Dove Cameron is an American singer and actress best known for portraying both title characters on Disney Channel’s Liv & Maddie and the daughter of Maleficent in Disney’s Descendants franchise. She was born Chloe Celeste Hosterman on January 15th, 1996 and exhibited a love for music and acting from a young age. She changed her name to Dove as a tribute to her father when he died, as it was his nickname for her.

Dove’s big break came when she was cast as Alanna for the Disney Channel pilot Bits and Pieces, which was scrapped. The show was changed into Liv & Maddie and Dove was cast as the titular twins. She admitted to Playbill in November 2016 that she almost quit the show due to the amount of work and the fact that having one actress play two TV characters had never been done before. However, she stuck it out and rose to stardom.

Dove soon landed the leading role in Disney’s 2015 film Descendants, a story about the children of notorious fairytale villains and their internal conflict of whether to follow in their parents' footsteps to evil or choose their own future. Shortly after its premiere, it was named the fifth most-watched cable movie of all time, and a sequel was announced at a Disneyland Descendants event in October 2015. Dove reprised her role in 2017’s Descendants 2, which drew in an audience of over 20 million people during its premiere across six networks.

Aside from acting, Dove was in a band called The Girl and the Dreamcatcher with then-boyfriend/fiancé Ryan McCartan, but the project fell apart once the two broke up. Dove is now focusing on her solo music career.

On September 27, 2019, Dove released her debut EP, Bloodshot / Waste. She released 4 more songs: So Good, Out of Touch, Remember Me feat. BIA, and most recently We Belong.