Bella Thorne

**Annabella Avery "Bella" Thorne** (born October 8, 1997) is an American actress, dancer, singer, and model. She started as a child model and actress who has appeared in more than 20 movies and television series and more than 60 commercials. She is best known for her role as the young dancer CeCe Jones on the Disney Channel series _Shake It Up!_.

## Early life

Bella Thorne was born on October 8, 1997 in Pembroke Pines, Florida.  She is the youngest of four children. Her older siblings are Kaili (born in 1992), Dani (born in 1993), and Remy (born in 1995), who are also actors and models. When Thorne was growing up, Spanish was her first language, but she has forgotten it from not using it.

## Career

Thorne's first movie appearance was as a sidelines fan in the 2003 movie _Stuck on You_, but she was not credited for it. Since then, she has appeared in movie and television projects including _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, _Entourage_, _The O.C._ (as a younger version of Taylor Townsend), the third-to-last episode of _October Road_, and five episodes of _Dirty Sexy Money_ (as Margaux Darling). In 2007, Thorne appeared as a young girl who saw visions in _The Seer_.

In 2008, Thorne starred alongside Christian Slater and Taylor Lautner in the drama series _My Own Worst Enemy_. She won a Young Artist's Award for her portrayal of the character Ruthy Spivey in this series. She then appeared in the ten-episode web series _Little Monk_, which showed characters from the series _Monk_ as children. In 2009, she played the antagonist in the horror movie _Forget Me Not_.

In 2010, Thorne joined the cast of HBO's _Big Love_ in its fourth season. She replaced Jolean Wejbe in the role of Bill Henrickson's daughter Tancy 'Teeny' Henrickson, even though she had actually auditioned for a different role. She also guest starred on _Wizards of Waverly Place_, as Max's girlfriend Nancy Lukey. Thorne also took on a supporting role in the family drama _Raspberry Magic_.

Thorne was also a child model. Since appearing in her first picture for a parenting magazine at the age of 6 weeks, Thorne has starred in television ad campaigns for Digital Light Processing, Publix, and KFC, and appeared in print ads for brands including Barbie, ALDO K!DS, JLO by Jennifer Lopez, Kaiya Eve Couture, LaSenza Girl, Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, Guess?, Target, Justice and Mudd for Kohls. She also modelled for Sears Back to School. In an interview with Seventeen magazine, Thorne said that her appointment as the spokesperson for Texas Instruments was her big break. She also said that she has lost much more projects than she has booked and said that the support of her family helped her get over disappointments.

Thorne currently co-stars on the Disney Channel sitcom _Shake It Up!_, (originally titled _Dance, Dance Chicago_). Thorne plays Cecelia "CeCe" Jones, a dancer who dreams of a career in the spotlight. While she had done a lot of work in television and movie, Thorne had no experience in professional dancing before being cast in this show. After signing onto the show in October 2009, she began taking three dance classes every night.

## Personal life

Thorne is from Pembroke Pines, Florida, but has been living with her family in California since early 2006. Her interests include dancing, playing soccer, spending time with her family and playing with her two dogs, six cats and a turtle. She also says that she collects hardcover books, listens to 80s music, and uses YouTube as a research tool for getting into character. Thorne is a strong supporter of the Humane Society, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and The Nomad Organization, which provides education, food and medical supplies to children in Africa.

Thorne lost her father to a vehicle accident in 2007.

Thorne was diagnosed with dyslexia in second grade. She is currently being home-schooled. She used to go to a public school, but was abused by other students. Thorne improved in her learning after attending a Sylvan Learning center and is currently reading and writing a grade ahead. Thorne also talked about her dyslexia in an April 2010 interview with American Cheerleader Magazine, and explained that she overcame her dyslexia by reading everything she could find, including the labels of cereal boxes.

Thorne is currently dating YouTuber Sam Pepper. In August 2016, Thorne came out as bisexual.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2003|_Stuck on You_|MC Sideline|||
|rowspan="3"|2007|_Finishing the Game_|Sue||
|_Blind Ambition_|Annabella||||
|_The Seer_|Claire Sue (young)||||
|2009|_Forget Me Not_|Young Angela|||
|rowspan="3"|2010|_My Day. My Life_|Herself|Documentary|
|_One Wish_|The Messenger||||
|_Raspberry Magic_|Sarah Patterson||||
|2012|_Katy Perry: Part of Me_|Herself|Documentary||
|rowspan="2"|2013|_Underdogs_|Laura (young)|Voice role|
|_The Frog Kingdom_|Princess Froglegs|Voice role|||
|rowspan="4"|2014|_Blended_|Hilary "Larry" Friedman||
|_Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?_|Cammy Cahill||||
|_Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day_|Celia Rodriguez||||
|_The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King_|Gerda|Voice role|||
|rowspan="5"|2015|_The DUFF_|Madison Morgan||
|_Big Sky_|Hazel||||
|_Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip_|Ashley Grey||||
|_Little Door Gods_|Rain|Voice role (English dub)|||
|_Yak: The Giant King_|Pinky|Voice role (English dub)|||
|rowspan="3"|2016|_Shovel Buddies_|Kate|Also executive producer|
|_Ratchet & Clank_|Cora|Voice role|||
|_Boo! A Madea Halloween_|Rain Mathison||||
|rowspan="4"|2017|_Keep Watching_|Jamie Miller||
|_You Get Me_|Holly Viola|Also executive producer|||
|_Amityville: The Awakening_|Belle Walker||||
|_The Babysitter_|Allison||||
|rowspan="4"|2018|_Assassination Nation_|Reagan Hall||
|_Midnight Sun_|Katie Price||||
|_Ride_|Jessica|Also executive producer|||
|_I Still See You_|Ronnie Calder||||
|2019|_Her & Him_||As director||
|rowspan="4"|2020|_Infamous_|Arielle Summers|Also executive producer|
|_The Babysitter: Killer Queen_|Allison||||
|_Chick Fight_|Olivia|Also executive producer|||
|_Girl_|Girl||||
|rowspan="3"|2021|_Masquerade_|Rose||
|_Habit_|Mads|Also producer|||
|_Time Is Up_|Vivien||||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Measure of Revenge_|Taz||
|_Game of Love_|Vivien||||
|rowspan="3"|2023|_Divinity_|Ziva||
|_Rumble Through the Dark_|Annette|Post-production|||
|_Saint Clare_|Clare Bleecker|Post-production|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2006|_Entourage_|Kid|Episode: "I Wanna Be Sedated"||
|2007|_The O.C._|Young Taylor Townsend|Episode: "The Case of the Franks"||
|2007–2008|_Dirty Sexy Money_|Margaux Darling|Recurring role (season 2)||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_October Road_|Angela Ferilli|Episode: "Stand Alone by Me"|
|_My Own Worst Enemy_|Ruthy Spivey|Main role|||
|rowspan="3"|2009|_Little Monk_|Wendy|Main role|
|_In the Motherhood_|Annie|Episode: "Practice What You Preach"|||
|_Mental_|Emily|Episode: "Pilot"|||
|rowspan="2"|2010|_Big Love_|Tancy "Teenie" Henrickson|Main role (season 4)|
|_Wizards of Waverly Place_|Nancy Lukey|Episode: "Max's Secret Girlfriend"|||
|2010–2013|_Shake It Up_|CeCe Jones|Co-lead role||
|rowspan="2"|2011|_Good Luck Charlie_|CeCe Jones|Episode: "Charlie Shakes It Up"|
|_Disney's Friends for Change Games_|Herself / Contestant|5 episodes|||
|2012|_Frenemies_|Avalon Greene|Television film||
|rowspan="3"|2014|_Phineas and Ferb_|Brigitte|Voice role; episode: "Night of the Living Pharmacists"|
|_CSI: Crime Scene Investigation_|Hannah Hunt|Episode: "The Book of Shadows"|||
|_Red Band Society_|Delaney Shaw|Episodes: "How Did We Get Here?", "What I Did For Love"|||
|rowspan="3"|2015|_K.C. Undercover_|Jolie|Episode: "Spy-Anoia Will Destroy Ya"|
|_Perfect High_|Amanda|Television film|||
|_Scream_|Nina Patterson|Episodes: “Pilot”, "The Dance"|||
|2017–2018|_Famous in Love_|Paige Townsen|Main role||
|2018|_Conrad & Michelle: If Words Could Kill_|Michelle Carter|TV film||
|rowspan="2"|2019|_Speechless_|Cassidy|Episode "P-r-o-m-p-Promposal"|
|_Tales_|Janelle|Episode "XO Tour Lif3"|||
|rowspan="2"|2020|_Robot Chicken_|Jean Grey, Nermal|Voice role; episode: "Max Caenen in..."|
|_The Masked Singer_|The Swan|Contestant (season 3)|||
|2021–present|**'Paradise City**'|Lily Mayflower|Main role||
|2022|_American Horror Stories_|Marci|Episode: "Drive"||

## Video games

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2006|_The Ant Bully_|Ant Kid|||
|2016|_Marvel Avengers Academy_|Greer Grant / Tigra|||
|2016|_Ratchet & Clank_|Cora Veralux|||

## Music videos

|scope="col" style="width:22em;"|Title|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Artist(s)|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Director|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2017|Logan Paul|Herself||||||||
|2017|Tana Mongeau|Angel||||||||
|2017|Liam Payne|Love interest||||||||
|2017|Mod Sun|Mrs. Claus||||||||
|2018|Lil Phag|Herself||||||||
|2018|Bella Thorne|Herself||||||||
|2018|Bella Thorne|Herself||||||||
|2018|Bella Thorne|Herself||||||||
|2018|Com3t|||||||||
|2019|Steve Aoki|Herself||||||||
|2020|Ava Caceres|Herself||||||||
|2020|Cheat Codes|||||||||
|2022|Oliver Tree|||||||||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Work|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2008|rowspan=5|Young Artist Awards|rowspan=2|Best Performance in a TV Series (Guest Starring Young Actress)|_The O.C._||
|rowspan=2|2009|_October Road (TV series)_|||||
|Best Performance in a TV Series (Supporting Young Actress)|_My Own Worst Enemy (TV series)_||||||
|2010|Best Performance in a TV Series (Guest Starring Young Actress)|_Mental_|||||
|rowspan=3|2011|Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actress|rowspan=3|_Shake It Up (TV series)_|||
|J-14's Teen Icon Awards|Icon of Tomorrow||||||
|Imagen Awards|Best Young Actress – Television||||||

### young people

|Year|Nominated Work|Award|Result|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2012|"Bella Thorne"|Artista do ano||
|2012|"Bella Thorne"|Artista feminina||
|2012|"ttylxox"|Melhor Musica||
|2012|"ttylxox"|Musica do ano||
|2012|"ttylxox"|pior Musica||

### MgM awards

|Year|Nominated Work|Award|Result|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2012|"Bella thorne"|Best Push||

### Mundo Jovem

|Year|Nominated Work|Award|Result|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2012|"Something to Dance For/ttylxox,"|Melhor Musica||

## Other websites

- Thorne Kids  at Life.com

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **embed**: yes
- **background**: solo_singer
- **instrument**: Vocals
- **label**: Hollywood Records, Hollywood


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Bella Thorne
- **image**: Bella Thorne March 18, 2014 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Thorne in March 2014
- **birth name**: Annabella Avery Thorne
- **birth place**: Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
- **years active**: 2003–present