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The now Grammy-winning singer got her start as a child actor, doing guest spots on Law & Order: SVU, Phineas and Ferb, and Orange Is the New Black before catching her big break with the Disney Channel show Girl Meets World in 2014.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
In interviews and on her YouTube channel and podcast, Romano typically discusses personal anecdotes from her time as a child actor, offers advice to others in the entertainment industry, and speaks about her own mental health journey.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Holker’s memoir also shares intimate details of the DJ’s journal, which claims he was abused as a child.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
Song, meanwhile, worked regularly as a child star but didn’t receive widespread recognition until 2005’s The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
In interviews and on her YouTube channel and podcast, Romano typically discusses personal anecdotes from her time as a child actor, offers advice to others in the entertainment industry, and speaks about her own mental health journey.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Holker’s memoir also shares intimate details of the DJ’s journal, which claims he was abused as a child.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
Song, meanwhile, worked regularly as a child star but didn’t receive widespread recognition until 2005’s The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
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