel ‘The Cheetah Girls 2’ which was a huge success. T
Raven Symone has had a career that has brought her recognition right from the time she was child and her most important work was her work for the classic Disney show ‘That’s So Raven’ that became one of the most popular Disney shows ever.