![]() ![]() Lovato auditioned for the channel's television film Camp Rock and series Sonny with a Chance during 2007 and got both roles. Career 2007–2008: Breakthrough with Camp Rock and Don't Forgetįrom 2007 to 2008, Lovato played Charlotte Adams on the Disney Channel short series As the Bell Rings. Due to her acting career, Lovato was bullied and consequently requested homeschooling, through which she eventually received her high-school diploma. She appeared on Prison Break in 2006 and on Just Jordan the following year. In 2002, Lovato began her acting career on the children's television series Barney & Friends, portraying the role of Angela. She began playing the piano at age seven and guitar at ten, when she began dancing and acting classes. And he wanted to have his family, and when my mom married my stepdad, he still had this huge heart where he said, 'I'm so glad that taking care of you and doing the job that I wish I could do.'" After Patrick died of cancer on June 22, 2013, Lovato said that he had been mentally ill, and she created the Lovato Treatment Scholarship Program in his honor. She has been vocal about her abusive and strained relationship with her father and once stated, "He was mean, but he wanted to be a good person. Her mother is of English and Irish descent. Lovato had no interest in forging a relationship with Patrick after her parents divorced. He was a descendant of Civil War Union veteran Francisco Perea and Santa Fe de Nuevo México governor Francisco Xavier Chávez. Her father was of Nuevomexicano descent, with mostly Spanish and Native American ancestors, and came from a family that had been living in New Mexico for generations he also had distant Portuguese and Jewish ancestry. In mid-1994, shortly after Lovato's second birthday, her parents divorced. Lovato has an older full sister named Dallas a younger maternal half-sister, actress Madison De La Garza and an older paternal half-sister, Amber, whom Lovato first spoke to at age 20. An activist for several social causes, Lovato's struggles with an eating disorder and substance abuse have received considerable media attention, in response to which she published the self-help memoir Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year (2013) and released the documentaries Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated (2017) and Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil (2021).ĭemetria Devonne Lovato was born on August 20, 1992, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Dianna De La Garza (née Lee Smith) and engineer and musician Patrick Martin Lovato. Lovato has sold over 24 million records in the United States and has also received numerous accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, 14 Teen Choice Awards, five People's Choice Awards, two Latin American Music Awards, a Guinness World Record, and was included on the Time 100 annual list in 2017. She also starred in the television drama film Princess Protection Program (2009), the animated comedy film Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), and the musical comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020). ![]() On television, Lovato has starred as the titular character on the sitcom Sonny with a Chance (2009–2011), served as a judge on the music competition series The X Factor USA for its second and third seasons, and appeared as a recurring character on the musical comedy Glee (2013–2014) and the sitcom Will & Grace (2020). ![]() the Art of Starting Over (2021) and Holy Fvck (2022), which reached number two and number seven in the U.S., respectively. After a hiatus, she released her seventh and eighth albums Dancing with the Devil. She earned a Grammy Award nomination for Confident, while " Sorry Not Sorry", the lead single from Tell Me You Love Me, became her highest-charting single in the U.S., reaching number six. Lovato's fifth and sixth albums, Confident (2015) and Tell Me You Love Me (2017), infused soul and mature themes. She released her eponymous fourth album in 2013, which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, and contained the top-ten international song " Heart Attack". Her third studio album, Unbroken (2011), experimented with pop and R&B and spawned the U.S. Its follow-up, Here We Go Again (2009), debuted at number one in the U.S., while its title track reached number 15 on the Hot 100. Billboard Hot 100.Īfter signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato released her pop rock debut album, Don't Forget (2008), which debuted at number two on the U.S. The former film's soundtrack contained " This Is Me", Lovato's debut single and duet with Joe Jonas, which peaked at number nine on the U.S. After appearing on the children's television series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), Lovato rose to prominence for playing Mitchie Torres in the musical television film Camp Rock (2008) and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010). Demetria Devonne " Demi" Lovato ( / ˈ d ɛ m i l ə ˈ v ɑː t oʊ/ DEM-ee lə- VAH-toh born August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. ![]()
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