Kyla Pratt Biography

Kyla Alissa Pratt is an American actress. In television, she is known for her roles in the popular U.S. children's television series Barney & Friends and the Disney Channel series The Proud Family (which lasted for 3 seasons) and One on One (which lasted for 5 seasons). After playing the daughter of Eddie Murphy's character in the films Dr. Dolittle and Dr. Dolittle 2, Pratt became the main character in the remake series of the franchise such as Dr. Dolittle 3, Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief, and Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts. Pratt has also been in the films Fat Albert, Hotel for Dogs, and The Proud Family Movie. She has also played in the series Let's Stay Together.

Personal life

Kyla Alissa Pratt is the oldest of five children of Kecia Pratt-McCullar, a schoolteacher, and Johnny McCullar, a semi-professional basketball player.

Pratt gave birth to a daughter, Lyric Kai Kirkpatrick, on November 17, 2010. She gave birth to another daughter, Liyah Kirkpatrick, on August 5, 2013. Lyric and Liyah's father is Danny Kirkpatrick, a songwriter, hip-hop artist and tattoo artist.

Career

Acting career

Pratt began acting at age 8, appearing in commercials for an interactive computer game and Nike. In 1997, she appeared in an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger entitled "The Neighborhood" where she portrayed Kyla Jarvis, a 10-year-old girl who miraculously recovers after accidentally being shot in a drive-by shooting in her gang ridden Neighborhood and reveals that she saw heaven where she met a guardian angel who gives her an important mission from God. With Walker's help Kyla Jarvis spreads the angel message of faith and love, uniting her local community into helping clean up their Neighborhood and end the gang violence plaguing it. She appeared in an episode of Friends, followed by roles in Smart Guy, Sister, Sister, Family Matters, Lizzie McGuire, Moesha, and The Parkers.

In 2001, she won the role of Breanna Barnes in the UPN series One on One (2001-2006). During the run of One on One, Pratt also voiced Penny Proud, the lead character in the Disney Channel animated series The Proud Family. She also voiced the character for The Proud Family Movie in 2005. In addition to television roles, Pratt has also appeared in several feature films including Love & Basketball (2000) and Fat Albert (2004). She played Maya Dolittle in Dr. Dolittle (1998) and Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), both of which starred Eddie Murphy. She reprised her role as Maya Dolittle (now the lead character) in the direct-to-DVD releases of Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006), Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief (2008) and Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts (2009). In 2009, Kyla Pratt co-starred along Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin in Hotel for Dogs. Pratt joined the cast of BET's Let's Stay Together in its second season. In February 2014, Pratt was voted #97 on VH1's 100 Greatest Child Stars. In June 2014 she filmed a Freeform pilot called Recovery Road based on Blake Nelson's homonym novel, in which she plays a title role alongside Jessica Sula.

Singing career

As a member of the Disney Channel Circle of Stars, Pratt performed a cover version of "Circle of Life" that appeared on the DisneyMania 2 album. She also sang "It's All About Me", for the series soundtrack for The Proud Family. She sang "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" with the Disney Channel Stars.

Music videos

Year	Artist	Song title
2003	B2K	"What a Girl Wants"

Filmography

List of film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The Babysitters Club	Becca Ramsay
1997	Riot	Jenny Baker
1998	Barney's Great Adventure	Marcella Walker
	Dr. Dolittle	Maya Dolittle
2000	Love & Basketball	Young Monica
2001	Dr. Dolittle 2	Maya Dolittle
2002	More than Puppy Love	Jae
2004	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Paula
2004	Fat Albert	Doris
2005	The Seat Filler	Diona
2006	Dr. Dolittle 3	Maya Dolittle	Direct-to-DVD
2008	Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2009	Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
	Hotel for Dogs	Heather
2016	Secret She Kept	Ta Jiles/Kingston	TV Film

List of television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Where I Live	Brittany	1 episode
1993	Living Single	Tracy
1993	Touched By An Angel	Annie
1995-99	The Parent 'Hood	Monica	2 episodes
1996	In the House	Erica	2 episodes
	ER	Lily	1 episode
	Friends	Charla Nichols
1997	Family Matters	Kelsey
	Walker, Texas Ranger	Kyla Jarvis
1997-1998	Smart Guy	Lillie/Brandi	3 episodes
1998	The Pretender	Tracy Johnson	1 episode
	Any Day Now	Birdie
1999	Becker	Keisha
	So Weird	Kamilah Simmonds
	Sister Sister	Herself
	Jackie's Back	Little Jackie Washington	Television movie
1999-2000	Moesha	Patricia/Sabrina Wilson	2 episodes
2000	The Parkers	Shaquilla	1 episode
	The Hughleys	Kenyatha
	Strong Medicine	Donna Jenkins
2001	Lizzie McGuire	Brooke Baker
2001-2005	The Proud Family	Penny Proud (voice)	Lead role; 54 episodes
2001-2006	One on One	Breanna Latrice Barnes	Lead role; 113 episodes
2003	Maniac Magee	Amanda Beale	Television movie
2004	Veronica Mars	Georgia	1 episode: "The Wrath of Con"
2005	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Penny Proud (voice)	1 episode
	The Proud Family Movie		Television movie
2007	Hell on Earth	Keri Diamond/Dumpin
2012-2014	Let's Stay Together	Crystal Whitmore	Seasons 2-4
2012	Big Time Movie	Herself	Television movie
	The Mentalist	Juliana McVie	1 episode
2015	The Soul Man	Alicia	Episode: No Weddings and Ten Funerals
2016	Recovery Road	Trish Collins	Lead role; 10 Episodes