Three Facts About Raven

Take a Look into the Life of the Young Actress

Raven-Symoné Pearman was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but at a young age moved to New York. While there Raven signed with the Ford Modeling Agency. They sent her out on a audition for a movie called Ghost Dad (1990), which also starred the legendary Bill Cosby. She was deemed too young for the role since was only 3 years old, but Cosby could see she had talent. They asked Raven to come back to read lines, and she did so well that she got a starring role as Olivia on the last three seasons of "The Cosby Show" (1984). SOURCE: IMDB.com

About Her Mogul Status

Raven was featured on the March 2007 issue of Ebony with the title "The $400 Million Dollar Woman" referring to the $400 million that the That's So Raven merchandise has made. She's purchased homes in Georgia and California. The article also mentioned that Raven has wisely invested her substantial TV show earnings dating back to her time on The Cosby Show. SOURCE: Wikipedia.org

Her Life with Disney

Raven's singing career was doing well and she landed a role in Doctor Dolittle (1998) alongside Eddie Murphy and a made-for-TV movie called Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999) (TV). She also starred in Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), but she was not available to do Zenon: The Zequel (2001) (TV). However, the Walt Disney Company, which made the Zenon movies, wanted her back to do a pilot for a new Disney TV show called "Absolutely Psychic," in which she would be a supporting character. She impressed them so much that they changed the show's premise to be about her and the show's name was changed to "That's So Raven" (2003). After the show was a hit she did the made-for-TV movie The Cheetah Girls (2003) (TV) and recorded a new album. A movie based on "That's So Raven" may be in the works. SOURCE: IMDB.com