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China Anne McClain
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China Anne McClain
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1998-08-25,Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
China Anne McClain (born August 25, 1998) is an American actress and singer. McClain's career began when she was seven years old, portraying Alexis in the film The Gospel (2005), and then China James in Daddy's Little Girls (2007). She then received recognition for starring as Jazmine Payne in the television series Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007–2012; 2020–present) and as Charlotte McKenzie in the film Grown Ups (2010); and became internationally known for starring as Chyna Parks in the Disney Channel television series A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014), and as Uma in the Disney Channel films Descendants 2 (2017) and Descendants 3 (2019). In 2018, McClain began starring in The CW superhero series Black Lightning (2018–2021) as Jennifer Pierce / Lightning. She also reprised her character Jazmine Payne on OWN's revival of The Paynes (2018). McClain began her musical career in 2005 as a member of the sister girl group the 3mcclaingirls with her sisters Sierra and Lauryn. Her first professional single was "Your Biggest Fan" with Nick Jonas on the soundtrack album Jonas L.A. (2010). In 2011, McClain signed with Hollywood Records both as a solo artist and with her sister girl group, known as the McClain Sisters. Her debut single as a solo artist was "Dynamite" which peaked at no. 2 on the US Kid Digital Songs, and her second single, "Calling All the Monsters", peaked at no. 1 on the same chart and earned 25,000 downloads within its first week of release. The A.N.T. Farm soundtrack album spent five weeks on the Billboard Kids chart in 2011 and sold 14,000 copies in its first week of release. Billboard also named her the sixth best-selling artist for digital kids' songs in 2012. In 2017, her single "What's My Name" from Descendants 2 peaked on several Billboard charts, and was certified gold, with 500,000 units sold, on November 10, 2017. In June 2020 her sister girl group changed their name to Thriii.

Filmography

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

5.5

A Dennis the Menace Christmas
2007-11-13

Wicked Woods: A Descendants Halloween Story

5.2

Wicked Woods: A Descendants Halloween Story
2019-10-04

Daddy's Little Girls

6.913

Daddy's Little Girls
2007-02-14

6.141

Grown Ups 2
2013-07-11

How to Build a Better Boy

6.36

How to Build a Better Boy
2014-11-18

Descendants: The Rise of Red

6.752

Descendants: The Rise of Red
2024-07-11

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

6.8

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
2016-09-08

7.347

Descendants 2
2017-07-21

Brewster’s Millions: Christmas

8.2

Brewster’s Millions: Christmas
2024-12-05

Ten: Murder Island

5

Ten: Murder Island
2017-09-16

6.401

Grown Ups
2010-06-24

Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration

7.6

Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration
2016-11-25

7.672

Descendants 3
2019-08-02

Under the Sea: A Descendants Story

7.152

Under the Sea: A Descendants Story
2018-09-28

5.7

Blood Brother
2018-11-30

Hubie Halloween

5.904

Hubie Halloween
2020-10-07

Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade

6

Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
2011-12-25

Hurricane Season

6.6

Hurricane Season
2010-02-09

Descendants: The Royal Wedding

6.666

Descendants: The Royal Wedding
2021-08-13

Tyler Perry's House of Payne

7.516

Tyler Perry's House of Payne
2007-06-06

7.124

Hannah Montana
2006-03-24

7.6

NCIS
2003-09-23

7.2

A.N.T. Farm
2011-05-06

Disney's Friends for Change Games

9.5

Disney's Friends for Change Games
2011-06-24

Descendants: Wicked World

8

Descendants: Wicked World
2015-09-18

Radio Disney Music Awards

9.6

Radio Disney Music Awards
2013-04-27

7.5

PrankStars
2011-07-15

Black Lightning

6.9

Black Lightning
2018-01-16

5.848

Doc McStuffins
2012-03-23

6.2

Project Runway
2004-12-01

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

8.178

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010-10-29

7.5

JONAS L.A.
2009-05-02

7

So Random!
2011-06-05

Wizards of Waverly Place

8.63

Wizards of Waverly Place
2007-10-12

8.2

Bones
2005-09-13