Raven Symone': Disney's Top Diva

Why She is the Hottest Young Actress Out

With over a decade's worth of work on her resume, Raven Symone's star continues to shine and has the potential to light up the Hollywood sky.

Born in the peachy city of Atlanta, Georgia, she moved to New York with her parents at a very young age. Before she could even spell the words, "show business," she was well on her way when she signed to the Ford Modeling Agency.

She was sent from her agency to her first audition for a role in the 1990 film, Ghost Dad, starring legendary comedian Bill Cosby. Although too young for the part, Cosby saw the big talent in the little actress and invited her to read for his then hit sitcom, The Cosby Show. It was no surprise when the three-year old Raven-Symone' was cast as the precocious and very adorable Olivia Kendall from 1989 to its finale in 1992.

Shortly after the Cosby show finale, Raven Symone' darted out on a new adventure. In 1993, she became the youngest artist to sign to MCA records, where she released the first of many albums to come. Her first single, That's What Little Girls are Made of was the first song written by rap artist Missy Elliott that appeared on television.

She returned to the small screen in 1995 where she costarred with comedian Mark Curry in Hangin' with Mr. Cooper.

Raven-Symone', still an adolescent, dazzled casting directors and landed a role with big-time performers, Ossie Davis, Danny Glover, Jasmine Guy and future Academy Award winner Halle Berry in the television mini-series, Queen.

Fortunately for this child star, her career did not stop there. Big Hollywood production companies had her number and they dialed it. Possibly, her biggest break at that time, she held her own in the remake of Dr. Doolittle and its sequel with raunchy turned family movie actor/comedian Eddie Murphy.