Candace Cameron Bure Biography

Candace Helaine Cameron Bure (born April 6, 1976) is an American actress, producer, author, and talk show panelist. She is known for the role of D.J. Tanner, the eldest daughter of Pam and Danny Tanner, on the television series Full House which she played from ages 10 to 18. She is the younger sister of actor Kirk Cameron. In 2014, she was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars: season 18, finishing in third place. She now stars in the 2016 sitcom Fuller House, reprising her role as D.J.

Early life

Candace Helaine Cameron was born in Panorama City, Los Angeles, California on April 6, 1976 to Robert Cameron and Barbara Bausmith Cameron. She is one of four children.

Career

Following in the footsteps of her older brother Kirk, Bure decided to pursue acting. She started in the entertainment business by appearing in a number of television commercials. Soon after, she guest starred in roles on shows such as St. Elsewhere, Growing Pains (which had her brother Kirk in it), and Who's the Boss? (Among the roles for which she auditioned was the lead on Small Wonder, which ultimately went to Tiffany Brissette.) In a 1985 episode of the sitcom Punky Brewster, Cameron portrayed a girl named Jennifer Bates who had been kidnapped by her father. In 1987, she had a role as the youngest sister of Eric Stoltz in the teen comedy Some Kind of Wonderful.

Bure began the most prominent role of her career in 1987 on the ensemble sitcom Full House, as Donna Jo "D.J." Tanner, the oldest daughter. The long-running series ended in 1995, and she was a member of the cast during its entire run.

While on Full House, she was also featured in the made-for-TV movies No One Would Tell, playing an abused teen; She Cried No as a date-raped teen; NightScream, a mystery; and Camp Cucamonga, an adventure comedy. Cameron guest-starred in the failed pilot Real Mature, and in an episode of Bill Nye The Science Guy as "Candace the Science Gal". She also appeared in the Tom Hanks and Sally Field feature film Punchline.

Bure has hosted the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 1990 with her Full House co-star Dave Coulier and David Faustino, and again in 1994 with Joey Lawrence and Marc Weiner, becoming the first person to host twice or more (followed by Whitney Houston, Rosie O'Donnell and Jack Black).

After Full House

After Full House ended in 1995, Bure guest starred on Cybill and Boy Meets World.

After the birth of her children, she took a self-imposed hiatus from television and film to devote her time to her family and children. In the 2000s, she appeared as an interviewee on the retrospective I Love the '80s and I Love the '80s Strikes Back. She would later co-host 50 Cutest Child Stars: All Grown Up on the E! network, along with Keshia Knight Pulliam of The Cosby Show fame.

In 2006, she guest starred on the sitcom That's So Raven. The following year, she co-starred with Randy Travis in The Wager, and starred with Tom Arnold in the television movie Moonlight and Mistletoe for the Hallmark Channel in 2008. Cameron returned to a television series in 2009 and was cast in Make It or Break It, a teenage gymnastics drama series on ABC Family, playing Summer Van Horne. The series ended in 2012.

On March 4, 2014, she was announced as one of the celebrities to compete on season 18 of Dancing with the Stars. Her professional partner was Mark Ballas. The couple made it to the finals and ultimately ended in third place behind Amy Purdy and Meryl Davis who took second and first place, respectively.

It was announced in 2015, that Bure will reprise her role as D.J. Tanner in the 2016 Netflix spinoff Fuller House. Filming began in July 2015. The following month, it was announced that Bure would become a co-host of The View starting with its 19th season.

Dancing with the Stars performances

Bure kicked off her first week on Dancing with the Stars with a score of 25 for her contemporary dance, ending up second on the first week's leaderboard. Bure did not receive a single 10 from any judges for any of her individual dances with Ballas until the semifinals.

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Contemporary/ "Burn"	9	8	8	No Elimination
2	Rumba / "Say Something"	7	7	7	Safe
3	Jive / "Blue Suede Shoes"	8	8/81	8	Safe
42	Quickstep / "The Ballroom Blitz"	7	7/73	7	No Elimination
5	Samba / "Under the Sea"	8	9/94	9	Last to be called safe
6	Cha-cha-cha / "I Love It"	8	85 / 8	8	Last to be called safe
7	Argentine tango /"1977" Team freestyle / "Livin' la Vida Loca"	8 10	96 / 9 10 / 9	9 10	Safe
8	Foxtrot / "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On" Celebrity dance duel (Contemporary) / "Stay with Me"	9 9	9/97 9/10	9 10	Safe
9 Semifinals	Viennese Waltz / "If I Knew" Jazz / "Nasty"	8 9	9/98 10/10	8 9	Safe
10 Finals	Quickstep / "Umbrella" Freestyle / "Canned Heat" Samba & quickstep Fusion / "Sir Duke"	9 8 9	9 8 9	9 8 9	Third place
1Score from guest judge Robin Roberts 2As part of the "Partner Switch-Up", was paired with Tony Dovolani 3Score from guest judge Julianne Hough 4Score from guest judge Donny Osmond 5Score from guest judge Redfoo 6Scores from guest judge Ricky Martin 7Score from guest judge Abby Lee Miller 8Score from guest judge Kenny Ortega

Books

Cameron Bure has written three books: Reshaping It All: Motivation for Physical and Spiritual Fitness (ISBN 1433669730), published in January 2011, which was a New York Times best seller; Balancing It All: My Story of Juggling Priorities and Purpose (ISBN 1433681846), published in January 2014; and Dancing Through Life: Steps of Courage and Conviction (ISBN 1433686945), published in August 2015. In a September 2015 interview, Bure said that her latest book reveals more personal issues than the others.

Personal life

Cameron Bure married Russian NHL hockey player Valeri Bure in 1996. They were first introduced at a charity hockey game by her Full House co-star Dave Coulier. Cameron Bure and her husband have three children: daughter Natasha (born 1998) and sons Lev (born 2000) and Maksim (born 2002). Cameron Bure became a born again Christian in her 20s; she credits her faith as the binding force in her marriage. She has revealed she suffered from bulimia nervosa in her early twenties.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982-1984	St. Elsewhere	Megan White	5 episodes
1984	T. J. Hooker	Tina	Episode: "The Confession"
1985	Punky Brewster	Julie Whitney / Jennifer Bates	Episode: "Milk Does a Body Good"
1986	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Julie	Episode: "Little Spies"
1987	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Samantha	Episode: "Bigfoot"
1987	Who's the Boss?	Young Mona	Episode: "Mona"
1988	I Saw What You Did	Julia Fielding	Movie
1987	Growing Pains	Jenny Foster	Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
1987-1995	Full House	D.J. Tanner	Main role (191 episodes)
1988	Growing Pains	Jenny Foster	Episode: "Fool for Love"
1990	'	Herself	Episode: "Guest Day"
1990	Camp Cucamonga	Amber Lewis	Movie
1995	Sharon's Secret	Sharon	Movie
1995	Visitors of the Night	Katie English	Movie
1996	Cybill	Hannah	Episode: "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
1996	No One Would Tell	Stacy Collins	Movie
1996	Kidz in the Wood	Donna	Movie
1996	She Cried No	Melissa Connell	Movie
1997	NightScream	Drew Summers / Laura Fairgate	Movie
1997	Boy Meets World	Millie	Episode: "The Witches of Pennbrook"
2001	Twice in a Lifetime	Rose Hathaway	Episode: "Moonshine Over Harlem"
2007	That's So Raven	Courtney Dearborn	Episode: "Teacher's Pet"
2008	Moonlight and Mistletoe	Holly	Movie
2009-2012	Make It or Break It	Summer Van Horne	Main role (41 episodes)
2011	Truth Be Told	Annie Morgan	Movie
2011	Can't Get Arrested	Candace	Episode: "House of Pain"
2011	'	Megan Walsh	Movie
2012	Puppy Love	Megan	Movie
2013	Finding Normal	Dr. Lisa Leland	Movie
2013	Let It Snow	Stephanie Beck	Movie
2014	Christmas Under Wraps	Dr. Lauren Brunell	Movie
2014	The Neighbors	Woman	Episode: "There Goes the Neighbors' Hood"
2014	Dancing with the Stars	Herself/contestant	Season 18
2015	Aurora Teagarden Mystery: A Bone to Pick	Aurora	Movie
2015	Just The Way You Are	Jennie	Movie
2015	Aurora Teagarden Mystery: Real Murders	Aurora	Movie
2015-present	The View	Herself	Co-host
2015	A Christmas Detour	Paige Summerlind	Movie
2016	Fuller House	D.J. Fuller	Lead role (13 episodes)

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Some Kind of Wonderful	Cindy Nelson
1988	Punchline	Carrie
1995	Monster Mash	Mary
2001	'	Chief Karls
2007	'	Cassandra
2015	Faith of Our Fathers	Cynthia

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1988	Young Artist Awards	Outstanding Young Actors/Actresses Ensemble in Television or Motion Picture	Little Spies (shared with cast)
1988		Best Young Actress Guest Starring in a Television Comedy Series	Growing Pains (for episode "The Long Goodbye")
1989		Best Young Actress "? Starring in a Television Comedy Series	Full House
1990		Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series	Full House
1991		Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series	Full House
1992		Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series	Full House
1993		Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series	Full House
1994	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Television Actress	Full House