Why Raven-Symoné Told Demi Lovato She Was Not "the Nicest" on Set

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Demi Lovato Opens Up About Child Actor Challenges Ahead of Her Documentary ‘Child Star’

Raven-Symoné and Demi Lovato are putting the past down them. 

In the caller Hulu documentary Child Star, the former Disney Channel alums got candid about meeting backmost successful 2010, with the That's So Raven actress admitting she had a little than affirmative acquisition arsenic a impermanent prima connected Demi's show Sonny with a Chance.

"When we archetypal got connected the telephone to speech astir this project," Demi said successful the documentary—which she besides directed and produced—"I was like, 'I watched you on That's So Raven. Such an inspiration.' You were like, 'B---h, I was connected your show.' I was like, 'Oh my god, she was.'"

But as Demi explained, she has a hard clip remembering overmuch of that play successful her beingness owed to her dissociation (a upset that tin origin forgetfulness owed to past trauma, per the American Psychiatric Association).

However, the 32-year-old does retrieve "how hard I was to enactment with, due to the fact that I was successful truthful overmuch symptom and I was hurting."

And Raven witnessed that firsthand portion appearing as Amber Algoode on Sonny with a Chance.

"I mean, you weren't the nicest person," she recalled. "You weren't like, 'Welcome!' You weren't doing that."

But arsenic a kid histrion herself, Raven knew determination had to beryllium an mentation for Demi's behavior.

"Being the benignant of idiosyncratic I americium and that I've been successful the manufacture for arsenic agelong arsenic you, and I recognize the glaze implicit the eyes," the 38-year-old shared, "I didn't clasp it against you. I conscionable was like, ‘Something's going connected there.'"

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Demi has been candid astir the trauma she experienced while increasing up a kid prima and the difficulties she had connecting with her chap actors, which she discussed with her Camp Rock costar Alyson Stoner in the documentary. 

Noting that her vocation "exploded" aft the archetypal movie in 2008Demi felt a displacement successful the powerfulness dynamic on Camp Rock 2, saying that she primitively felt validated due to the fact that she "had been leveled up." But that vocation precocious came astatine the disbursal of her relationships with the cast.

As Demi explained, "I was trading transportation for success."

And Alyson was 1 of the friendships that was sacrificed on the way.

"It felt truthful hard to entree you successful that way," the 31-year-old recalled. "We had mislaid that thread of trust, we had mislaid that closeness."

Alyson added, "The past fewer years of moving unneurotic felt truly challenging. I bash retrieve a consciousness of walking connected eggshells. There was decidedly a batch of fearfulness of a blowup."

And portion Demi knows that everyone connected the acceptable was "going through" their ain stuff, the "Confident" singer is alert that "it inactive didn't springiness maine an excuse to dainty anyone poorly."

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"I conscionable privation to genuinely, profoundly apologize for immoderate accent oregon immoderate walking connected eggshells, immoderate wounded feelings," Demi told Alyson. "I'm genuinely truthful atrocious for that. And I look backmost astatine that clip and I person profound sadness due to the fact that I'm like, 'How galore radical did I dainty poorly?'"

Making the documentarywhich also includes interviews with fellow kid actors Drew BarrymoreKenan Thompson and JoJo Siwa—has fixed Demi a caller perspective, particularly erstwhile it comes to what she hopes for her ain kids 1 day.

"If I was talking to my aboriginal children, I would accidental 'practice, practice, practice,'" Demi precocious told E! News at a screening for Child Star. "Then, erstwhile you're aged enough, you tin travel and prosecute your dreams. But it's important to retrieve to person a puerility erstwhile you can."

The "Heart Attack" singer—who has been engaged to chap musician Jordan "Jutes" Lutes since December—also shared that 1 of the biggest takeaway from moving connected the documentary was wanting to "protect my kids from societal media and being successful the nationalist eye."

She added, "But if euphony is their calling, they tin bash that erstwhile they crook 18."

Child Star is produced by Demi arsenic good as Michael D. RatnerScott RatnerMiranda Sherman and Kfir Goldberg for OBB Pictures.

Read connected to spot much Disney Channel kid stars past and now.

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Clayton Snyder, Lizzie McGuire

After getting his interruption arsenic lovable heartthrob Ethan Craft connected the Hilary Duff-comedy, Clayton Snyder took a interruption from acting to decorativeness precocious schoolhouse and be Pepperdine University, wherever helium played h2o polo. Though helium had a relation successful a 2014 occurrence of NCIS, contiguous he's focused connected his existent property career.

But, erstwhile it comes up, helium doesn't shy distant from his days arsenic a kid star. "We've had plentifulness of clients wherever halfway done showing them homes they're like, 'My woman and I conscionable recovered retired who you are and we can't judge it!'" he antecedently told E! News. "But that makes maine consciousness bully due to the fact that I cognize that's not wherefore they're moving with me. It's the champion of some worlds, wherever they person the amusive of realizing that but their existent introduction constituent was due to the fact that of the enactment that we do."

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Adam Lamberg, Lizzie McGuire

After starring arsenic Lizzie's BFF-turned-BF David "Gordo" Gordon connected the beloved comedy, Adam Lamberg landed roles successful films When Do We Eat? and Beautiful Loser. According to his LinkedIn page, helium earned a Bachelor's Degree successful Geography from UC Berkeley earlier seeking retired a Master of Public Administration from Baruch College. Though, helium was acceptable to instrumentality to the Lizzie McGuire reboot, he's different retired from acting.

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Lalaine, Lizzie McGuire

When Lalaine's quality Miranda Sanchez disappeared from the last six episodes of Lizzie McGuire (as good arsenic the 2003 movie) owed to her filming docket connected Disney Channel Original Movie You Wish!, her vocation benignant of disappeared arsenic well.

An effort astatine a euphony vocation ne'er truly went anywhere, portion a 2007 reprisal of her relation successful a Lizzie McGuire sequel bid What's Stevie Thinking? (centered connected Miranda's younger sister) ne'er went beyond the aviator stage. That aforesaid year, she was arrested and charged with felony possession of meth. After completing tribunal mandated rehab, the complaint was expunged from her record.

Despite a cameo successful 2010's Easy A, she's much easy recovered connected Instagram than either large oregon tiny screen. She did person a film, Definition Please, merchandise successful 2020.

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Jake Thomas, Lizzie McGuire

After 65 episodes arsenic quintessential small member Matt connected Lizzie McGuire, Jake Thomas continued to enactment steadily, appearing connected Disney's Cory In the House earlier impermanent starring connected procedurals similar ER, House, Criminal Minds, NCIS, and S.W.A.T. He besides costarred successful YouTuber Joey Graceffa's web bid Storytellers successful 2013 to 2014.

He officially graduated from Cal State University, Northridge successful 2018 with a grade successful Screenwriting with a insignificant successful Japanese Language. Over connected his Instagram, helium shares a premix of his ain photography and throwback pics to his kid histrion days.

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Camilla Belle, Rip Girls

After landing her archetypal starring relation successful the 2000 DCOM Rip Girls, Camilla Belle took a spot of a interruption from acting earlier starring successful the 2006 remake of When a Stranger Calls and the 2008 deed 10,000 BC.

She concisely dated Joe Jonas, who she met connected the acceptable of the Jonas Brothers' video for "Lovebug," from late-2008 to mid-2009, earning herself a notation successful the Taylor Swift opus "Better Than Revenge."

She's since worked mostly successful the indie scene, starring successful films similar Open Road, Diablo and the 2017 James Franco movie The Mad Whale. More recently, she's made appearances connected Dollface and Law & Order: Organized Crime.

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Jake T. Austin, Wizards of Waverly Place

When his clip arsenic youngest Russo sibling Max connected Wizards of Waverly Place came to an extremity successful 2012, Jake T. Austin rebounded rapidly with a starring relation connected ABC Family-turned-Freeform's The Fosters. He played Jesus Foster for the archetypal 2 seasons earlier departing and being replaced with Noah Centineo. He followed that up with a stint connected Dancing With the Stars, wherever helium was the archetypal contestant eliminated successful play 23. He besides lent his dependable to 2017's The Emoji Movie and 2020's Adverse, a thriller starring Mickey Rourke. He's acceptable to reprise his relation for the upcoming Wizards sequel.

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David Henrie, Wizards of Waverly Place

Meanwhile, David Henrie, who starred arsenic eldest Russo sib Justin has had a spot of a antithetic spell of things since the amusement wrapped successful 2012. He was the lone formed members not progressive successful follow-up movie The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex, nevertheless helium has appeared successful films specified arsenic Grown Ups 2 and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.

He joined erstwhile Miss Delaware Maria Cahill successful April 2017 and welcomed girl Pia Francesca Philomena Henrie into the satellite connected March 19, 2019. Around the clip helium revealed helium and Maria were expecting, helium was arrested and charged astatine LAX nether allegations of carrying a loaded weapon successful the airport. After apologizing for the unintentional act, helium was sentenced to 2 years probation and 20 days of assemblage labor.

Now a dada of three, helium and Selena Gomez are enforcement producing and starring successful caller spin-off Disney+ series.

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Jennifer Stone, Wizards of Waverly Place

After returning arsenic Alex Russo's BFF Harper Finkle for The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex, Jennifer Stone starred successful 2014 Lifetime thriller High School Possession and played the Babysitter successful Nickelodeon's anthology bid Deadtime Stories.

In 2013, she was diagnosed with latent autoimmune diabetes successful adults, often referred to arsenic Type 1.5 diabetes, and her movie The In-Between aimed to bring much consciousness to the condition.

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Mia Talerico, Good Luck Charlie

Ready to consciousness truly old? Little Mia Talerico was lone 10 months aged erstwhile she was formed to play the relation of Charlie Duncan connected Good Luck Charlie, which debuted successful April 2010. Since the amusement wrapped successful 2014, she landed a relation connected YouTube web Brat's kid's amusement Mani, playing Paige successful 13 episodes. She besides has a YouTube channel of her own, wherever she participates successful "unboxing" and artifact reappraisal videos. Oh, and she's lone 15 years old!

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Bridgit Mendler, Good Luck, Charlie

Meanwhile, Teddy Duncan, Charlie's second-oldest sibling, followed up Good Luck Charlie with a decidedly much big relation erstwhile Bridgit Mendler joined the 2nd play of NBC comedy Undateable successful 2015. She starred successful 2 seasons of the sitcom earlier it was canceled. Since then, she's appeared successful 2 episodes of Nashville and the Netflix movie Father of the Year, and a Netflix bid co-starring Dennis Quaid and Ashley Tisdale, Merry Happy Whatever.

The actress, whose besides released 2 albums, studied anthropology astatine USC, announced successful May 2018 that she started a postgraduate programme astatine MIT, followed by a January 2019 announcement that she was studying astatine Harvard Law School. Most recently, she revealed she and engineer-husband Griffin Cleverly adopted a 4-year-old son and launched her ain tech startup, Northwood Space, which aims to physique crushed outer stations to assistance nonstop and person information from space.

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Kiely Williams, Cheetah Girls

While her Cheetah Girls co-stars Raven-Symone and Adrienne Bailon-Houghton person kept themselves successful the spotlight with acting roles and hosting gigs since the DCOM franchise aired its past installment successful 2008, beingness for Adrienne's erstwhile 3LW radical subordinate Kiely Williams has been a small spot different.

After starring successful The House Bunny the aforesaid year, Kiely earned roles successful 2010's Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale and Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming, arsenic good arsenic 1 successful 2013's Holla II. After marrying Brandon "BJ" Cox successful December 2016—where chap Cheetah Girls co-star Sabrina Bryan served arsenic bridesmaid—the ma of 2 concisely returned to the spotlight for a 2017 occurrence of Celebrity Family Feud, competing connected the Girl Group squad alongside Sabrina. 

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Sabrina Bryan, Cheetah Girls

After Cheetah Girls: One World aired successful 2008, Sabrina Bryan served arsenic a analogous for E! News during the eighth play of Dancing With the Stars successful 2009—three seasons aft she competed and was eliminated sixth. She returned to the ballroom for play 15 successful 2012, competing arsenic an All Star. Despite receiving cleanable scores, she was again eliminated sixth 5 years to the day of her archetypal elimination.

She performed immoderate dependable enactment successful the Disney Channel animated bid Fish Hooks, launched a web bid with Kiely Williams called Dinner With Friends successful 2011, and joined strategical accounts manager Jordan Lundberg connected October 6, 2018 aft 9 years of dating. Now, she is bringing backmost the DCOM nostalgia with her iHeartPodcast Magical Rewind with Will Friedle

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Ryan Merriman, Smart House

After starring successful the classical 1999 DCOM Smart House, Ryan Merriman became a staple connected the network, appearing successful 2001's The Luck of the Irish and 2002's A Ring of Endless Light. From there, helium ventured into much big fare, appearing successful fearfulness films similar Halloween: Resurrection, The Ring Two and Final Destination 3. In 2010, helium nabbed the recurring relation of Ian Thomas connected Pretty Little Liars, appearing successful 16 episodes done 2014. He besides appeared successful the 2013 Jackie Robinson biopic 42 successful a supporting role. His vocation remains active, though lately the roles are successful much autarkic fare.

After tying the knot successful 2004, helium and woman Micol Duncan divorced successful 2011. On January 1, 2012, helium and Kristen McCullen announced their engagement. They made it authoritative successful 2014.

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Kirsten Storms, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

From 1999 done 2004, Kirsten Storms was 1 of Disney Channel's favourite faces, starring successful the Zenon trilogy and Johnny Tsunami, portion lending her dependable to Kim Possible. But during that clip she had already begun her modulation to a much big career, opening a four-year, 410 occurrence stint connected NBC's Days of Our Lives successful 2000.

After trying to interruption into primetime with a relation connected 2004's Clubhouse, a short-lived shot play connected CBS, she returned to soaps successful 2005 arsenic Maxie Jones connected ABC's General Hospital until 2023. Fun fact: She's appeared successful implicit 1,100 episodes!

In 2011, she made a little foray into world TV, starring successful the short-lived E! bid Dirty Soap, which followed the idiosyncratic lives of soap stars. In August 2013, she and erstwhile GH co-star Brandon Barash confirmed they'd secretly tied the knot successful June and were expecting a kid successful January. Their girl Harper Rose Barash was calved connected January 7, 2014. On April 6, 2016, it was revealed that she and her hubby had filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. 

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Erik von Detten, Brink!

In 1998, Erik von Detten stole hearts everyplace arsenic the prima of 1 of the earliest DCOMs, Brink! After that, helium popped up everywhere, doing dependable enactment connected Recess, playing John Bryant successful The Princess Diaries, and starring connected spooky Disney Channel bid So Weird from 1999 to 2001. He dipped a toed successful aboriginal world TV waters, competing connected the archetypal personage variation of ABC's The Mole, portion landing roles successful short-lived bid similar Dinotopia and Complete Savages. His astir caller enactment was successful Toy Story 3, returning arsenic Sid, a relation he'd originated successful the Pixar franchise's 1995 start.

He presently works successful income astatine a concern institution and shares 2 kids with wife Angela

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Raviv Ullman, Phil of the Future

After playing the titular Phil of the Future from 2004 to 2006 credited arsenic Ricky Ullman, Raviv began transitioning to much big just with appearances successful Big Love and House (with his 2006 occurrence being the archetypal credited with his existent name), followed by a series regular relation connected Lifetime drama Rita Rocks from 2008 to 2009. His much caller credits see a 2015 occurrence of Broad City and a recurring relation connected web bid Strangers successful 2018. From 2012 to 2018, helium appeared successful a fistful of signifier shows and, from 2013 to 2014, helium was the drummer successful Zoe Kravitz' set Lolawolf. 

In 2022, he told E! News helium had conscionable wrapped moving successful San Francisco, wherever helium was directing an opera astatine San Francisco Conservatory of Music. 

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Kimberly J. Brown, Halloweentown

In 1999, Kimberly J. Brown changeable to stardom starring arsenic young witch Marnie Piper successful the classical DCOM Halloweentown other the legendary Debbie Reynolds. The movie was specified a deed that it spawned 3 sequels, nevertheless the web made the bizarre determination to recast her successful 2006's Return to Halloweentown, replacing her with Sara Paxton. Not surprisingly, the 4th movie is possibly the least-liked introduction successful the franchise.

Her acting enactment extracurricular the franchise has been peculiarly limited, with a relation successful the 2005 movie Be Cool and a fistful of episodes connected AMC's short-lived Low Winter Sun successful 2013 among the astir notable. She besides appeared successful 15 episodes of Genreal Hospital in 2021 and astir 50 episodes of Guiding Light.

After graduating assemblage with a grade successful business, she launched an Etsy store CraftilyCreative, wherever she sells a assortment of items, including Halloweentown-themed merch. And successful 2016, she and coauthor Diane Yslas published a Halloween-themed children's book, Poppin's Pumkpin Patch Parade.

Disney fans were particularly delighted to her autumn successful emotion with Halloweentown costar Daniel Kountz, who projected successful 2022.

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Mitchel Musso, Hannah Montana

From 2006 to 2011, Mitchel Musso starred arsenic Oliver Oken, 1 of Miley Stewart's (Miley Cyrus) BFFs connected Hannah Montana. As the amusement was winding down, helium had a promising vocation going for him connected Disney, landing a pb relation connected caller bid Pair of Kings, arsenic good arsenic a gig hosting PrankStars. But erstwhile helium was pulled implicit connected October 17, 2011 and charged with a DUI suspicion portion underage—he was 20 astatine the time—he was written retired of Pair of Kings and his prank amusement was canceled. After that, helium worked connected on indie films and dependable enactment successful Milo Murphy's Law, a Disney XD series.

In 2023, helium was arrested for nationalist intoxication and theft successful Texas.

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Jason Earles, Hannah Montana

Despite playing Miley's older member Jackson Stewart connected Hannah Montana (he was written arsenic a 10th grader successful play one), Jason Earles was really 29 erstwhile the amusement began airing and 34 by the clip it ended. Immediately afterwards, helium began starring connected Disney XD drama Kickin' It, wherever helium spent 4 seasons playing the much age-appropriate Rudy until the amusement wrapped successful March 2015. Since 2018, he's starred connected Hotel Du Loone, a Brat bid disposable connected YouTube. He besides joined the 3rd play of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. In August 2017, helium joined woman Katie Drysen.

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Kyle Massey, That's So Raven

After starring arsenic younger member Cory Baxter connected That's So Raven from 2003 to 2007, Kyle Massey earned a spinoff of his own, Cory successful the House, that aired connected the web until 2008.

Following that, helium recurred connected The Electric Company, impermanent starred connected Gotham and Being Mary Jane, provided dependable enactment for Fish Hooks, Mighty Magiswords, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and competed connected play 11 of Dancing With the Stars and successful a 2017 occurrence of Celebrity Family Feud against Jennie Garth.

In 2018, respective outlets reported that helium would beryllium joining the formed of The Hills: New Beginnings, but the rumors proved to beryllium unfounded, with Kyle himself calling them "fake news."

In 2021, helium was charged with a felony for immoral connection with a teenage girl. "It is unfortunate that Kyle Massey had to larn done the media yesterday that the 2019 allegations person resurfaced successful the State of Washington a twelvemonth aft their dismissal," the actor's lawyer said successful a connection to E! astatine the time. "Massey claims that the allegations past and present are extortive."

The lawyer added, "Massey intends to aggressively support these accusations again and volition question civilian damages from those that garbage to perceive the facts. We program to question an aboriginal dismissal—finally putting these extortive attempts to rest."

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A.J. Trauth, Even Stevens

After playing Twitty connected Even Stevens from 2000 to 2003, and lending his dependable to the relation of Josh Mankey successful a fistful of Kim Possible episodes, A.J. Trauth made the impermanent prima rounds, popping up successful episodes of 7th Heaven, House, Ghost Whisperer, CSI, and Bones, among others, done 2012.

Since then, he's appeared successful a fistful of autarkic films portion providing dependable enactment for video games Wolfenstein: The New Order and its 2017 sequel, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. After getting engaged to histrion Leah Pipes, his woman of astir 3 years, successful February 2014, the mates tied the knot that December. They yet divided by 2019.

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Christy Carlson Romano, Even Stevens

After starring arsenic brainy Ren Stevens for 3 years connected Even Stevens, bringing the titular Kim Possible to life, and starring other Hilary Duff successful the 2002 DCOM Cadet Kelly, Christy Carlson Romano took to Broadway for a 31-week tally successful Disney's Beauty and the Beast successful 2004, playing Belle, earlier returning to the famed theatre territory successful 2008, joining the institution of Avenue Q.

She wrote a novel, Grace's Turn, successful 2007, directed a diagnostic film, Christmas All Over Again, successful 2016, earned a grade successful Film Studies from Barnard College, and joined writer-producer Brendan Rooney connected December 31, 2013. The mates person 2 daughters, the youngest calved successful February 2019.

Christy returned to the web that made her a household sanction successful 2019 with a relation successful the live-action Kim Possible film, playing popular prima Poppy Blu. In May 2019, she besides opened up astir the difficulties she faced coming retired of her years arsenic the network's prima successful a almighty effort for Teen Vogue. "I person ne'er been cleanable oregon pulled unneurotic arsenic my estimation oregon the occurrence of my young adulthood mightiness suggest," she confessed. "During a play of clip successful my life, I grappled with depression, drinking, and more, hopeless to find fixes for however I felt."

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Brandon Baker, Johnny Tsunami

In 1999, Brandon Baker made his DCOM debut arsenic the iconic titular prima of Johnny Tsunami. After the film, helium worked sporadically, popping up successful a fistful of Even Stevens episodes with roles successful much adult-minded shows similar Boston Public and The Unit portion helium pursued a grade astatine UC Santa Barbara.

In 2007, helium returned to the relation that made him a Disney prima successful the sequel, Johnny Kapahala: Back connected Board. Since then, he's appeared successful 2 autarkic films, The Formula, co-starring Family Matters' icon Reginald VelJohnson, and Up connected the Wooftop, which co-starred Saved By the Bell's Dennis Haskins arsenic Santa Claus. Naturally.

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Alana Austin, Motocrossed

In 2001, Alana Austin starred successful the DCOM Motocrossed arsenic Andrea "Andi" Carson, the teenage miss barred from competing successful motocross contempt her emotion for it and who secretly begins racing arsenic her duplicate member aft helium injures himself earlier a large race.

Despite making a fistful of impermanent prima spots connected shows similar 7th Heaven, Boston Public and Cold Case pursuing the film's release, she retired from acting altogether successful 2006. She reportedly studied medicine astatine USC, but erstwhile asked by a instrumentality connected Twitter successful April 2016 what she was up to, she replied "Pursuing writing" earlier noting that acting was ever "high up" successful her heart.

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Kay Panabaker, Phil of the Future

After landing a recurring relation successful Phil of the Future, Kay Panabaker became thing of a staple connected Disney Channel, starring successful DCOMs Life is Ruff and Read It and Weep, alongside older sister Danielle Panabaker, and competing successful the archetypal Disney Channel Games successful 2006. She made a modulation to much big fare successful the 2009 remake of Fame and the 2011 ABC play No Ordinary Family, but by 2012 had retired from acting. She went connected to survey zoology astatine UCLA and, successful 2016, was moving arsenic an carnal keeper at, of each places, Disney's Animal Kingdom.

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