Raven-Symoné
- Actress
- Producer
- Music Department
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman, also known as Raven, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, executive producer, and director. She began her career as actress, appearing as Olivia Kendall on Cosby Show (1984) and Nicole Lee on Mr. Cooper et nous (1992). She starred as Raven Baxter on the television series Phénomène Raven (2003), for which she was nominated for numerous accolades.
In music, Pearman released her debut studio album at the age of seven, Here's to New Dreams (1993), which saw the moderate commercial success. Her subsequent studio albums, Undeniable (1999), This Is My Time (2004), and Raven-Symoné (2008) saw some commercial success on the Billboard 200 chart. She also contributed vocals to several soundtracks from her Disney projects, including Les Cheetah Girls (2003), Phénomène Raven (2003), and Les Cheetah girls 2 (2006), several of which were certified platinum and gold.
In 2011, she starred in the lead role on the sitcom Georgia dans tous ses États (2011). She also joined the panel of the ABC daytime talk show The View (1997) from 2015 to 2016. Since 2017, Pearman has reprized her role as Raven Baxter on Raven (2017), for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming.
In music, Pearman released her debut studio album at the age of seven, Here's to New Dreams (1993), which saw the moderate commercial success. Her subsequent studio albums, Undeniable (1999), This Is My Time (2004), and Raven-Symoné (2008) saw some commercial success on the Billboard 200 chart. She also contributed vocals to several soundtracks from her Disney projects, including Les Cheetah Girls (2003), Phénomène Raven (2003), and Les Cheetah girls 2 (2006), several of which were certified platinum and gold.
In 2011, she starred in the lead role on the sitcom Georgia dans tous ses États (2011). She also joined the panel of the ABC daytime talk show The View (1997) from 2015 to 2016. Since 2017, Pearman has reprized her role as Raven Baxter on Raven (2017), for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming.
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