China Anne McClain
China Anne McClain
China McClain
China Anne Mcclain (born August 25, 1998) is an American actress and singer. She is a current member of the sister girl group McClain. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, China’s career began in 2005 when she was seven years old acting in the movie The Gospel (2005). She also played China James in Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls (2007), along with Idris Elba and her two sisters. However, she became nationally known after 2007, when she joined the cast of the series Tyler Perry’s House of Payne as Jazmine Payne. In 2010, she co-starred in Grown Ups (2010) as Charlotte McKenzie. McClain became internationally known after starring in the Disney Channel original television series A.N.T. Farm, landing the role as Chyna Parks, from 2011 to 2014.
McClain was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father, Michael McClain, is a music producer. Her mother, Shontell, is a songwriter. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California with her family. McClain has said that she and her family are devout Christians, although they cannot always attend church regularly due to her and her sisters' musical and acting careers.
In 2015, McClain featured in the FOX series Bones as Kathryn Walling in the episode The Lost in the Found. She also appeared in the Netflix computer-animated series VeggieTales in the House, voiced the role Jenna Chive, a parody of herself. As a part of the various artist who contributed to the Descendants album McClain performed the song “Night is Young”, the song was featured in the film and was also on the Descendants album. McClain also starred in the computer-animated series Descendants: Wicked World, based on the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants. She voiced Freddie, the daughter of Dr. Facilier. She is also scheduled to appear in the upcoming television movie Descendants 2 as Uma, the daughter of Ursula. In 2016 she recorded the action thriller film Brother’s Blood, co-starring with Trey Songz and Ron Killings. The film will be released in the summer. She was also part of the cast of 3D computer-animated action-drama film Bilal.