Dove Cameron (born Chloe Celeste Hosterman) is an American actress and singer, known for playing a dual role as the eponymous characters in the Disney Channel teen sitcom Liv and Maddie (2013-2017) and playing Mal, daughter of Maleficent in Descendants (2015) and the sequel Descendants 2 (2017). Subsequently, she had a recurring role as Ruby in the ABC television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2018). She is set to voice Spider-Woman in Marvel's upcoming animated superhero feature film Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors (2018).

Cameron was born in Seattle, Washington as Chloe Celeste Hosterman. She is the daughter of Philip Alan Hosterman and Bonnie Wallace, who later got divorced, and has an older sister, Claire Hosterman. She grew up in Bainbridge Island, Washington. When she was a child, she attended Sakai Intermediate School. At the age of 8, she began acting in community theater at Bainbridge Performing Arts.

When she was 14, her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where she sang in Burbank High School's National Championship Show Choir. Cameron is of French descent, and is a fluent speaker of French, having spent many years of her life growing up in France. She has stated she was bullied through her entire school experience, starting in fifth grade, through the end of high school. Regardless of the pressure at school and fitting in, she stayed focused on her dreams of becoming successful in entertainment: "I became very passionate about [becoming an actress and singer]. I fully immersed myself". Her father died in 2011 when she was 15 years old.

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Trivia

Her favorite movies are Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and The Elephant Man (1980).
Although her given name was Chloe, her father called her Dove or Dovey from the time she was very little. After his death, she legally changed her name to Dove in his honor.
Her father died in 2011 when she was 15 years old.
Began to act at the age of 8.
In 2012, she was cast as Alanna in Bits and Pieces (2012). After filming the pilot, the series was remade into Liv and Maddie (2013), where she plays both lead roles.
Her family moved to LA when she was 14.
Has an older sister named Claire Hosterman.
She has Slovak, French, Russian and Hungarian ancestry. She also speaks French, and has often visited France, the birthplace of one of her paternal great-grandmothers.
Daughter of Bonnie J. Wallace.
Was in a relationship with the actor Ryan McCartan starting August 6, 2013. They were engaged on April 14, 2016. They broke off their engagement in October, 2016.
In 2018, Dove won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Preschool Children's or Educational and Informational Program for playing Liv Rooney and Maddie Rooney on Liv and Maddie (2013).

Personal Quotes 

A pioneer into illusion, an adventurer into the unknown. To give beyond reason, to care beyond hope, to love without limit; to reach, stretch and dream in spite of your fears. These are the hallmarks of divinity-traits of the immortal-your badges of honor. Your light has illuminated darkened paths, your gaze has lifted broken spirits, and already your life has changed the course of history.