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Demi Lovato Biography

General Basics & Summary

Date of Birth: August 20, 1992
Birth Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Birth Name: Demetria Devonne Lovato
Nickname: Demi
Height: 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
Trade Mark: Huge smile, Bright red lipstick & Chin cleft
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Profession: Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Dancer

Demetria Devonne “Demi” Lovato (born August 20, 1992) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her role as Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock and for her role as Charlotte Adams in the short five-minute Disney Channel series As The Bell Rings. Her debut album, Don’t Forget was released on September 23, 2008.

Background

Lovato was born in Dallas, Texas to Patrick Lovato and Dianna (Née Hart). She is of Hispanic, Irish and Italian descent. She has two sisters: Dallas Lovato, who is also an actress and singer and is five years older than Demi; and Madison DeLaGarza her half-sister, who is ten years younger than Demi. Her mother, Dianna Hart, was a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and country recording artist; her father, Patrick, moved to New Mexico after their marriage ended in 1994. He suffered some health problems and rarely sees Demi. But, the father and daughter saw each other for the first time in four years with a surprise visit in February 2008 by Demi. She is currently home schooled by a tutor due to her career.

Career

Demi Lovato started acting at the age of six, when she landed her first series regular role as Angela on Barney & Friends, there she met her best friend, Selena Gomez. As time went on Lovato pursued her singing and instrumental career, and she guest starred on Prison Break, Split Ends (pilot) and Just Jordan. In January 2007 she landed a series regular role as Charlotte Adams on the Disney Channel original short series As the Bell Rings, which premiered on August 26, 2007 during Disney’s Back-to-School special night. She will soon be starring in a new Disney Channeloriginal series called Welcome to Holliwood that begins production in September 2008. Lovato also stars in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock as Mitchie Torres, which premiered on June 20, 2008. She is a singer and songwriter as well as a musician, playing guitar and piano since the age of eleven.

Lovato had opened for the Jonas Brothers on their summer 2008 Burning Up Tour. She also attended the Disney Channel Games 2008 in spring.

Her good friends, the Jonas Brothers, have also written songs along with Lovato for her debut album, according to USA Today. Lovato covered the Academy Award nominated song “That’s How You Know” from Enchanted on DisneyMania 6. Lovato was also voted #2 Hottest Stars in BOP Magazine in September 2008.

Personal life

Lovato is best friends with fellow Barney & Friends actress Selena Gomez and the pair make YouTube Webcam videos together. When asked a question of how long the pair have been friends, Demi answered “when I asked her to sit on my jacket and draw with crayons (at the Barney auditions)”. She is also good friends with the Jonas Brothers, Meaghan Jette Martin, and Alyson Stoner. Her favorite 2 colors are Red and Black. Just like Jonas Brothers and Selena Gomez, Demi wears a purity ring, only as a necklace.

Lovato plays guitar and piano, and writes her own songs, such as “Stronger”, “Open”, and “Shadow”, which has been featured on As The Bell Rings.

Facts & Trivias

Demi is close to Camp Rock co-star Meaghan Jette Martin. They text each other all the time and actually spent last [2008] New Years Eve in Texas together.
On April 8th, 2008, Demi was put center stage before advertisers at Disney Channel’s upfront presentation at Legacy Recording Studios in New York. The theme was ‘the next big thing’.
Demi says that before her kissing scene with Joe Jonas (in ‘Camp Rock’) she popped a mint in her mouth.
She was born on the same day as Enchanted’s Amy Adams.
She’s signed to Hollywood Records.
Demi will be participating in the 2008 Disney Channel Games. She will be on the Blue team.
Demi & Selena Gomez have a V-Log that they frequently update on their Youtube account.
Demi was dating Cody Linley. She says that they had a kissing scene in acting class and they just started talking in the car for hours after that. Their first date was going to The Cheesecake Factory. They broke up because they both were too busy and now they are still really good friends.
She has done an introductory video for ‘American Heart Association’s’ “Hoops for Heart” program.
She is learning French.
She loves pickles, cheese, eggs, homemade Rice Krispy treats, and chocolate.
She says its weird seeing herself on TV.
She chooses the computer over TV.
She loved working with the Jonas Brothers, saying they are complete gentlemen and are the coolest guys she’ll ever meet.
She says she and Selena Gomez when they were little would make Rice Krispy treats almost every day.
She and Selena Gomez say they would love to do a duet together.
Maria Canals Barrera (who plays Demi’s mom in Camp Rock and Selena Gomez’s mom in Wizards of Waverly Place) says the girls jokingly bicker over her saying things like “She’s my mom”, “No, she’s my mom”.
Philly on December 16th 2007, stated that Demi could be the next Miley (Cyrus).
Jonas Brothers Concerts She Has Attended: (Minneapolis on Thursday, February 21st, 2008 & March 2nd, 2008 in Cajun Dome).
She attended her first event which was Chevy Rocks the Future on February 19, 2008. Her friend Selena Gomez was there and her Camp Rock co-stars the Jonas Brothers, Anna Maria Perez De Tagle, and Meaghan Jette Martin were also at the event.
She loves poetry.
She and her close friend Selena Gomez met when Demi asked her if she wanted to color with her while the two were at the audition for Barney.
Hayley Williams, the lead singer of Paramore, is one of her idols.
She hates rumors.
She owns a Mac laptop, which she and Selena Gomez use to make their youtube videos.
She said she chooses tacos over pizza.
Her first concert was a Britney Spears concert.
She says her Camp Rock co-stars have become very close friends to her.
She and Selena Gomez have matching guitar pick necklaces.
Her celebrity crush is William Beckett from the band The Academy Is.
She loves the band Paramore.
She loves shopping.
She has a necklace that says ‘True Love Waits’. Her friend Selena Gomez has a purity ring that says the exact same thing.
She and her very close friend Selena Gomez have a handshake they have been doing for eight years now.
She is not, nor has not ever, dated a Camp Rock co-star.
Demi is of Hispanic, Irish, and Italian descent.
She says her role model is Kelly Clarkson.
She says she’s looking forward to getting to drive in 2008.
She took part in Disney Channel’s Happy U Year which was a celebration to kick off 2008.
She was mention in an article on people.com on who will be the next biggest tween stars.
Her song ‘Shadow’ was performed on As The Bell Rings (episode: TALENT SHOW). She performed it as her character Charlotte and it was a duet with Danny (Tony Oller).
She likes to buy most of her clothes from Forever 21 and her shoes from Aldo.
She will have an offical website up soon.
Demetria means “Goddess of Fertility” and is of Greek origin.
Devonne is of English origin and means “Divine”.
She is very good friends with her As The Bell Rings co-stars.
She currently lives in California.
She has brown hair and brown eyes.
She has covered the song “I Can Only Imagine” by Mercy Me.
She is homeschooled.
Her Chinese Zodiac sign is the Sheep.
Her zodiac sign is Leo.
She has an older sister, Dallas who is 20 and a younger sister Madison who is five.
She can play the drums, as well as the guitar and piano.
According to her myspace profile, her influence is love.
Her agent’s name is Mitchell Gossett.
Her height is 5’2″ and she weighs 100 pounds.
Her song ‘Moves Me’ is featured on the dance instructional video ‘Off Da Hook: Hip-Hop F-Troop Style’.
She’s written songs titled ‘Ride’, ‘Mirror, Mirror’, ‘Not Yet’, and ‘Moves Me’.
Demi has performed in Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada on October 16, 2004.
Demi has studied piano, voice, guitar, songwriting, and hip hop dancing.
She is best friends with her Barney co-star Selena Gomez and Jennifer Stone.
Demi has worked with Ashlee Simpson, Ricky Ullman, Christina Millian, Bubba Sparxxx, T-Bad, Selena Gomez, Abercrombie Models and Billy the Kidd.
She has been performing since age 5.
Demi has a myspace.com profile.
Her mom is Dianna Lovato. She was a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader during the 1983-84 season, and was once a country recording artist.

50 Things You Probably Didn't Know about Demi Lovato

From 'Barney and Friends' to singing and being a judge on the X Factor Show, Demi Lovato has shared with the world her ups and downs. Here are 50 interesting things about this rising sta

1. Her full name is Demetria Devonne Lovato.

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2. Demi was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico August 20 1992, but raised in Dallas Texas.
She is part Mexican, Irish, Italian and English.

3. She is part Mexican, Irish, Italian and English.

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4. Demi’s mom, Dianna Hart De La Gaza, is a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and country music singer.

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5. She started singing at a young age. The first time was at a kindergarten talent show where she sang "My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion.

6. Demi began acting at age 7 and met her long-time friend Selena Gomez on the set of Barney & Friends.

7. She was the 2000-2001 Mini Miss Texas.

8. The first concert she ever went to see was by Carlos Santana.

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9. Lovato didn’t have things handed to her. It took Lovato two tryouts at Disney before she was cast in “As the Bell Rings,” according to the Wall Street Journal.

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10. Later, she auditioned for Disney’s Camp Rock and Sonny With A Chance on the same day, and got both parts.

11. Demi was bullied as a kid at school and as a result asked her mom to be homeschooled after seventh grade. "I had a really tough time when I was in middle school. People would write 'hate petitions' [about me] and send them around to be signed. They'd have CD-bashing parties of my demos. They'd come to my house, stand across the street and yell things. It was a very emotional time for me, and all I wanted to do was get away,” she told People magazine.

12. In 2008, Lovato covered the Academy Award-nominated song, "That's How You Know" from Enchanted on the DisneyMania 6 album.

13. She went to Applebees for her Sweet 16.

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14. She received her high school diploma through home-schooling in 2009, a year before her anticipated graduation date.
Demi Lovato was the star of her own Disney Channel television show called Sonny with a Chance. She started this show in 2009, filming 16 episodes for the first season.

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15. On September 23, 2008, Lovato released her debut album, Don't Forget. Several of the songs on the album were co-written by the Jonas Brothers. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart.

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16. Demi’s half-sister, Madison De La Garza, is famous too; she’s best known for being on Desperate Housewives as the daughter of Eva Longoria’s character Gabi. She also has a younger sister, Dallas Lovato.

17. Her favorite place in the world is Kenya.

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18.She is 5' 3½" (1.61 m) tall.

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19. She knows how to play the piano and guitar.

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20. She used to wear a purity ring, like Selena Gomez and The Jonas Brothers, but she wore it as a necklace.

21.Her role model is Kelly Clarkson.

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22. She used to be a vegetarian.

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23. She’s got “Stay Strong” tattooed on her wrist which help her stay positive.

24. Demi has a tattoo on her right side which says "You Make Me Beautiful".

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26. The bullying she suffered as a young teen, she has admitted that she developed emotional problems and an eating disorder. This happened midway through touring with The Jonas Brothers, causing her to pull out and see help in 2010.

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28. She released a documentary about her time in the treatment center called Stay Strong.

29. Guest starred in the hit medical Grey’s Anatomy as a suicidal 16-year-old girl.

30, She also admitted to self-mutilating her wrists.

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31. In 2011, she said she has a bipolar disorder.

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32. In 2012, she won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Pop Artist.

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33. All of her fellow cast members from Sonny with a Chance (2009) are featured in her music video "La La Land".

34. Demi has a sweet tooth. She loves homemade Rice Krispie treats,” Aero bars and M&Ms.

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35. On her 18th birthday she bought her family a mediteranean style house, saying that giving her loved ones that was the best gift of all!

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36. She loves heavy metal music.

37. Her favorite movie is Donnie Darko.

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38. She can quote every line from the movies Mean Girls and Girl, Interrupted.

39. Used to have a YouTube show with her friend Selena Gomez called "The Demi and Selena Show".

40. Her favorite colors are black and red.

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41. She is a huge Hilary Duff fan. “”I’’d love to have [Hilary Duff’s] career. I respect her a lot,”,” Lovato told "Access Hollywood.

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42. Lovato is also the national Hasbro "Hit Clips" spokes woman.

In April 10, 2012, she almost ran over Paul McCartney while she was trying to park her car in Los Angeles. Oops!

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43. In 2012, she became the new ambassador for Secret's "Mean Stinks" campaign, encouraging girls to "gang up for good" to end bullying in schools.

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44.She is allergic to cats, some dogs and pine trees.

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45. Leonardo DiCaprio was her first celebrity crush.

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46. Her favorite show on TV is 48 Hours.

47. Her bedroom is painted pink.

48. She works with the Disney charity Friends For Change which promotes environmental awareness.

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49. Her favorite band is Paramore and her favorite song by them is Born for This.

50. Inspirational quote she loves: “Nothing is more beautiful than a smile that has struggled through tears.”

Demi Lovato gets vocal about mental illness

Demi Lovato huddled in the back of her tour bus, eyes wet with tears as she watched a horde of fans streaming into the venue where she was about to play.

Feeling hopeless

"I was young and successful and I was looking up at the venue where I was about to play, where I would be able to live out my dreams, something I dreamed of for years, and yet I was crying in the bus," Lovato, now 22, recalled. "I was feeling empty and for some reason I was feeling hopeless, even though I had hope right in front of me."

She didn't know it at the time, but Lovato was deep in the throes of a depressive episode, a symptom of her as-yet-undiagnosed bipolar disorder.

Lovato eventually got help. Now, the former "X Factor" judge and top 10 recording artist is lending her star power to a campaign aimed at encouraging others who struggle with mental illness to speak out and seek help.

Mental illness affects one in five Americans, and the "Be Vocal" initiative is urging anyone who feels out of sorts to speak up to family, friends and health care professionals. That's especially important for anyone not already receiving treatment, experts say.

"About 44 million adults are affected, and yet so many of them are not able to access treatment or they have not begun the process of seeking it out," said Allen Doederlein, president of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, one of the five national mental health advocacy groups collaborating on the new initiative. "Understanding that these are serious, real conditions, but also conditions that people can and do achieve wellness within, is really what this is all about. We want to make sure people speak up and get help, and lead thriving lives because they've done so."

A matter of policy and treatment

The campaign also is asking patients and advocates to take political action, working with elected officials and community leaders to help remove the stigma associated with mental illness.

"We need to speak up about raising our expectations for what it is to experience a mental health condition in the United States," Doederlein said. "Complete and total wellness should not just be a matter of luck for some. It's a matter of policy and treatment for everybody."

Lovato debuted as a child actress in "Barney & Friends", and made her mark as a teenage singer in the lead role in the Disney Channel musical "Camp Rock". She has since released four albums and headlined several national tours.

Despite her success, Lovato struggled throughout her teens with drug and alcohol abuse, eventually landing in rehab in 2010. While in rehab, doctors diagnosed her with bipolar disorder, she said during a 2011 interview on ABC's "20/20".

The diagnosis made sense to Lovato. She knew that at times she could take on huge amounts of work and achieve at a manic pace, only to feel everything crash down around her during a depressive slough.

"Finally I can look back and say, there wasn't anything wrong with me, as a person," she said. "It was something that was happening inside my head, and now I've been able to live my life well."

Something amiss

By being open about bipolar disorder, Lovato has been able to build a happy and healthy life. She said her treatment team fully understands her symptoms and can respond effectively, and family and friends are there to give her the support she needs.

Now Lovato is urging others to do the same, particularly if they suspect something is amiss but can't quite put their finger on it.

"People are afraid to vocalise how they're feeling – one, because they're going to be shamed by society; or then two, because they feel like they don't necessarily know this is even happening, they just feel different," Lovato said. "When I was younger, I didn't know that anything was wrong or anything was happening. I just felt something off.

"It's not something that anybody should be ashamed of in the first place. It's a disease like any other disease," she continued. "And it's hard to ask for help, but when you ask for help it's actually showing strength, rather than weakness."

Doederlein applauds Lovato's efforts, saying she is providing a strong example for others by showing that having a mental illness does not have to hold you back.

"We don't associate her with illness. We don't associate her with stigma," he said. "We associate her with being amazing and awesome. The path, as daunting and scary as it can be, is really about achieving whatever your version of that success would be."

Demi Lovato Talks Bipolar Disorder and Addiction, Named Face of Mental Health Awareness Campaign

Demi Lovato says she's "in a great place" mentally after battling bipolar disorder and drug and alcohol addiction for years.

The 22-year-old "Heart Attack" singer made her comments on NBC's Today show on Thursday, the day she was named a celebrity spokesperson of the new Be Vocal: Speak Up for Mental Health campaign and two days after she announced she, Nick Jonas and their manager had formed a new record label, Safehouse Records. The singer, who has also battled eating disorders, has talked about her past personal struggles before.

"I've been very open about my story just because that the more honest and open I am, the more people that I'm gonna be able to reach," Lovato said on theToday show. "Mental illnesses, in general, are...not talked about as much as they should."

"I wish that more people could understand from a point where it's not a choice to have an addiction. And with bipolar disorder, it's a chemical imbalance and it's something that you have to figure out your own treatment with your own team and in order to do that, it takes time," she added. "And finally, I'm in a great place where I can say that recovery is possible."

In 2010, at age 18, she spent time in rehab to treat "emotional and physical issues." She revealed months later that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In 2012, she told Seventeen magazine, "I'm not going to lie. I was self-medicating. I was doing things like drinking and using [drugs], like a lot of teens do to numb their pain."

Lovato celebrated three years of sobriety in March.

"On the days that are harder, there's this saying called 'Play the record forward,'" Lovato said on the Today show. "So like, if I ever want to pick up and drink or use, I have to imagine, I have to play it out and imagine, like, 'OK, well, what would happen if I did that?'"

In an Instagram post that followed her record label announcement, Lovato had shared a special, heartfelt tribute to her manager and now business partner, Phil McIntyre, who she said saved her life and helped her get sober when she was battling substance addiction. She had also credited boyfriend Wilmer Valderramafor supporting her throughout her recovery, saying she "wouldn't be alive" without him.

She has also thanked her fans for their support numerous times.

"My fans have really held me accountable," she said on the Today show. "And it's been really incredible to have them as inspirations to stay strong and stay sober as well."

"I feel amazing," she added. "It's definitely changed my life in every single way possible. Yes, I went through a lot of stuff when I was young, but I'm so glad that I did, so that I can, you know, live a longer, happier, healthy life sooner rather than later."

And she's already back in the studio, working on new music. The singer is expected to release a fifth studio album.

"I'm very, very excited. I'm gonna release new music soon and I wish I could say when but I can't yet," Lovato said. "I think it'll be next level. This is like the album where I'm really gonna be able to show people what I can do."

Demi Lovato to replace Ariana Grande at MLB All-Star Game concert

Pop star Ariana Grande has canceled her free Budweiser MLB All-Star game concert appearance just a day after a video of her licking a powdered doughnut and expressing her hate for America went viral.

Our news partners at WCPO 9 On Your Side report Demi Lovato will now headline the show Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium.

Major League Baseball announced Grande, 22, as the concert’s main act in early June. The Boca Raton, Fla., native gained popularity as a star on Nickelodeon.

Grande’s representative said Wednesday she canceled her performance because of an oral surgery. On Monday, the singer tweeted she was having three wisdom teeth pulled.

But Grande generated negative social media buzz Tuesday when celebrity gossip website, TMZ, released security video footage it obtained showing her licking a powdered doughnut in a California bakery shop and kissing her boyfriend and backup singer. Grande can also be heard saying “I hate Americans. I hate America.” The incident took place on July 4.

Vendors, online and at GABP, gave away hundreds of tickets to see Grande in a matter of seconds when they were made available at 9 a.m., June 18.