Raven-Symoné

Background

Raven-Symoné was born on December 10, 1985, in Atlanta, Georgia. Her parents were Christopher Pearman and Lydia (Gaulden) Pearman. Her younger brother’s name is Blaize. She used to work for Atlanta’s Young Faces Inc. modeling agency from the time she was an infant. She also featured prominently in local advertisements in print. At just two years of age, she worked in New York City with Ford Models, featuring in advertisements for Jell-O, Ritz Crackers, Cool Whip, and Fisher-Price. When she was only three years old, her family shifted to Ossining, New York. She went to Park School there.

She appeared on “The Cosby Show” as Olivia while debuting in the sixth season. She was a part of the show until 1992, appearing thereafter as Halle Berry’s younger version in “Alex Haley’s Queen,” before landing a role in “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper.” She debuted in the first episode of season two, staying till the 1997 finale. She also appeared in movies for the first time in “The Little Rascals,” back in 1994. She was also cast in “Dr. Dolittle” with Eddie Murphy in 1998. She also worked in “Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century” in 1999 as Nebula. Subsequent movies included “Dr. Dolittle 2” and also the “My Wife and Kids” comedy series. Her crowning moment came with the Disney Channel’s “That’s So Raven,” which debuted on January 17, 2003. It had a run of 100 episodes, generating dolls, soundtracks, D.V.Ds, and video games galore. She has given voice-overs for “Kim Possible” and has taken part in all the seasons. She has also appeared as the lead in “The Cheetah Girls” for Disney, which formed another franchise with dolls, audio tracks, video games, and more. She has also appeared in “The Princess Diaries 2,” “The Cheetah Girls 2,” for which she was also an executive producer, and “The College Road Trip.” The year 2011 saw her comeback to television with “State of Georgia” for A.B.C. She also appeared in “Sister Act,” the Broadway musical. After numerous other stints, she joined “The View” in 2015. She has been working on “Raven’s Home” since 2017.
She has numerous hit tracks to her credit as a singer, along with multiple studio albums and stints on television and movies as a singer.

She was in a relationship with actress and model AzMarie Livingston between 2012 and 2015. Thereafter, she got married to Miranda Maday, a media manager, in June 2020. She also temporarily retired from acting in 2013 to pursue an associate in fine arts degree at the Academy of Art University, completing the same in 2016.