Annabella Avery Thorne (born October 8, 1997) is an American actress, singer, and writer. She first received recognition for her roles as Margaux Darling in the series Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2008) and as Ruthy Spivey in the drama series My Own Worst Enemy (2009), the latter of which earned her a Young Artist Award.
Thorne gained prominence for her role as CeCe Jones on the Disney Channel series Shake It Up (2010–2013), for which she received several awards and nominations, including winning an Imagen Awards. Thorne has since appeared in numerous feature films, including Blended (2014), (2015), The Babysitter film series (2017–2020). She received praise for her roles in The DUFF (2015), (2017), and Infamous (2020). Thorne also led the drama series Famous in Love (2017–2018), for which she received nominations from the Teen Choice Awards.
Outside of acting, Thorne has ventured into music; she released her debut single, "Watch Me" in 2011, which charted at 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100. She has since released the EP Made in Japan in 2012 and the EP Jersey in 2014. She made her directorial debut in 2019, directing the adult film Her & Him, which garnered positive reviews and won a Pornhub Visionary Award.
In September 2017, Thorne revealed that she had lived in a suburban area, spoke Spanish as her first language, and that she was bullied while growing up because she was dyslexic. She was diagnosed with dyslexia while 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 April 2010, she said she had overcome dyslexia by rigorously reading everything she could find, including cereal box labels.
In January 2018, Thorne wrote on Instagram that she had been physically and sexually abused as a child, "from the day I can remember till I was 14". In 2019, she told ABC News' Juju Chang that the abuse began when she was six years old. She did not name her alleged abuser, but said that he was "someone I was raised with".
In 2008, Thorne starred alongside Christian Slater and Taylor Lautner in the short-lived drama series My Own Worst Enemy, for which she won a Young Artist Award for her portrayal of the character Ruthy Spivey; Thorne described her Enemy casting as a major breakthrough as this was the first recurring role in her career. The same year, she starred in the third-last episode of October Road as Angela Ferilli, the pre-adolescence crush of the main characters. Her older brother Remy also guest-starred in the same episode as a younger Eddie Latekka.
In 2009, she starred in the web series Little Monk, which depicted characters from the series Monk, as Wendy, one of Adrian Monk's classmates. The webisodes are available only on the "Best of Monk" DVD. Also in 2009, she played the role of the vengeful antagonist in the horror film Forget Me Not. Thorne took on a supporting role in the family drama Raspberry Magic, which premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival in 2010.
Thorne's first single, "Watch Me" was released on June 21, reaching 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, 9 on the US Top Heatseekers charts and earning RIAA: Gold. On September 29, 2011, Disney Channel announced it had increased Shake It Ups second season order to 26 episodes. A 90-minute special episode Made In Japan aired August 17, 2012, as the season two finale. On June 4, 2012, Disney Channel announced that Shake It Up had been renewed for a third season. In 2012, Thorne was cast as Avalon Greene in the Disney Channel Original Movie Frenemies. "TTYLXOX" was released on March 6, reaching 97 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts. On March 30, 2013, it was confirmed by Hollywood Records via Twitter that Thorne had officially signed to the record label.
On July 25, 2013, the Disney Channel confirmed that Shake It Up would be canceled after the end of the third season. On April 23, 2013, Thorne announced her debut album with eleven songs. Thorne spoke about the album, saying "What fans can expect is for just to be very different from anyone because I don't like to be one of those artists where you can be like: 'Oh yeah, I know them from that song.' All my songs are very different from each other. So I don't want to be known as only one genre." Thorne cited Britney Spears, Kesha, and Destiny's Child as influences for the album. In 2013, it was reported that Thorne had signed a new deal to write a series of books, beginning with her first novel, Autumn Falls.
In 2016, Thorne played Rain in Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween. In 2017, Thorne went back to television with a drama series Famous in Love, airing on Freeform, in which she played Paige Townsen, an ordinary college student who gets her big break after auditioning for the starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster. In March 2017, Thorne joined the cast of the black comedy film, Assassination Nation, which was released in theaters on September 21, 2018. In the same year, Thorne starred in the Netflix original film, You Get Me and made an appearance on Prince Fox's single "Just Call". In October of that year, Thorne appeared in the slasher film comedy The Babysitter, directed by McG and released directly to Netflix. She reprised her role in the sequel .
In August 2019, Pornhub announced that Thorne would make her directorial debut on its network. The film, Her & Him, was screened at the Oldenburg Film Festival September 11–20, 2019. In November 2019, Thorne won a Vision Award at the second annual PornHub Awards in Los Angeles for Her & Him. In her acceptance speech, Thorne revealed a partnership with Pornhub to implement a change in the company's flagging algorithm.
In 2020, Thorne competed as "Swan" in the third season of The Masked Singer. She was eliminated on her second appearance and reminded Ken Jeong about their work together in The DUFF. She also starred alongside Jake Manley in the heist-thriller Infamous which was released on June 12, 2020. She received praise for her performance, with critic Nick Allen states that she had "the classically great presence of someone like Sandra Bullock, but with her own scraggly edge ... Thorne dominates numerous scenes that catapult her character from clout-hungry wannabe to gun-selfie superstar."
In November 2020, Thorne starred in the thriller Girl, directed by Chad Faust. The movie itself received mixed reviews but critics entitled this to be Thorne's best performance to date. In the same month she also starred in the action comedy film Chick Fight alongside Malin Akerman and directed by Paul Leyden,
In 2021, Thorne played Lily in season 1 of Amazon Prime Video's Paradise City. She also starred in other projects, such as Masquerade and Time Is Up. In the same year, Thorne starred and served as an executive producer on the film Habit, which is directed by Janell Shirtcliff, Leave Not One Alive opposite Melissa Leo, directed by Jordan Galland, and The Trainer directed by Tony Kaye.
In July 2019, Rare Bird Books published The Life of a Wannabe Mogul: Mental Disarray Vol. 1, a book of Thorne's autobiographical poetry.
Thorne has appeared in over 30 commercials, including Neutrogena and Texas Instruments. Her advertising campaigns include Guess Jeans, Tommy Hilfiger, J.Lo Girls, Candie's, Ralph Lauren, Gap and Diesel. She has been on the magazine covers of US's Shape, Seventeen, Teen Vogue, Latina and Gay Times, UK's Company; Indonesia's Marie Claire and CosmoGirl; Canada's Elle and Mexico's Glamour and GQ. She has appeared in music videos for Liam Payne's "Bedroom Floor", Bhad Bhabie's "Trust Me", Logan Paul's "Outta My Head", and Oliver Tree's "Cowboys Don't Cry".
Thorne is a supporter of the Humane Society, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and The Nomad Organization, which provides education, food and medical supplies to children in Africa. She also joined PETA in encouraging people to boycott and protest SeaWorld, acknowledging that as a child she appeared in a commercial for the theme park.Scott Baumgartner, ET "Bella Thorne Stars In Anti-SeaWorld Spot That Addresses Her Childhood Ad For the Amusement Park" , July 23, 2018.
Thorne dated Tristan Klier, then a student, from November 2011 until 2014. She dated English actor Gregg Sulkin from 2015 to August 2016. Shortly after the breakup, she Coming out as Bisexuality. Thorne started dating American actor Tyler Posey in September the same year and the pair split in November. In 2019, she came out as Pansexuality. In 2017, she dated Lil Peep for a short period and was in a relationship with musician Blackbear in August that same year. She had a polyamorous relationship with musician Mod Sun and media personality Tana Mongeau, dating the latter from September 2017 to February 2019 and Mod Sun until April 2019. From April 2019 to June 2022, she was in a relationship with Italian singer Benjamin Mascolo and they announced their engagement in March 2021. However, in June 2022, the couple officially announced their split. In May 2023, Thorne announced her engagement to entrepreneur and producer Mark Emms.
In June 2019, Thorne had nude photos stolen by hackers who subsequently threatened her with extortion; she instead released the photographs herself. Later that year, she addressed the issue of pornographic .
In a 2021 interview with Bloody Disgusting, Thorne stated that she has been a life-long fan of the horror fiction genre.
Autumn Falls novels:
| 2008 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress | The O.C. | ||
| 2009 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress | October Road | ||
| Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Supporting Young Actress | My Own Worst Enemy | ||||
| 2010 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress | Mental | ||
| 2011 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actress | Shake It Up | ||
| Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with cast) | |||||
| Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress 11–15 | Wizards of Waverly Place | ||||
| Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actress 11–16 | Big Love | ||||
| Imagen Awards | Best Young Actress – Television | Shake It Up | |||
| 2012 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actress | Shake It Up | ||
| Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with cast) | |||||
| Imagen Awards | Best Young Actress – Television | ||||
| ALMA Awards | Favorite TV Actress – Comedy | ||||
| 2013 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Movie, MiniSeries, Special or Pilot – Leading Young Actress | Frenemies | ||
| Young Hollywood Awards | One to Watch | Herself | |||
| 2014 | Young Hollywood Awards | You're So Fancy | Herself | ||
| Best Social Media Superstar | |||||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Female Hottie | ||||
| 2015 | Shorty Awards | Actress | Herself | ||
| Teen Choice Awards | The DUFF | ||||
| Choice TV: Scene Stealer | Scream | ||||
| 2017 | Teen Choice Awards | Famous in Love | |||
| Choice Summer Movie Actress | |||||
| 2018 | Teen Choice Awards | Famous in Love | |||
| Choice Drama Movie Actress | Midnight Sun | ||||
| Choice Movie Ship | Bella Thorne & Patrick Schwarzenegger – Midnight Sun | ||||
| 2019 | 2nd Pornhub Awards | Visionary Award | Her & Him | ||
| German Independence Award | Best Short Film | ||||
| 2020 | 37th AVN Awards | Best Dramatic Screenplay | Her & Him | ||
| Best Featurette | |||||
| Best Art Direction |
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