Dove Cameron is an American singer and actress, who rose to fame due to her dual role of the eponymous characters in the Disney series Liv and Maddie.
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- She was born on January 15, 1996.
- Her real name was Chloe Celeste Hosterman.
- She’s a Capricorn.
- She was born in Bainbridge Island, Washington, to Philip Alan Hosterman and Bonnie Wallace, who later divorced.
- She has an older sister, Claire Hosterman, who is a vocal coach.
- During her childhood, Cameron attended Sakai Intermediate School.
- At age eight, she began acting in community theater at Bainbridge Performing Arts.
- Six years later, her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where she sang in Burbank High School’s National Championship Show Choir.
- Cameron has stated that she is of French descent and speaks some French.
- She also has Russian, Slovak and Hungarian ancestry.
- She has said she was bullied throughout her entire school experience, from fifth grade through the end of high school
- . Regardless of the pressure at school and fitting in, Cameron stayed focused on her dreams of achieving success in entertainment.
- Her father died in 2011 when she was 15.
- Following his death, Cameron changed her legal name to Dove in honor of her father, who called her by that nickname
- She is an American singer and actress.
- She gained recognition for her dual role of the eponymous characters in the Disney Channel comedy series Liv and Maddie (2013–2017).
- For this role she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children’s Programming.
- She also starred in the Disney Channel Descendants franchise (2015–2021).
- Cameron has starred in several feature films including Barely Lethal (2015), Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015), Dumplin’ (2018), Good Mourning (2022) and Vengeance (2022).
- She also starred in the NBC live television musical Hairspray Live! (2016).
- She has appeared in several television shows, including Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Marvel Rising franchise.
- In 2015, Cameron lent her vocals the soundtrack albums for Liv and Maddie and Descendants.
- She topped the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
- In 2023, she released her debut album Alchemical: Volume 1 which was preceded by the single “Boyfriend”, which received critical success, reached the top 20 in the Billboard Hot 100, and was certified platinum by the RIAA.
- Cameron has stated that she is bisexual.
- In May 2021, said that she feels queer is the most accurate way to describe her sexuality.
- She also identifies as a feminist.
- She was in a relationship with her Liv and Maddie co-star Ryan McCartan from August 2013 until 2016.
- They announced their engagement on April 14, 2016, but the relationship ended in October 2016.
- From 2017 until 2020, Cameron was in a relationship with her Descendants 2 co-star Thomas Doherty. In November 2023, Vanity Fair Italy reported that Cameron was dating Italian singer Damiano David.
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