50 facts about actress, singer, and model Bella Thorne

Thorne talked about her dyslexia in an April 2010 interview with American Cheerleader Magazine, and explained that she overcame her dyslexia by rigorously reading everything she could find, including the labels of cereal boxes. Learn 50 facts about actress, singer, and model Bella Thorne.

1. Her full name is Annabella Avery Thorne but is known Bella Thorne.

2. She is an American actress, singer, and model.

3. She is best known for her roles as Ruthy Spivey in the TV series My Own Worst Enemy, Tancy Henrickson in the fourth season of Big Love, and CeCe Jones on the Disney Channel series Shake It Up.

4. She also appeared as Hilary/"Larry" in Blended and as Celia in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

5. In 2015, she played Madison in The Duff and Amanda in Perfect High.

6. Thorne was born in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

7. She has three elder siblings, Kaili, Danielle, and Remy.

8. All of her siblings are actors as well.

9. Her father was of Cuban descent.

10. Thorne has stated that she also has Italian and Irish ancestry.

11. She had a career as a child model.

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

13. She has since appeared in film and television projects including Entourage and The O.C. as a younger version of Taylor Townsend.

14. In 2007 she joined the recurring cast of Dirty Sexy Money's second season, her first major television role.

15. She played Margaux Darling. The series revolves around lawyer and family man Nick George, when Nick's father mysteriously dies in a plane crash, he agrees to take his position as the Darling family's lawyer, while trying to discover who committed the murder.

16. In 2008, 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's Award for her portrayal of the character Ruthy Spivey; Thorne described her Enemy casting as a major breakthrough as this was the first recurring role in her career.

17. In 2008 she starring the third-last episode of October Road as Angela Ferilli, the pre-adolescence crush of the main characters.

18. Her older brother Remy also guest-starred in the same episode as a younger Eddie Latekka.

19. In 2009 she starred the web series Little Monk, which depicted characters from the series Monk as Wendy, one of the Monks' classmates. The webisodes are available only on the "Best of Monk" DVD.

20. Also in 2009, she played the role of the vengeful antagonist in the horror film Forget Me Not.

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

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

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

24. While she had a substantial portfolio of work in television and film, Thorne had no experience in professional dancing before being cast.

25. After signing onto the show in October 2009, she began taking three dance classes every night.

26. Thorne's first single, "Watch Me" was released on June 21, reaching 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts., 9 on the US Top Heatseekers charts and earning RIAA: Gold.

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

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

29. On 23 April 2013, Thorne announced her debut album with eleven songs. Thorne spoke about the album, saying "What fans can expect is [for it] just to be very different from anyone, because I don't like to be one of those artists where you can be like: 'Oh yeah, I know them from that song.' All my songs are very different from each other. So I don't want to be known as only one genre."

30. In 2014, Thorne co-starred in the comedy Blended, along with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore as Sandler's character's daughter.

31. She also co-starred in the films Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and The Duff, playing high school antagonists.

32. Thorne was cast in an episode of the fifteenth season of the hit CBS crime drama CSI. The episode, "The Book of Shadows," aired October 19, 2014.

33. She has lots of pets including two dogs, cats and turtle.

34. Thorne's interests include dancing, playing soccer, spending time with her family, and playing with her two dogs, a Cocker Spaniel and a wolf hybrid, six cats, and a turtle.

35. She also admits to being a collector of hardcover books.

36. She likes to listen to 1980s music.

37. She uses YouTube as a research tool for getting into character.

38. Thorne was diagnosed with dyslexia in the first grade.

39. She is currently being home-schooled after previously attending a public school, where she had suffered peer abuse.

40. Thorne improved in her learning after attending a Sylvan Learning center and is currently reading and writing a grade ahead.

41. Thorne also talked about her dyslexia in an April 2010 interview with American Cheerleader Magazine, and explained that she overcame her dyslexia by rigorously reading everything she could find, including the labels of cereal boxes.

42. Thorne currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

43. She is ambassador for Neutrogena and regularly promotes its Oil-Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit Facial Cleanser.

44. In August 2015, Thorne attended the 2015 Teen Choice Awards with fellow actor Gregg Sulkin, confirming that the pair were dating.

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

46. Thorne's musical influences consist of hip-hop, bubblegum pop, 1980s pop, dance music, R&B and Indie.

47. Thorne cited Kesha and Destiny's Child as her main musical influences.

48. Thorne has additional cited Usher and Joan Jett as influences.

49. Thorne cites Katy Perry as her musical inspiration.

50. On June 1, 2015 it was announced that Thorne would star alongside Kian Lawley in the AwesomenessTV film Shovel Buddies, playing the role of Kate.

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