Adrienne Eliza Bailon (born October 24, 1983) is an American actress and member of the singing groups 3LW with Kiely Williams and Jessica Benson and The Cheetah Girls with Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan. Her mother is from Puerto Rico and her father from Ecuador. Bailon was born in New York to a Puerto Rican mother and a father (Freddie Bailon) from Ecuador.She attended the High School for Health Professions and Human Services in New York, NY. Bailon left after her sophomore year to pursue music endeavors. She was cast as Chanel in the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls, which spawned a multi-platinum soundtrack and an even more popular sequel with accompanying soundtrack. Kiely Williams of 3LW was also cast as Aqua in the movie. The film became such a success, Bailon, along with fellow cast members Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan became their own girl group, The Cheetah Girls. In 2005 the girls released their debut holiday album Cheetah-licious Christmas. They went on tour to promote the Christmas album and to simultaneously promote the movie. After the release of the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls 2, the girls hit the road again, on their The Party's Just Begun Tour, to promote the sequel's soundtrack. The girls released their first official studio album TCG on September 25, 2007. Aside from being in The Cheetah Girls and 3LW, Bailon has stated that she also wants to have a solo album out in 2008. She wants the album to have a hip beat to it and also containing many Spanish inspired songs. She says that she wants her solo album because she thinks that it will be different from The Cheetah Girls. |