Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman (born on December 10, 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is an African-American actress, singer, dancer, producer, and model. She is known professionally as Raven-Symoné and Raven. She is best known for her Disney Channel show, That's So Raven. Raven-Symoné is currently the star of the Disney Channel sitcom, That's So Raven. She plays a teen psychic, and always gets the wrong impression from her visions. The show co-stars Rondell Sheridan, T'Keyah 'Crystal' Keymah, Anneliese van der Pol, Orlando Brown, and Kyle Massey. Raven is well known for playing the role of Olivia on The Cosby Show. After The Cosby Show, she got the role of Nicole on Hangin' with Mr. Cooper. She later told her dad that she wanted to sing, and released her debut album when she was eight years old on MCA Records called, Here's to New Dreams. She was the youngest person ever to sign with them. While playing the role of Nicole, Raven had time for her first major movie role playing Stymie's girlfriend in the 1994 film, The Little Rascals. A year after Cooper was over, she appeared in the movie Dr. Dolittle, playing Charisse, the daughter of John Dolittle. Raven-Symone then had her first venture with Disney in 1999 with the made-for-tv movie, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century. A few months after Zenon, Raven released her sophomore album, Undeniable, in which she worked with Stevie Wonder. At 15, Raven reprised her role as Charisse in Dr. Dolittle 2. She then auditioned once again for Disney for a television series orginally called, Absolutely Psychic. Disney executives decided to re-arrange the show around her because they realized her talent. They also renamed the show to That's So Raven. It has become extremely popular and it is now in its fourth season, a first for a Disney Channel show. It will still be eligible to continue to develop more episodes as long as Raven wants to. She has also been booted to producer of the show. Now Raven is currently working on a handful of movies and Disney-related projects as well, and singing in between. In the summer of 2005, Raven performed on several weekend concerts in promotion of This Is My Time which was released in 2004. |
