Dove Cameron

Dove Olivia Cameron (born Chloe Celeste Hosterman on January 15, 1996) is an American singer and actress. She gained widespread recognition for playing the dual lead roles in the Disney Channel comedy series Liv and Maddie (2013–2017) and starring as Mal in the network's Descendants film franchise (2015–2021). For her performance in Liv and Maddie, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming.

Cameron was born on Bainbridge Island, Washington, to Philip Alan Hosterman and Bonnie Wallace. Raised with French, Russian, Slovak, and Hungarian heritage, she began acting at age eight in community theater with Bainbridge Performing Arts. She attended Sakai Intermediate School before moving with her family to Los Angeles, California, at age 14, where she sang in Burbank High School's National Championship Show Choir. Following her father's death in 2011, she legally changed her name to Dove Olivia Cameron in honor of his nickname for her.

Cameron's early stage credits included Young Cosette in Les Misérables (2007) and Mary in The Secret Garden (2008). In 2012, she was cast in the Disney Channel project Bits and Pieces, which was reformatted into Liv and Maddie. She subsequently starred in the Disney television movie Cloud 9 (2014) and the original movie Descendants (2015), contributing to its chart-topping soundtrack with songs such as "Rotten to the Core" and "If Only." During this period, she made her feature film debut in Barely Lethal (2015) and formed the musical duo The Girl and the Dreamcatcher with Ryan McCartan, releasing the EP Negatives in 2016.

Expanding her screen and stage work, Cameron played Amber Von Tussle in NBC's live television musical Hairspray Live! (2016) and reprised her role in Descendants 2 (2017). She appeared in theatrical productions of Mamma Mia! (2017), Clueless (2018), and The Light in the Piazza (2019). Her television and film projects continued with the Netflix comedy Dumplin' (2018), a recurring role as Ruby Hale in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., voice work as Gwen Stacy / Ghost-Spider in the Marvel Rising franchise, and roles in the feature films Good Mourning (2022) and Vengeance (2022). She also joined the cast of the musical series Schmigadoon! in 2021 and voiced Ellen Wright in the animated series Big Nate.

After signing with Disruptor and Columbia Records, Cameron released various standalone singles, including the 2022 hit "Boyfriend," which reached the top 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and earned double platinum certification from the RIAA. She won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and the American Music Award for New Artist of the Year in 2022, and released her debut EP, Alchemical: Volume 1, in December 2023. Cameron later issued singles such as "Too Much," "French Girls," and "Whatever You Like" in preparation for her debut studio album, supported Dua Lipa on tour in 2025, and starred in the Prime Video series 56 Days (2026).