- Born
- Birth nameRaven-Symoné Christina Pearman
- Nicknames
- Rae
- Rave
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman was born on December 10, 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Ossining, New York to Lydia Louise Pearman (née Gaulden) & Christopher Blaize Pearman. While they lived there, Raven signed with the Ford Modeling Agency, who sent her out on an audition for a movie called Ghost Dad (1990), which also starred the legendary Bill Cosby. She was deemed too young for the role since was only 3 years old, but Cosby could see she had talent. They asked Raven to come back to read lines, and she did so well that she got a starring role as Olivia on the last three seasons of The Cosby Show (1984). After the show finished its run, she decided to try something new: singing. In 1993, she became the youngest person ever to sign with MCA Records. She also went back to acting with a starring role in Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992) alongside Mark Curry, and a small role in the TV mini-series Queen (1993). After another small role in the feature film The Little Rascals (1994) and the role of Goldilocks in the TV series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995), "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" ended.
Raven's singing career was doing well and she landed a role in Doctor Dolittle (1998) alongside Eddie Murphy and a made-for-TV movie, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999). She also starred in Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), but she was not available to do Zenon: The Zequel (2001). However, the Walt Disney Company, which made the Zenon movies, wanted her back to do a pilot for a new Disney TV show called "Absolutely Psychic," in which she would be a supporting character. She impressed them so much that they they made the show about her and changed the name to That's So Raven (2003). After the show was a hit, she did the made-for-TV movie The Cheetah Girls (2003) and recorded a new album. A movie based on "That's So Raven" may be in the works.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Matt
- SpouseMiranda Pearman-Maday(June 18, 2020 - present)
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsLydia Pearman (Gaulden)Christopher Pearman
- Her cute smile
- Her deep laugh
- Once shared an apartment in Los Angeles with her friend Lindsay Lohan.
- Performed on Broadway at age five.
- Has been singing since age 4.
- The first song by Missy Elliott to be played on the radio was sung by Raven.
- Born on her mother's birthday, December 10th.
- I find it funny that people now come up to me and say, 'Wow, you are absolutely gorgeous. I'm like, 'I was beautiful before I lost weight. Egotistically speaking, I thought I was amazing.'
- Everybody takes breaks, and I decided to take mine. I wanted a chance to wake up at two in the afternoon and not be a subject of entertainment. I wanted to be a human being. At certain times and certain years, I felt like the Energizer bunny. That gets old very quickly.
- It's difficult to not be able to just be yourself without criticism in any position, whether you're in high school, college, or this industry.
- It's important for young people to know that they are made the way they are made and they're beautiful and that's how they're supposed to be.
- I'm not perfect. This is how I was raised. If I wasn't in the industry, I'd be the same person.
- That's So Raven (2003) - $20,000 per-episode (2002-2003); $35,000 per episode (2003- )
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