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China Anne McClain is an American singer and actor born in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 25, 1998. She works in music composing and performs in the genres of pop music, contemporary R&B, and dance music. Her vocal range is that of a contralto, and she plays the voice, piano, bass, and guitar. McClain has been active since 2008 and is a member of the group Thriii. She has recorded for Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records.
Her notable works include the television series A.N.T. Farm, Black Lightning, How to Build a Better Boy, and Descendants: Wicked World. She is also a singer-songwriter and speaks English. McClain resides in Los Angeles and has a sister named Sierra McClain.
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Film & TV
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
China Anne McClain (born August 25, 1998) is an American actress and singer. McClain's career began when she was seven years old, portraying Alexis in the film The Gospel (2005), and then China James in Daddy's Little Girls (2007). She then received recognition for starring as Jazmine Payne in the television series Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007–2012; 2020–present) and as Charlotte McKenzie…
Known for
- Descendants: The Rise of Red — Uma2024
- Brewster’s Millions: Christmas — Morgan Brewster2024
- Descendants: The Royal Wedding — Uma (voice)2021
- Hubie Halloween — Miss Taylor2020
- Wicked Woods: A Descendants Halloween Story — Uma (voice)2019
- Descendants 3 — Uma2019
- Under the Sea: A Descendants Story — Uma2018
- Blood Brother — Darcy2018
- Black Lightning — Jennifer Pierce / Lightning2018
- Descendants 2 — Uma2017
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1998
Discography
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- Listeners
- 428,119
- Total plays
- 3,367,388
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China Anne McClain (born August 25, 1998) is an American child actress and singer, McClain was formerly in Tyler Perry's House of Payne portraying the role of Jazmine Payne. She currently stars as Chyna Parks in the Disney Channel Original Series A.N.T. Farm. 2005–10: Early work and Tyler Perry's House of Payne McClain was discovered in 2005 by a music executive who heard her sing and encouraged director Rob Hardy to audition her for his 2005 feature film The Gospel alongside Boris Kodjoe and I
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- Born
- ( 1998-08-25 ) August 25, 1998 (age 27) , Decatur, Georgia , U.S.
- Other name
- China McClain
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Works
- Discography
- Relatives
- Sierra McClain (sister) Lauryn McClain (sister)
- Genres
- R&B pop
- Instruments
- Vocals, violin
- Years active
- 2005–present
- Label
- Hollywood
- Member of
- Thriii
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anne
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Descendants: Wicked World
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- dance music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Hollywood Records
- Mass
- 53.1
- Image
- China Anne McClain 2013.png
- Height
- 163
- Residence
- Los Angeles
- Voice type
- contralto
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- China Anne McClain
- date of birth
- 1998-08-25
- member of
- Thriii
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- social media followers
- 447000
- net worth
- 2000000
- subject named as
- Nina Boochie
- name in native language
- China Anne McClain
- writing language
- English language
- nominated for
- J-14
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Encyclopedic overview
China Anne McClain (born August 25, 1998) is an American actress and singer. McClain's career began when she was seven years old, portraying Alexis in the film The Gospel (2005), and then China James in Daddy's Little Girls (2007). She then received recognition for starring as Jazmine Payne in the television sitcom Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007–2012; 2020–present) and as Charlotte McKenzie in the comedy film Grown Ups (2010) and its sequel Grown Ups 2 (2013); and became globally known for starring as Chyna Parks in the Disney Channel television series A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014), and as Uma in the Disney Channel films Descendants 2 (2017), Descendants 3 (2019), and Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024). She also voiced Freddie in Descendants: Wicked World. In 2018, McClain began starring in The CW superhero series Black Lightning (2018–2021) as Jennifer Pierce / Lightning. She also reprised her character Jazmine Payne on OWN's revival of The Paynes (2018).
McClain began her musical career in 2005 as a member of the sibling girl group the 3mcclaingirls with her sisters Sierra and Lauryn. Her first professional single was "Your Biggest Fan" with Nick Jonas on the soundtrack album Jonas L.A. (2010). In 2011, McClain signed with Hollywood Records both as a solo artist and with her sister girl group, known as the McClain Sisters. Her debut single as a solo artist was "Dynamite" which peaked at no. 2 on the US Kid Digital Songs, and her second single, "Calling All the Monsters", peaked at no. 1 on the same chart and earned 25,000 downloads within its first week of release. The A.N.T. Farm soundtrack album spent five weeks on the Billboard Kids chart in 2011 and sold 14,000 copies in its first week of release. Billboard also named her the sixth best-selling artist for digital kids' songs in 2012. In 2017, her single "What's My Name" from Descendants 2 peaked on several Billboard charts, and was certified gold, with 500,000 units sold, on November 10, 2017. In June 2020, the sibling girl group changed their name to Thriii.
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