Raven-Symoné
Sign in to saveRaven-Symoné Christina Pearman-Maday (; born December 10, 1985), also known as Raven, is an American actress, singer, and director. She has received several accolades, including five NAACP Image Awards, two Kids' Choice Awards, three Young Artist Awards, and five Emmy Award nominations. In 2012, she was included on VH1's list of "100 Greatest Child Stars of All Time".
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1985-12-10
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Essence of My Heart
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Acting · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman (born December 10, 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia), known professionally as Raven-Symoné, or simply Raven, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, comedian, dancer, television producer and model. Symone launched her successful career in 1989 after appearing in the show A Different World as Olivia. She released her debut album, Here's to New Dreams in 1993; the single,…
Known for
- Stop! That! Train! — Florida Reporter2026
- War Dawgz — Pam2025
- Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation — Maria Media (voice)2024
- Child Star — Self2024
- The 92nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade2024
- Scrabble — Self - Host2024
- Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry — Self2024
- Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong — Self2023
- Call Me Miss Cleo — Self2022
- The Wheel — Self - Expert2022
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Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman born December 10, 1985 known professionally as Raven-Symoné or Raven, is an American actress, singer-songwriter, dancer, television producer, and model. She is best known for her television roles as Olivia Kendall on The Cosby Show, Galleria Garibaldi in The Cheetah Girls and The Cheetah Girls 2, and as Raven Baxter in the Emmy Award nominated series, That's So Raven. Raven has also lent her voice to the animated series Kim Possible, for the character Monique and
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- Person.name
- Raven-Symoné
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- File:Mason Ewing and Raven-Simoné at Hollyrod 2023 Design Care gala (cropped).jpg
- Person.caption
- Raven-Symoné in 2023
- Person.other_names
- Raven
- Person.birth_name
- Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman
- Person.birth_place
- Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
- Person.education
- Academy of Art University (AA)
- Person.years_active
- 1989–present
- Person.awards
- Full list
- Musical artist.embed
- yes
- Musical artist.origin
- Ossining, New York, U.S.
- Musical artist.past_member_of
- The Cheetah Girls
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- Born
- 10 December 1985
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christina
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- born again
- Award
- Young Artist Awards
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18 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 1989–2001: Child acting and early music releases
- 2002–2007: ''That's So Raven'', ''The Cheetah Girls'', and ''This Is My Time''
- 2008–2011: ''Raven-Symoné'' and ''State of Georgia''
- 2012–present: Broadway and television focus
- Personal life
- Filmography
- Film
- Television
- Stage
- Discography
- Tours
- Awards and nominations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman-Maday (; born December 10, 1985), also known as Raven, is an American actress, singer, and director. She has received several accolades, including five NAACP Image Awards, two Kids' Choice Awards, three Young Artist Awards, and five Emmy Award nominations. In 2012, she was included on VH1's list of "100 Greatest Child Stars of All Time".
Raven-Symoné began her career as a child actress, rising to fame as Olivia Kendall on The Cosby Show (1989–1992) and Nicole Lee on ''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1993–1997). When she was 15 years old, she landed the titular leading role of Raven Baxter on the Disney Channel television series That's So Raven (2003–2007), for which she earned numerous awards; she reprised her role on the spin-off series Raven's Home (2017–2023), which she also executive produced. Her film credits include Dr. Dolittle (1998), its sequel Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), The Princess Diaries 2 (2004), College Road Trip (2008), and Mighty Oak (2020) while her television film credits include Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999), its second sequel Zenon: Z3 (2004), The Cheetah Girls (2003), its sequel The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), For One Night (2006), and Revenge of the Bridesmaids (2010). She also voiced Monique in the animated series Kim Possible (2002–2007), and Iridessa in the fantasy film franchise Tinker Bell. Raven-Symoné has also directed episodes for several series, including Raven's Home, Bunk'd, Sydney to the Max, Pretty Freekin Scary, and The Ms. Pat Show.
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