China Ann McClain is an American actress, producer, musician, and singer. Together with his older sisters, Sierra and Lorin performs in the McClain Sisters band. She began her film career in 2005, playing a role in the film "The Gospel".
In the creative biography of the singer and actress China Ann, there are already more than fifty roles in television and film projects, despite the fact that the girl is only twenty years old. Together with her sisters, having organized the McClain Sisters group, she released several singles, albums and video clips.
McClain is the winner of the NAMIC Vision Awards for best comedy work on the Tyler Perry's House of Payne project. She was among the nominees for the Teen Icon Awards for her leading role in the Academy of New Talents project (second name is "Upper Class").
Facts from the biography
The girl was born in the summer of 1998 in the USA in a creative family. Her father is a singer, music producer, writer and sound engineer. Mom is a singer and songwriter. China Ann has two older sisters: Sierra and Loreen, as well as younger brother Gabriel. The family has its own production company GabesWorld Music, named after the youngest son of Gabriel.
From an early age, all children were constantly in a creative atmosphere, studied music and vocals. In the early 2000s, the sisters decided to create their own musical group and begin a serious career, of course, not without the help of their parents.
The group was named McClain Sisters, the producer of which was the father of the girls, and their mother wrote the first songs for them. Later, the younger brother also joined the musical collective. Although he is still very small, he is already learning to perform on stage, he sings and dances beautifully.
One day, family friend Jan Burke, who was attending the McClain family dinner, heard China Ann singing one of her favorite songs. He really liked her voice, and then Ian called director Rob Hardley, who at that time was looking for a young actress who can sing and play for a role in the new musical film "The Gospel".
Film career
A few days later, China Ann came to audition for Hardley, and a month later she was approved for the role of Alexis. Her two sisters also took part in several episodes of the picture, performing songs along with a children's choir.
Already on the set of the first picture, Anne saw another director, Tyler Perry. And he invited the girl to the new television project "Tyler Perry's House of Payne". For the role played in the series, McClain received her first NAMIC Vision Awards.
The excellent performance of the first roles made it possible for the young and talented actress to continue her creative career in the cinema. She constantly participates in auditions and auditions, has already starred in a large number of films and series.
Fame and popularity not only in America, but also beyond its borders, came to China Ann after playing the role in the teenage music project "Academy of New Talents" (second name - "Upper Class"). In the series, the girl played the main character China Parks.
The film tells the story of a young and musically gifted girl China Parks. She is only eleven years old, but she is already attending classes for high school students in a special program for talented children. She needs to make friends with her who are several years older than her and are not very serious about young talent.
The television series was shot by Disney and has been on the screens since 2011. In total, three project seasons were released.
The soundtrack for the film was recorded by the McClain Sisters family group, and the actress herself sang six of her songs in the series.
The creative career of the young actress has already replenished with roles in such famous projects as “Hurricane Season”, “Bones”, “Marine Police”, “Night Shift”, “Jonas Brothers”, “Heirs”, “Black Lightning”.
