Annabella Avery Thorne is an American actress, singer, director, and former child actress and model. Thorne played Ruthy Spivey in the television series My Own Worst Enemy and Tancy Henrickson in the fourth season of Big Love, before gaining prominence for her role as CeCe Jones on the Disney Channel series Shake It Up.
Thorne was diagnosed with dyslexia in first grade. She was home-schooled after previously attending a public school, where she had been bullied. She improved in her learning after attending a Sylvan Learning center and began reading and writing a grade ahead. In an April 2010 interview with American Cheerleader magazine, she said she overcame dyslexia by rigorously reading everything she could find, including cereal box labels. In January 2018, Thorne said she had been sexually abused from a young age until she was 14. She did not identify her abuser.
- Born: October 8, 1997 – Pembroke Pines, FL
- Height: 5′ 8″
- Shoe Size 7.5 US
- Nationality: American
- Parents: Reinaldo Thorne, Tamara Thorne
Movies and Television
- Her & Him (Directed)
- I Still See You
- Famous in Love
- Midnight Sun
- Assasination Nation
- The Babysitter
- Amityville: The Awakening
… more
Books
- Life of a Wannabe Mogul: Mental Disarray
- Autumn’s Kiss
- Autumn Falls
- Autumn’s Wish
- Autumn Falls Target
"Actress and singer Bella Thorne says she identifies as "pansexual" and opened up in a new interview about how she was able to overcome sexual abuse and more hardships to discover what makes her "most happy" in life. At just 13 years old, Thorne danced her way to stardom as Cece Jones on the Disney Channel’s hit, "Shake it Up." Thorne, has since matured into a darker, grittier young women who is speaking openly about her struggles with self-acceptance, being bullied for her dyslexia and even sexual abuse in her new book, "Life of a Wannabe Mogul: Mental Disarray."
Being able to write and publish a book as a dyslexic person is ‘kind of what the series is about,’ she told ABC News’ Juju Chang".
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