Dove Cameron

Dove Olivia Cameron (born Chloe Celeste Hosterman; January 15, 1996) is an American singer and actress. She gained recognition for her dual role of the eponymous characters in the Disney Channel comedy series Liv and Maddie (2013–17), for which she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming. She also starred in the Disney Channel Descendants franchise (2015–2021). Cameron has starred in several feature films including Barely Lethal (2015), Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015), Dumplin' (2018), Good Mourning (2022) and Vengeance (2022). She also starred in the NBC live television musical Hairspray Live! (2016). She has appeared in several television shows, including Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Marvel Rising franchise. She made her debut as a singer with the soundtrack album to Liv and Maddie (2015). In the same year, she released her debut single, "If Only", which was included in the soundtrack album for Descendants which topped the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2022, she released the single "Boyfriend", which received commercial and critical success, reached the top 20 in the Billboard Hot 100, and was certified platinum by the RIAA. Early life Cameron was born Chloe Celeste Hosterman on January 15, 1996, in Bainbridge Island, Washington, to Philip Alan Hosterman and Bonnie Wallace, who later divorced. She has an older sister, Claire Hosterman, who is a vocal coach. During her childhood, Cameron attended Sakai Intermediate School. At age eight, she began acting in community theater at Bainbridge Performing Arts. Six years later, her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where she sang in Burbank High School's National Championship Show Choir.