Dove Cameron Biography

Dove Cameron (born Chloe Celeste Hosterman; January 15, 1996) is an American actress and singer. Best known for playing a dual role as both title characters in the Disney Channel teen sitcom Liv and Maddie, she also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movies Cloud 9 as Kayla Morgan, and Descendants as Mal, daughter of Maleficent. She is set to reprise her role as Mal in Descendants 2.

Early life

Cameron was born in Seattle, Washington as Chloe Celeste Hosterman. She is the daughter of Philip Alan Hosterman and Bonnie Wallace, who later got divorced, and has an older sister, Claire Hosterman. She grew up in Bainbridge Island, Washington. When she was a child, she attended Sakai Intermediate School. At the age of 8, she began acting in community theater at Bainbridge Performing Arts. When she was 14, her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where she sang in Burbank High School's National Championship Show Choir. Cameron is of Scottish and French descent, and is a fluent speaker of French, having spent many years of her life growing up in France. She has stated she was bullied through her entire school experience, starting in fifth grade, through the end of high school. Regardless of the pressure at school and fitting in, she stayed focused on her dreams of becoming successful in entertainment: "I became very passionate about [becoming an actress and singer]. I fully immersed myself". Her father died in 2011 when she was 15 years old.

Career

In 2012, Cameron was cast in a new Disney Channel Original Series entitled Bits and Pieces as Alanna. Shortly after filming the pilot, Bits and Pieces was retooled into Liv and Maddie and saw Cameron starring in the dual lead role of Liv and Maddie Rooney. The preview of the series debuted on , and the show premiered on September 15, 2013. The pilot episode gained 5.8 million viewers, which was the most-watched in total viewers in 2.5 years since the series Shake It Up! Disney Channel renewed Liv and Maddie for a 13-episode second season slated to premiere in Fall 2014, which was later expanded to 24 episodes.

On August 27, 2013, Cameron released a cover of "On Top of the World" by Imagine Dragons as a promotional single. Her cover peaked on the Billboard Kid Digital Songs chart at seventeen and spent three weeks on the chart. On October 15, 2013, "Better In Stereo" was released as a single under Walt Disney Records. "Better In Stereo" made its debut on the Billboard Kid Digital Songs chart at No. 21 before peaking at No. 1, becoming Cameron's first No. 1 hit. In February 2014, Cameron confirmed reports that recording had begun for her debut studio album. Her next single, "Count Me In", was released on June 3, 2014. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Kids Digital Songs chart. Cameron played Liz Larson in her first non-Disney film, Barely Lethal, which was theatrically released by A24 Films in 2015.

Cameron starred in the television film Descendants which premiered on July 31, 2015. The film was viewed by 6.6 million people and spawned Cameron's two first Billboard Hot 100 songs, "Rotten to the Core" at No. 38 and a solo song, "If Only", at No. 94. Other songs from the film featuring Cameron such as "Set It Off" and "Evil Like Me" charted at No. 6 and 12 respectively on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The soundtrack for the movie peaked atop the Billboard 200 chart becoming the first soundtrack from a Disney Channel Original Movie since High School Musical 2 to do so. As part of the Descendants franchise, Cameron released a cover of Christina Aguilera's hit song, "Genie in a Bottle". The music video premiered on Disney Channel on March 18, 2016. The single received 22 million views in less than a month.

Cameron was shooting the fourth season of Liv and Maddie in early 2016. She is set to reprise her role as Mal in Descendants 2, the sequel to Descendants, in 2017.

She played the role of Amber Von Tussle in the NBC live television presentation of Hairspray Live!, which aired on December 7, 2016. Reception was generally positive, and Cameron's performance was praised. E! commented "America, we need to quit sleeping on Dove Cameron"?because the Disney star absolutely CRUSHED her live TV musical debut. The Liv and Maddie star played the villainous Amber Von Tussle, a.k.a. Tracy Turnblad's snobby, racist dance (and romantic) rival, in NBC's Hairspray Live".

The Girl and the Dreamcatcher

Template:Main article In 2015, Cameron and Ryan McCartan formed a band called The Girl and the Dreamcatcher. On October 2, 2015, they released their first single, "Written in the Stars". The band released their second single, "Glowing in the Dark", on January 29, 2016.

The Girl and the Dreamcatcher released their third single, "Someone You Like", on April 8, 2016. They released their fourth single, "Make You Stay", on June 17, 2016. The video premiered on Disney Channel in July 2016.

On July 29, 2016, the band released their first EP, Negatives, featuring their singles "Make You Stay" and "Glowing in the Dark" and four new songs.

Personal life

Cameron began dating actor and singer Ryan McCartan in 2013. They announced their engagement on April 14, 2016, but called it off in October 2016.

Filmography

Film and television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Shameless	Holly Herkimer	2 episodes
2012	The Mentalist	Charlotte Anne Jane	Episode: "Devil's Cherry"
2013	Malibu Country	Sienna	Episode: "Push Comes to Shove"
2013-2017	Liv and Maddie	Liv Rooney/Maddie Rooney	Lead role
2014	Cloud 9	Kayla Morgan	Television film
2015	Austin & Ally	Bobbie	Episode: "Duos & Deception"
2015	Barely Lethal	Liz Larson	Film
2015	Descendants	Mal	Television film
2015	R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls	Beth	Television film
2015-present	Descendants: Wicked World	Mal	Voice role
2016	Hairspray Live!	Amber Von Tussle	NBC special
2016	Ultimate Spider-Man vs. the Sinister 6	Gwen Stacy/Police officer/Spider-Gwen	Episode: "Return to the Spider-verse Part Four"
2017	Descendants 2	Mal	Post-production

Discography

Soundtrack albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US	US OST	AUS	BEL	FRA	GER	ITA	NL	SPA
Liv and Maddie	Released: March 17, 2015 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Walt Disney	180	11	"?	"?	"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
Descendants	Released: July 31, 2015 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Walt Disney	1	1	57	178	102	50	19	50	36
""?" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US	FRA
"If Only"	2015	94	186	Descendants
"What a Girl Is"		"?	"?	Liv and Maddie
"Better Together" (with Sofia Carson)	2017	"?	"?
""?" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Promotional singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US
"Better in Stereo"	2013	"?	Disney Channel Play It Loud
"On Top of the World"		"?
"Cloud 9" (with Luke Benward)	2014	"?
"Count Me In"		"?	Liv and Maddie
"You, Me and the Beat"		"?
"Genie in a Bottle"	2016	"?
""?" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak positions		Album
		US	CAN
"Rotten to the Core" (among Descendants cast)	2015	38	66	Descendants
"Set It Off" (among Descendants cast)		"?	"?
"Evil Like Me" (with Kristin Chenoweth)		"?	"?
""?" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Other appearances

Title	Year	Album
"Future Sounds Like Us"	2013	Shake It Up: I <3 Dance
"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow"		Disney Holidays Unwrapped

Music videos

List of music videos, showing director(s)

Title	Year	Director
"Better In Stereo"	2013	Brando Dickerson
"What a Girl Is"	2015	Layne Pavoggi
"If Only"	2016	Kenny Ortega
"Genie in a Bottle"		Jay Martin

Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2014	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Female Breakout Star	Liv and Maddie
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress: Comedy	Liv and Maddie
2016	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Female TV Star - Kid's Show	Liv and Maddie
2016	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress: Comedy	Liv and Maddie
2017	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Female TV Star	Liv and Maddie