Bella Thorne

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Bella Thorne
Bella Thorne March 18, 2014 (cropped).jpg
Thorne at the Divergent premiere on March 18, 2014.
Born Annabella Avery Thorne
(1997-10-08) October 8, 1997 (age 26)
Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
Residence Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
  • model
Years active 2003–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Labels Hollywood
Website bellathorneofficial.com

Annabella Avery "Bella" Thorne[1] (born October 8, 1997) is an American actress, singer, and model. She is best known for her roles as Ruthy Spivey in the TV series My Own Worst Enemy, Tancy Henrickson in the fourth season of Big Love, and CeCe Jones on the Disney Channel series Shake It Up. She also appeared as Hilary/"Larry" in Blended and as Celia in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. In 2015, she played Madison in The Duff and Amanda in Perfect High. Glamour magazine has said that Thorne is considered a beauty icon.[2]

Early life

Thorne was born in Pembroke Pines, Florida, to Tamara and Delancey Reinaldo "Rey" Thorne.[3][4][5] She has three elder siblings, Kaili, Danielle, and Remy, who are also actors.[3][6] Her father was of Cuban descent. Thorne has stated she is also of Italian and Irish ancestry.

Career

2003–09: Dirty Sexy Money and My Own Worst Enemy

Thorne at Variety's Power of Youth, in 2009.

Thorne's first film appearance was an uncredited role as a sidelines fan in the 2003 film Stuck on You. She has since appeared in film and television projects including Entourage and The O.C. as a younger version of Taylor Townsend. In 2007 she joined the recurring cast of Dirty Sexy Money's second season, her first major television role. She played Margaux Darling. The series revolves around lawyer and family man Nick George, when Nick's father mysteriously dies in a plane crash, he agrees to take his position as the Darling family's lawyer, while trying to discover who committed the murder.[7]

In 2008, Thorne starred alongside Christian Slater and Taylor Lautner in the short-lived drama series My Own Worst Enemy, for which she won a Young Artist's Award for her portrayal of the character Ruthy Spivey; Thorne described her Enemy casting as a major breakthrough as this was the first recurring role in her career. In 2008 she starring the third-last episode of October Road as Angela Ferilli, the pre-adolescence crush of the main characters. Her older brother Remy also guest-starred in the same episode as a younger Eddie Latekka.[citation needed]

In 2009 she starred the web series Little Monk, which depicted characters from the series Monk as Wendy, one of the Monks' classmates. The webisodes are available only on the "Best of Monk" DVD. Also in 2009, she played the role of the vengeful antagonist in the horror film Forget Me Not. Thorne took on a supporting role in the family drama Raspberry Magic, the movie premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival[8] and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival in 2010.[9]

2010–13: Big Love and Shake It Up

Thorne in 2012

In 2010, Thorne replaced Jolean Wejbe as Tancy "Teenie" Henrickson, Bill and Barb's younger daughter in Season 4 of HBO's Big Love.[10] Thorne starred as co-star on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up, originally titled Dance, Dance Chicago. Thorne plays CeCe Jones, a dancer with heavy ambitions for a career in the spotlight despite having dyslexia.[11] The show is a buddy comedy centered on a teen dance show (in a show-within-a-show format) co-starring Thorne and Zendaya.[12] The multi-camera series began production in Hollywood, California, in July 2010 and premiered on November 7, 2010 on Disney Channel. While she had a substantial portfolio of work in television and film, Thorne had no experience in professional dancing before being cast. After signing onto the show in October 2009, she began taking three dance classes every night.[13] Thorne's first single, "Watch Me" was released on June 21, reaching 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts.,[14] 9 on the US Top Heatseekers charts[15] and earning RIAA: Gold.[16]

On September 29, 2011, Disney Channel announced it had increased Shake It Up's second season order to 26 episodes.[17] A 90-minute special episode "Made In Japan" aired August 17, 2012 as the season two finale.[18]

On June 4, 2012, Disney Channel announced that Shake It Up was renewed for a third season[19]

In 2012, Thorne was cast as Avalon Greene in the Disney Channel Original Movie Frenemies.[20] "TTYLXOX" was released on March 6, reaching 97 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts.[21] On March 30, 2013, it was confirmed by Hollywood Records via Twitter that Bella was officially signed to the record label.[22]

On July 25, 2013, the Disney Channel confirmed that Shake It Up would be canceled after the end of the third season.[23][24] On April 23, 2013, Thorne announced her debut album with eleven songs.[25][26] Thorne spoke about the album, saying "What fans can expect is [for it] just to be very different from anyone, because I don't like to be one of those artists where you can be like: 'Oh yeah, I know them from that song.’ All my songs are very different from each other. So I don’t want to be known as only one genre.”[26]

2014–present: Films

Thorne at the Imagen Awards in 2012

In 2014, Thorne co-starred in the comedy Blended, along with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore as Sandler’s character's daughter.[27] She also co-starred in the films Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) and The Duff (2015), playing high school antagonists.[28]

On July 30, Thorne was cast in an episode of the fifteenth season of the CSI.[29] The episode, "The Book of Shadows", aired October 19, 2014.[30]

Thorne appeared in the sequel Mostly Ghostly 2: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend as Cammy Cahill, the love interest of Ryan Ochoa's character, Max Doyle. The film was broadcast as a Halloween special in October 2014.[31]

On October 15, Thorne revealed her debut album was canceled, saying she wasn't happy with the "auto-tuned bad music" she had in the works.[32] She released an EP, Jersey, on November 17.[33][34][35] The lead single off the EP, "Call It Whatever", debuted in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart at number forty-seven, eventually rising to number ten, spending a total of ten weeks on the chart.[36][37][38][39][40][41]

It was reported that Thorne had signed a new deal to write a series of books, beginning with her first novel, Autumn Falls.[42] Thorne has signed on, with Kyra Sedgwick, as the leads in Manis Film's thriller Big Sky; Thorne plays Hazel.[43] She will also play Jamie, a disillusioned teenager intensely guarding a personal secret, in the film Home Invasion.[44]

On December 12, Thorne was cast in the MTV series Scream, which is a television adaptation based on the original slasher film series Scream.[45] Thorne was offered the lead role of the series, but felt that the role of the "mean, terrible Nina" would be more iconic.[46]

In 2015, Thorne was cast in the animated United States dub of the film The Frog Kingdom, portraying the role of Frog Princess opposite Drake Bell and Cameron Dallas. The film is scheduled to be released on video on demand and on DVD beginning on June 30, 2015 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.[47] On June 1, 2015 it was announced that Thorne would star alongside Kian Lawley in the AwesomenessTV film Shovel Buddies, playing the role of Kate.[48]

Thorne confirmed she signed on to appear in the American adaptation of Midnight Sun, based on the original 2006 Japanese film Midnight Sun.[49]

Personal life

Thorne's interests include dancing, playing soccer, spending time with her family, and playing with her two dogs, a Cocker Spaniel and a wolf hybrid, six cats, and a turtle.[3] She also admits to being a collector of hardcover books, listening to 1980s music, and using YouTube as a research tool for getting into character. She is a Christian.

Thorne's father died in a motorcycle accident in 2007. She disclosed her father's death in a live interview on the local television talk show View from the Bay in December 2008. In November 2015, she told the Seventeen magazine (via the Daily Mail) she still had not gotten her driver's license despite being 18 years old because of a fear of driving. "I’m not mature enough to accept the responsibility of perhaps taking someone else’s life."[50] However, one month later in December 2015 she did get her license.[51]

Thorne was diagnosed with dyslexia in the first grade. She is currently being home-schooled after previously attending a public school, where she had suffered peer abuse. She improved in her learning after attending a Sylvan Learning center and is currently reading and writing a grade ahead.[13][52] She discussed her dyslexia in an April 2010 interview with American Cheerleader Magazine, and explained that she overcame her dyslexia by rigorously reading everything she could find, including the labels of cereal boxes.[53][54]

Thorne currently lives in Los Angeles. She is ambassador for Neutrogena and regularly promotes its Oil-Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit Facial Cleanser.[55]

In August 2015, Thorne attended the 2015 Teen Choice Awards with fellow actor Gregg Sulkin, confirming that the pair were dating.[56]

Philanthropy

Thorne is an avid supporter of the Humane Society, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and The Nomad Organization, which provides education, food and medical supplies to children in Africa.[3]

Artistry

Thorne's musical influences consist of hip-hop, bubblegum pop, 1980s pop, dance music, R&B and Indie.[57][58][59] Thorne cited Britney Spears,[60] Kesha and Destiny's Child as her main musical influences.[61]

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Stuck on You MC Sideline
2007 Craw Lake Julia Short film
2007 Finishing the Game Sue
2007 Blind Ambition Annabella
2007 The Seer Claire Sue (Young)
2009 Water Pills Psych Out Girl Short film
2009 Forget Me Not Angela Smith (Young)
2010 One Wish The Messenger
2010 Raspberry Magic Sarah Patterson
2012 Behind the Scenes Herself Documentary
2012 Frenemies Avalon Greene
2014 Blended Hilary "Larry" Friedman
2014 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Celia Rodriguez
2014 Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? Cammy Cahill
2015 The Duff Madison Morgan
2015 Underdogs Laura (Young) Voice
2015 The Frog Kingdom Princess Froglegs Voice
2015 Big Sky Hazel
2015 The Snow King Gerda Voice[62]
2015 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Ashley Grey
2016 Ratchet & Clank Cora Voice, post-production
2016 Amityville: The Reawakening Belle Jones Post-production
2016 Home Invasion[44] Jamie Post-production
2016 Shovel Buddies Kate Post-production
2016 Midnight Sun Katie Filming
2016 The Babysitter Filming
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Entourage Kid "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Season 3: episode 10)
2007 The O.C. Young Taylor Townsend "The Case of the Franks" (Season 4: episode 13)
2007–08 Dirty Sexy Money Margaux Darling Recurring role (Season 2)
2008 October Road Angela Ferilli "Stand Alone by Me" (Season 2: episode 11)
2008 My Own Worst Enemy Ruthy Spivey Main role
2009 In the Motherhood Annie "Practice What You Preach" (Season 2: episode 11)
2009 Mental Emily Pilot (Season 1: episode 1)
2010 Big Love Tancy "Teenie" Henrickson Main role (Season 4)
2010 Wizards of Waverly Place Nancy Lukey "Max's Secret Girlfriend" (Season 3: episode 19)
2010–13 Shake It Up CeCe Jones Lead role
2011 Good Luck Charlie CeCe Jones "Charlie Shakes It Up" (Season 2: episode 13)
2011 PrankStars Herself "Adventures in Dogsitting" (Season 1: episode 5)
2012 Frenemies Avalon Greene Television film
2014 Phineas and Ferb Brigitte Voice; "Night of the Living Pharmacists " (Season 4: episode 30)
2014 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Hannah Hunt "The Book of Shadows" (Season 15: episode 4)
2014 Red Band Society Delaney Shaw "How Did We Get Here?" (Season 1: episode 9)
"What I Did For Love" (Season 1: episode 10)
2015 K.C. Undercover Jolie "Spy-Anoia Will Destroy Ya" (Season 1: episode 9)
2015 Perfect High Amanda Television film
2015 Scream Nina Patterson Recurring role
2016[63] Famous in Love Paige Turner In production[64]
Web
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Little Monk Wendy Main role
2010 My Day. My Life Herself Documentary at Teen website[65]
Video games
Year Title Voice
2006 The Ant Bully Ant Kid

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Alice in Wonderland Alice March 12–May 3[66][67]

Discography

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Main article: Bella Thorne discography
Extended plays

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2008 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress The O.C. Nominated [68]
2009 October Road [69]
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedia o Drama) - Supporting Young Actress My Own Worst Enemy Won [69]
2010 Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress Mental Nominated [70]
2011 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actress Shake It Up Won [71]
Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with cast) Nominated
Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 11-15 Wizards of Waverly Place
Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress 11-16 Big Love
Imagen Awards Best Young Actress – Television Shake It Up [72]
2012 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actress [73]
Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with cast) [73]
Imagen Awards Best Young Actress - Television Won [74]
ALMA Awards Favorite TV Actress – Comedy Nominated [75]
2013 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Movie, MiniSeries, Special or Pilot - Leading Young Actress Frenemies Won [76]
Young Hollywood Awards One to Watch Herself
2014 Young Hollywood Awards You're So Fancy [77]
Best Social Media Superstar Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Female Hottie [78]
2015 Shorty Awards Actress Won [79]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Villain The Duff [80]
Choice TV: Scene Stealer Scream Nominated

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