55 Facts About Bella Thorne

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Annabella Avery Thorne was born on October 8,1997 and is an American actress, singer, and writer.

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Bella Thorne has since appeared in numerous feature films, including Blended, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, The Babysitter film series.

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Bella Thorne received praise for her roles in The DUFF, Amityville: The Awakening, and Infamous.

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Bella Thorne led the drama series Famous in Love, for which she received nominations from the Teen Choice Awards.

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Outside of acting, Bella Thorne has ventured into music; she released her debut single, "Watch Me" in 2011, which charted at 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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Bella Thorne has since released the EP Made in Japan in 2012 and the EP Jersey in 2014.

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Annabella Avery Thorne was born in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on October 8,1997, the daughter of Tamara Thorne and Delancey Reinaldo "Rey" Thorne.

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Bella Thorne's father was of Cuban descent, and she has Italian, along with English, German, Irish, and Welsh ancestry.

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Bella Thorne's father died in a traffic accident in April 2007.

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Bella Thorne has said that she was raised by a mother who was supporting four children, that they were very poor, and that she originally began working as a child actress to help support the family.

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In September 2017, Bella Thorne revealed that she had lived in a suburban area, spoke Spanish as her first language, and that she was bullied while growing up because she was dyslexic.

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Bella Thorne was diagnosed with dyslexia while in first grade.

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Bella Thorne was home-schooled after previously attending a public school, where she had been bullied.

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Bella Thorne improved in her learning after attending a Sylvan Learning center and began reading and writing a grade ahead.

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Bella Thorne did not name her alleged abuser, but said that he was "someone I was raised with".

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Bella Thorne's first film appearance was an uncredited role as a sidelines fan in the 2003 film Stuck on You.

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Bella Thorne has since appeared in film and television projects including Entourage and The OC.

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In 2008, Bella Thorne starred alongside Christian Slater and Taylor Lautner in the short-lived drama series My Own Worst Enemy, for which she won a Young Artist Award for her portrayal of the character Ruthy Spivey; Bella Thorne described her Enemy casting as a major breakthrough as this was the first recurring role in her career.

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Bella Thorne took on a supporting role in the family drama Raspberry Magic, which premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival in 2010.

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In 2010, Bella Thorne replaced Jolean Wejbe as Tancy "Teenie" Henrickson, Bill and Barb Henrickson's younger daughter, in Season 4 of HBO's Big Love.

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Bella Thorne co-starred on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up, originally titled Dance, Dance Chicago.

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Bella Thorne played CeCe Jones, a dancer with ambitions for a career in the spotlight despite having dyslexia.

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In 2012, Bella Thorne was cast as Avalon Greene in the Disney Channel Original Movie Frenemies.

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On March 30,2013, it was confirmed by Hollywood Records via Twitter that Bella Thorne had officially signed to the record label.

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In 2013, it was reported that Bella Thorne had signed a new deal to write a series of books, beginning with her first novel, Autumn Falls.

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In 2014, Bella Thorne co-starred in the comedy Blended, as Adam Sandler's character's daughter.

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Bella Thorne co-starred in the films Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and The DUFF, playing high school antagonists.

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Bella Thorne appeared in the sequel to Mostly Ghostly, titled Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend as Cammy Cahill.

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Bella Thorne has signed on as one of the leads in Manis Film's thriller Big Sky; Bella Thorne plays Hazel.

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In 2014, Bella Thorne was cast in the MTV series Scream, which is a television adaptation based on the original slasher film series Scream.

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Bella Thorne was offered the lead role of the series but felt that the role of the "mean, terrible Nina" would be more iconic.

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In 2015, Bella Thorne was cast in the animated US dub of the film The Frog Kingdom, portraying the role of Frog Princess.

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Bella Thorne played Jamie, a disillusioned teenager intensely guarding a personal secret, in the film Keep Watching.

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In 2017, Bella Thorne went back to television with a drama series Famous in Love, airing on Freeform, in which she played Paige Townsen, an ordinary college student who gets her big break after auditioning for the starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster.

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In March 2017, Bella Thorne joined the cast of the black comedy film, Assassination Nation, which was released in theaters on September 21,2018.

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Bella Thorne reprised her role in the sequel The Babysitter: Killer Queen.

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Bella Thorne starred in the romantic drama Midnight Sun, based on the 2006 Japanese film of the same name and released on March 23,2018.

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Bella Thorne contributed five songs to the soundtrack, including the lead single "Burn So Bright" and fan favorite "Walk With Me".

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In 2020, Bella Thorne competed as "Swan" in the third season of The Masked Singer.

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Bella Thorne starred alongside Jake Manley in the heist-thriller Infamous which was released on June 12,2020.

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Bella Thorne earned $2 million in less than a week.

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Bella Thorne claimed she created an account as research for a role in an upcoming film with Sean Baker, which Baker denied.

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Bella Thorne claimed that money made through the page would be used to fund her production company and distributed to worthy charitable causes.

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In November 2020, Bella Thorne starred in the thriller Girl, directed by Chad Faust.

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In 2021, Bella Thorne played Lily in season 1 of Amazon Prime Video's Paradise City.

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Bella Thorne starred in other projects, such as Masquerade and Time Is Up.

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Bella Thorne has appeared in over 30 commercials, including Neutrogena and Texas Instruments.

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Bella Thorne has been on the magazine covers of US's Shape, Seventeen, Teen Vogue, Latina and Gay Times, UK's Company; Indonesia's Marie Claire and CosmoGirl; Canada's Elle and Mexico's Glamour and GQ.

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Bella Thorne is a supporter of the Humane Society, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and The Nomad Organization, which provides education, food and medical supplies to children in Africa.

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Bella Thorne joined PETA in encouraging people to boycott and protest SeaWorld, acknowledging that as a child she appeared in a commercial for the theme park.

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Bella Thorne dated Tristan Klier, then a student, from November 2011 until 2014.

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Bella Thorne dated English actor Gregg Sulkin from 2015 to August 2016.

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Bella Thorne had a polyamorous relationship with musician Mod Sun and media personality Tana Mongeau, dating the latter from September 2017 to February 2019 and Mod Sun until April 2019.

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In June 2019, Bella Thorne had nude photos stolen by hackers who subsequently threatened her with extortion; she instead released the photographs herself.

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Bella Thorne was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2019.