Shelby Rabara
Shelby Ann Narito Rabara Shum (born October 5, 1983) is an American actress and dancer who has appeared in a number of films, television series and commercials as both an actress and a dancer. Rabara is known for providing the voice of Peridot for the "Steven Universe" franchise on Cartoon Network. Early life. Rabara was born in Orange County, California. She was raised by her mother in a single-parent household, along with her two siblings. She graduated with a degree in world arts and cultures from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2003. Career. Rabara initially  began her career as a dancer and was a member of the Laker Girls, the cheerleading squad of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. In 2005 she won a role at her very first audition, which was for the sitcom "Grounded for Life". She said, in response to autistic fans of Peridot, the character she voices in "Steven Universe" and "Steven Universe Future", that she was "happy that I can voice a character that gives people on the spectrum somebody to identify with." Personal life. Rabara is of Filipino descent. Rabara began a relationship with Costa Rican-born Chinese-American  actor and dancer Harry Shum Jr. in 2007. The two became engaged in October 2013 while on vacation in Hawaii and were married on November 22, 2015 in Costa Rica. The birth of their daughter, Xia, was announced on March 28, 2019.