China Anne McClain

China Anne McClain born August 25 1998 is an American actress and singer McClains career began when she was seven years old portraying Alexis in the film The Gospel 2005 and then China James in Daddys Little Girls 2007 She then received recognition for starring as Jazmine Payne in the television series Tyler Perrys House of Payne 20072012 2020present and as Charlotte McKenzie in the film Grown Ups 2010 and became internationally known for starring as Chyna Parks in the Disney Channel television series ANT Farm 20112014 and as Uma in the Disney Channel films Descendants 2 2017 and Descendants 3 2019 In 2018 McClain began starring in The CW superhero series Black Lightning 20182021 as Jennifer Pierce Lightning She also reprised her character Jazmine Payne on OWNs revival of The Paynes 2018 McClain began her musical career in 2005 as a member of the sister girl group the 3mcclaingirls with her sisters Sierra and Lauryn Her first professional single was Your Biggest Fan with Nick Jonas on the soundtrack album Jonas LA 2010 In 2011 McClain signed with Hollywood Records both as a solo artist and with her sister girl group known as the McClain Sisters Her debut single as a solo artist was Dynamite which peaked at no 2 on the US Kid Digital Songs and her second single Calling All the Monsters peaked at no 1 on the same chart and earned 25000 downloads within its first week of release The ANT Farm soundtrack album spent five weeks on the Billboard Kids chart in 2011 and sold 14000 copies in its first week of release Billboard also named her the sixth bestselling artist for digital kids songs in 2012 In 2017 her single Whats My Name from Descendants 2 peaked on several Billboard charts and was certified gold with 500000 units sold on November 10 2017 In June 2020 her sister girl group changed their name to Thriii