Chelsea Kane Biography

Chelsea Kane Staub (born September 15, 1988) is an American actress and singer professionally known as Chelsea Kane since December 2010. She is perhaps best known for her role of Stella Malone in the Disney Channel sitcom television series Jonas L.A.. Kane currently voices Bea Goldfishberg in the Disney Channel animated television series Fish Hooks and portrays the role of Riley Perrin in the ABC Family sitcom Baby Daddy.

Early life

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Kane is the only child of John and Becky Staub. She worked at Valley Youth Theatre.

Career

Kane made her first professional acting debut in the 2001 short film entitled Failure of Pamela Salt. She went on to guest star in the television series Cracking Up, Listen Up!, the pilot episode of Summerland and the 2004 direct-to-video film Arizona Summer.

In 2007, Kane starred in her first theatrical film role as Meredith Baxter Dimly, in the film Bratz: The Movie, playing the film's primary antagonist. She performed two of the songs on the film's soundtrack.

In 2008, she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Minutemen, as Stephanie Jameson. She also appeared in one episode of Wizards of Waverly Place (the episode, "The Supernatural") and she starred in the Disney Channel original film Starstruck (2010). She played the role of Stella Malone, the stylist and long time best friend of the band JONAS, in the Disney Channel series Jonas L.A., the series aired from 2009 to 2010. Since 2010, Kane began co-starring in the Disney Channel animated series Fish Hooks voicing the role of Bea Goldfishberg.

In 2010, Kane filmed a web series called "The Homes" written and directed by John Cabrera. The series premiered on January 27, 2011 on Lockerz.com. Kane was one of the celebrity contestants in season 12 on the American ballroom competition Dancing with the Stars. Her professional partner was Mark Ballas, a two-time champion of the series. She made it to the season finale, but finished in third place behind Hines Ward and Kirstie Alley.

In 2012, Kane joined the cast of the final season of The CW's One Tree Hill in a recurring role. She played a character named Tara, who is a love interest for Kane's boyfriend Stephen Colletti's character, Chase. As of 2012, Kane currently co-stars as Riley Perrin in the ABC Family sitcom Baby Daddy.

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Arizona Summer	Carol	Direct-to-video
2004	Listen Up!	Young girl	Episode: "Grandmaster of the Wolfhunt"
2004	Summerland	Sharon	Pilot episode
2004	Cracking Up	Nora Jones	Episodes: "Grudge Match", "Learning Disability"
2007	Bratz: The Movie	Meredith Baxter Dimly	First theatrical role
2008	Wizards of Waverly Place	Kari Landsdorf	Episode: "The Supernatural"
2008	'	Erica	Episode: "Pineblock Derby"
2008	Disney Channel Games	Herself	5 episodes
2008	Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream	Herself	Episode: "Hello Hollywood"
2008	Minutemen	Stephanie Jameson	Disney Channel original movie
2009-10	Jonas/Jonas L.A.	Stella Malone	Main role, Disney Channel original series
2010	Starstruck	Alexis Bender	Disney Channel original movie
2010- present	Fish Hooks	Bea Goldfishberg (voice)	Main role, Disney Channel original series
2011	Dancing with the Stars	Herself / contestant	Season 12, placed in third
2011	So Random!	Herself	Episode: "Chelsea Kane and Hot Chelle Rae"
2012	One Tree Hill	Tara Richards	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2012	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Brooke Casidy	Episode: "Trends with Benefits"
2012- present	Baby Daddy	Riley Perrin	Main role; ABC Family original series
2012	Drop Dead Diva	Paige McBride	Episode: "Jane's Getting Married"
2013	Lovestruck: The Musical	Young Harper/Debbie Hayworth	ABC Family original movie

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2009	"U Can't Touch This"	Daniel Curtis Lee and Adam Hicks	Cameo appearance
2009	"Chelsea"	The Summer Set	Herself
2011	"Hotwire"	Mark Ballas	Herself

Discography

Year	Song	Album
2007	"It's All About Me" (feat. Malese Jow and Anneliese van der Pol)	Bratz: Motion Picture Soundtrack
2007	"Fabulous"	Bratz: Motion Picture Soundtrack
2011	"When Everything Falls Back Down" (with Action Item)	The Stronger The Love

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2009	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Breakout Star Female	Jonas L.A.
2010	Hollywood Teen TV Awards	Teen Pick Actress: Comedy
2012	Teen Choice Awards	Summer TV Star: Female	Baby Daddy
2013	Teen Choice Awards	Summer TV Star: Female	Baby Daddy

Dancing with the Stars performances

Chelsea Kane's partner was Mark Ballas.

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "King of Anything"	7	7	7	No elimination
2	Jive / "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"	6	5	7	Safe
3	Cha-cha-cha/ "Chelsea"	7	8	8	Safe
4	Viennese Waltz/ "Hedwig's Theme"	9	8	9	Safe
5	Samba/ "Party in the U.S.A."	9	8	9	Safe
6	Quickstep / "Walking on Sunshine"	10	9	9	Safe
7	Cha-cha-cha / "Born This Way" Paso Doble / "Ghosts 'n' Stuff"	8*/8 8*/9	7 8	7 9	Safe
8	Waltz /"My Love" Salsa / "Get Busy"	10 8	9 9	10 9	Safe
9	Argentine Tango / "Assassin's Tango" Rumba / "Eyes on Fire" Cha-cha-cha / "Just Dance"	9 10 Awarded	9 10 15	10 10 points	Safe
10	Judge's Pick Samba / "Hip Hip Chin Chin" Freestyle / "Latinos" Viennese Waltz / "Hedwig's Theme"	10 10 10	9 10 10	10 10 10	Third place

• In week 7, Donnie Burns was the guest judge and scored the dances.
• On the finale, Chelsea Kane received third place despite tying for the top of the leaderboard, topping the leaderboard for 6 other dances throughout the season, and having the second highest average in the season.