Bella Thorne is an American star in TV shows and youth films. She became famous thanks to the main role in the sitcom "Dance Fever", which appeared on Disney Channel. In addition to the movie, she is quite successfully building a modeling and singing career.
Biography: childhood and family
Bella Thorne has Italian and Cuban roots, she is the youngest of four children. Two sisters and a brother also linked their lives to the acting profession. At birth, she received the name Anabella Avery, which was only slightly reduced for a sonorous pseudonym. The future celebrity was born on October 8, 1997 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Bella's mother was a professional photographer, and thanks to her efforts, her daughter first appeared on the cover of a popular magazine as a child.
In 2007, trouble came to the family, they lost their beloved father and husband. Reynaldo Thorne crashed to death on a motorcycle. Bella was very upset by this tragedy. Until now, she still has a fear of cars and a persistent unwillingness to learn to drive.
The future star had a hard time at school, she suffered from dyslexia. This disorder is expressed in difficulty in mastering reading or writing. Having experienced the mockery of classmates, in adulthood, she actively struggles with this problem, acts as the ambassador of the organization to combat bullying (bullying).
Bella really liked to draw, she even thought of becoming an artist, but won the show business.
Career and creativity
In the movie, the young actress made her debut at the age of six. She got a tiny role in the comedy "Stuck in You." A little later there were episodes in the TV series “Handsome”, “Lonely Hearts”, “Dirty Wet Money”, “Road to Autumn”. In 2008, Bella played a major role in the TV series My Personal Enemy. Her partners on the set were Christian Slater and Taylor Lautner. For this work, she received the Young Actor Foundation Award.
In parallel, Bella Thorne's modeling career also developed. She collaborated with brands and brands:
- LaSenza Girl;
- JLo by Jennifer Lopez;
- Tommy Hilfiger;
- Guess;
- ALDO K! DS;
- Ralph Lauren;
- Barbie
- Kaiya Eve Couture;
- Target and justice;
- Digital Light Processing.
To further develop her acting career in 2010, Bella moved to Hollywood. And very soon she got the main role in the series "Dance Fever." His story tells about two girlfriends who participate in a dance show for teens. The series shows their teenage problems, relationships with friends and family, the first steps towards a dream career.
Bella Thorne was very responsibly preparing for her first big role. To dance well in the frame, she spent several hours with the choreographer, honing her movements and perfecting her. For the sake of the young actress, the script was changed, her heroine was also credited with dyslexic disorders. A whole series has been dedicated to this problem, since it is especially relevant for a teenage audience.
The second major role in Dance Fever was played by Zendaya Coleman. The girls made friends easily, and in 2012 they recorded the soundtrack "Made in Japan" for the series. Bella continued her career as a singer in 2014, releasing a rather successful album “Jersey” and the single “Call it Whatever”.
In January 2012, the Disney Channel premiered the film Sworn Friends, based on the book by Alexa Young. Bella Thorne and Zendaya again played two faithful girlfriends.
This was followed by a series of comedic roles in the films “Mixed” (2014), “Alexander and a terrible, nightmarish, bad, very bad day” (2014), “Simpleton” (2015).
Bella always liked experiments. In 2015, she enthusiastically took up her role in the series "Scream", based on a series of horror films. And although she was offered one of the main roles, the girl wanted to play a secondary character, more interesting from her point of view. The gloomy theme clearly pleased the actress. She continued to act in horror films, in just a couple of years four films were released:
- Halloween Madei (2016);
- Hacking (2017);
- The Amityville Horror: Awakening (2017);
- The Nanny (2017).
Another success of Bella Thorne was the series "Popular and in love", based on the novel of the same name by Rebecca Searle. The heroine of the story, Page Townesen, is an inconspicuous student yesterday, who was taken on the main role in the Hollywood blockbuster. Very soon the whole world will know about her, and in the girl’s life comes a difficult period of test of fame. Despite a good start, the series “Popular and in love” was closed after showing two seasons.
In 2018, the romantic drama “The Midnight Sun” with Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger in the lead roles was released on large screens. The film tells about a girl who does not tolerate sunlight. She goes out only at night. Having met a guy named Charlie, the heroine of Bella realizes that true love is capable of illuminating and coloring her life.
In another drama of 2018, “The Death and Life of John F. Donavan, ” the actress had a chance to work with Natalie Portman, Keith Harrington and the talented Canadian director Xavier Dolan. Unfortunately, the character of Bella Thorne was cut from the final version of the film.
One of the new works of the mystical genre is the role of high school student Veronica in the thriller “Remnant: I Still See You”.
The actress also takes part in animation projects. Her voice is spoken by the characters of the animated films “The Frog Princess”, “Super Team”, “The Snow Queen 2”, “Alvin and the Chipmunks 4”, “Ratchet and Clank: Galactic Rangers”.
