China Anne McClain

China Anne McClain

China Anne McClain (born August 25, 1998) is an American actress and singer. McClain's career began when she was seven years old, portraying Alexis in the film The Gospel (2005), and then China James in Daddy's Little Girls (2007). She then received recognition for starring as Jazmine Payne in the television series Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007–2012; 2020–present) and as Charlotte McKenzie in the film Grown Ups (2010); and became internationally known for starring as Chyna Parks in the Disney Channel television series A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014), and as Uma in the Disney Channel films Descendants 2 (2017) and Descendants 3 (2019). In 2018, McClain began starring in The CW superhero series Black Lightning (2018–2021) as Jennifer Pierce / Lightning. She also reprised her character Jazmine Payne on OWN's revival of The Paynes (2018). McClain began her musical career in 2005 as a member of the sister girl group the 3mcclaingirls with her sisters Sierra and Lauryn. Her first professional single was "Your Biggest Fan" with Nick Jonas on the soundtrack album Jonas L.A. (2010). In 2011, McClain signed with Hollywood Records both as a solo artist and with her sister girl group, known as the McClain Sisters. Her debut single as a solo artist was "Dynamite" which peaked at no. 2 on the US Kid Digital Songs, and her second single, "Calling All the Monsters", peaked at no. 1 on the same chart and earned 25,000 downloads within its first week of release. The A.N.T. Farm soundtrack album spent five weeks on the Billboard Kids chart in 2011 and sold 14,000 copies in its first week of release. Billboard also named her the sixth best-selling artist for digital kids' songs in 2012. In 2017, her single "What's My Name" from Descendants 2 peaked on several Billboard charts, and was certified gold, with 500,000 units sold, on November 10, 2017. In June 2020 her sister girl group changed their name to Thriii.

  • Title: China Anne McClain
  • Popularity: 20.609
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1998-08-25
  • Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Also Known As: China McClain
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China Anne McClain Movies

  • 2007
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    A Dennis the Menace Christmas

    A Dennis the Menace Christmas

    5.4 2007 HD

    A Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge. While Dennis has problems of his own with the...

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  • 2019
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    Wicked Woods: A Descendants Halloween Story

    Wicked Woods: A Descendants Halloween Story

    5.2 2019 HD

    On Halloween night, Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay wander into some wicked woods and have a frightful time.

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  • 2007
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    Daddy's Little Girls

    Daddy's Little Girls

    6.9 2007 HD

    Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady...

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  • 2013
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    Grown Ups 2

    Grown Ups 2

    6.1 2013 HD

    Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons...

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  • 2014
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    How to Build a Better Boy

    How to Build a Better Boy

    6.4 2014 HD

    After inadvertently inputting the qualities of the ideal boyfriend into a high-tech government computer, two social outcasts named Mae and Gabby must...

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  • 2024
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    Descendants: The Rise of Red

    Descendants: The Rise of Red

    7 2024 HD

    After the Queen of Hearts incites a coup on Auradon, her rebellious daughter Red and Cinderella's perfectionist daughter Chloe join forces and travel...

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  • 2016
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    Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

    Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

    6.865 2016 HD

    A thousand years ago, one boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior is abducted with his sister and taken to a land far away from home. Thrown...

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  • 2017
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    Descendants 2

    Descendants 2

    7.4 2017 HD

    When the pressure to be royal becomes too much for Mal, she returns to the Isle of the Lost where her archenemy Uma, Ursula's daughter, has taken her...

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  • 2024
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    Brewster’s Millions: Christmas

    Brewster’s Millions: Christmas

    1 2024 HD

    A reimagining of the 1985 comedic classic Brewster’s Millions starring the late Richard Pryor that follows Morgan Brewster (China McClain) as...

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  • 2017
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    Ten: Murder Island

    Ten: Murder Island

    4.2 2017 HD

    A group of kids travel to an abandoned island for a party only to discover that they are being stalked and hunted down by a dangerous predator.

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  • 2010
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    Grown Ups

    Grown Ups

    6.391 2010 HD

    After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.

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  • 2016
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    Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration

    Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration

    8.5 2016 HD

    Aside from taking a look inside Disney Parks during the holiday season, the show features musical performances from both Disney Channel stars and...

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  • 2019
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    Descendants 3

    Descendants 3

    7.7 2019 HD

    The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at...

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  • 2018
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    Under the Sea: A Descendants Story

    Under the Sea: A Descendants Story

    7.2 2018 HD

    Mal emerges from the shadows of a mystical forest onto a dark coastline where she crosses paths with Dizzy.

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  • 2018
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    Blood Brother

    Blood Brother

    5.5 2018 HD

    Blood Brother takes place on he mean streets of a city in decay, where a recently released convict begins to take a murderous revenge against his...

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  • 2020
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    Hubie Halloween

    Hubie Halloween

    5.922 2020 HD

    Hubie Dubois, despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary Halloween celebration), is a figure of mockery for kids...

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  • 2011
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    Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade

    Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade

    5.5 2011 HD

    Award-winning singer Cee Lo Green is one of several stars set to perform in this year’s “Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade” on ABC.

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  • 2009
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    Hurricane Season

    Hurricane Season

    6.8 2009 HD

    Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach...

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  • 2021
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    Descendants: The Royal Wedding

    Descendants: The Royal Wedding

    6.7 2021 HD

    Happily-ever-after continues for Auradon's power couple as they prepare to say "I do" at an epic celebration with their friends and family, but Hades...

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  • 2007
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    House of Payne

    House of Payne

    7.66 2007 HD

    The show revolved around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta led by patriarch Curtis Payne and his wife Ella.

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  • 2006
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    Hannah Montana

    Hannah Montana

    7.2 2006 HD

    At home and school, she's Miley Stewart, a typical teenager, but when the lights go down and the curtain goes up, she emerges as the glamorous and...

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  • 2003
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    NCIS

    NCIS

    7.623 2003 HD

    From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected...

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  • 2011
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    A.N.T. Farm

    A.N.T. Farm

    7.4 2011 HD

    Chyna Parks, an 11 year old musical prodigy, gets into a gifted program called Advanced Natural Talents at the local high school. Along with her...

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  • 2011
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    Disney's Friends for Change Games

    Disney's Friends for Change Games

    9.5 2011 HD

    The Disney's Friends for Change Games are Olympic-based televised games aired on the Disney Channel and part of the station's Friends for Change...

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  • 2015
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    Descendants: Wicked World

    Descendants: Wicked World

    8 2015 HD

    After Ben's coronation in Descendants, the villain kids Mal, Evie, Carlos and Jay settle in at being good while their villainous parents are still...

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  • 2013
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    Radio Disney Music Awards

    Radio Disney Music Awards

    9.583 2013 HD

    The Radio Disney Music Awards were an annual awards show operated and governed by Radio Disney, an American radio network. Beginning in 2001, the...

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  • 2011
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    PrankStars

    PrankStars

    7.5 2011 HD

    PrankStars was a reality series that airs monthly and employs the use of a hidden camera. The series premiered on Disney Channel on July 15, 2011,...

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  • 2018
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    Black Lightning

    Black Lightning

    7.045 2018 HD

    Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe...

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  • 2012
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    Doc McStuffins

    Doc McStuffins

    6.078 2012 HD

    A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.

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  • 2004
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    Project Runway

    Project Runway

    6.2 2004 HD

    Aspiring fashion designers compete for a chance to break into the industry. Each week, a designer is eliminated from the competition after exhibiting...

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  • 2010
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    R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

    R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

    8.1 2010 HD

    R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour is a Canadian/American original anthology horror-fantasy series, with episodes each half an hour long. The series is...

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  • 2009
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    JONAS L.A.

    JONAS L.A.

    7.5 2009 HD

    The show follows the Jonas Brothers through fun and unusual situations as they try to live ordinary lives.

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  • 2011
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    So Random!

    So Random!

    7 2011 HD

    "So Random" has the biggest cast, the biggest stars, and the biggest laughs on Disney Channel! Nothing is off limits in this all new musical sketch...

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  • 2007
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    Wizards of Waverly Place

    Wizards of Waverly Place

    8.1 2007 HD

    Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the...

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  • 2005
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    Bones

    Bones

    8.234 2005 HD

    Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder...

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  • 1970
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    Bones

    Bones

    8 1970 HD

    After Ben's coronation in Descendants, the villain kids Mal, Evie, Carlos and Jay settle in at being good while their villainous parents are still...

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  • 1970
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    Bones

    Bones

    6.078 1970 HD

    A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.

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