Dove Cameron

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**Dove Cameron** (born **Chloe Celeste Hosterman**; January 15, 1996) is an American actress and singer. She is 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*. Descendants 3

## 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 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 eight, 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 July 19, 2013, 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 twenty-one before peaking at number one, becoming Cameron's first number one 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. In August 2016 she was cast in the upcoming NBC television film *Hairspray Live* playing the role of Amber Von Tussle.

### The Girl and the Dreamcatcher

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 has been dating actor and singer Ryan McCartan since 2013. They announced their engagement on April 14, 2016.

### Promotional singles

 "Cloud 9"(with Luke Benward) | 2014
 "Count Me In"
 "Genie in a Bottle"
 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

### Other charted songs

 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

### Music videos

List of music videos, showing director(s)
 "What a Girl Is"
 "If Only"
 "Genie in a Bottle"

## Accolades

 2015
 2016
 2016