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Anneliese van der Pol
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| Anneliese Van Der Pol | |
 Anneliese Van Der Pol at the 2005 BET Comedy Awards |
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| Born | September 23, 1984 (age 22) Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
| Notable roles | Chelsea Daniels in That's So Raven (2003–07) |
Anneliese Louise Van Der Pol (born September 23, 1984) is a Dutch-American actress and singer. After an early career in musical theatre, she was cast as Chelsea Daniels in the Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven, a role that gained her renown among young audiences. Van der Pol also has a career as a singer, and has recorded several songs for Disney.
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Van der Pol was born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands to Wim van der Pol, who is Dutch, and Dyan Ross, an American from Brooklyn, New York. She has two older sisters, Rachel and Sarah, and is of Jewish heritage. Van der Pol's family moved to her mother's native United States when she was three years old, and she retains dual citizenship between the Netherlands and the U.S.
The elementary school that she attended was Washington Elementary, located in Bellflower, California. Van der Pol began acting in the third grade and graduated from the Musical Theater Program of the Orange County High School of the Arts. She played Eva Peron in the Buena Park Civic Theatre production of Evita in 1999, and received positive reviews from the Los Angeles Times. At fifteen years old, she was also the one of the youngest actresses to play the role in a professional production.
Van der Pol subsequently starred as "Laurey" in the Austin Musical Theater production of Oklahoma! from 2000 to 2001. Her performance earned her the Austin Critics Table award nominations for "Best Actress in a Musical". Van der Pol was later cast as Chelsea Daniels, the best friend of the title character in the Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven, a role she played from 2002 to 2007. Van der Pol has also appeared on the Disney Channel Games as a member of the Red Team; her teammates were Zac Efron, Kay Panabaker, Dylan Sprouse, Shin Koyamada, and Moises Arias.
Van der Pol is a soprano and is trained in the belting vocal technique. In 2004, she recorded the song "Over It" for the Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs. Her second solo recording, called "A Day in the Sun", a cover originally sung by Hilary Duff appeared on the album That's So Raven Too!. Van der Pol has been associated with several other Disney music projects, including the song "Circle of Life" for The Lion King: Special Edition DVD, "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" for the Cinderella: Special Edition DVD, and "Candle on the Water" from Pete's Dragon on Disneymania 4.
Anneliese is soon to take on the role of "Belle" in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway starting on April 3, 2007. She will be the final actress to play the role on Broadway before it closes after 13 years at the end of July 2007.
Anneliese's bedroom walls are painted green because green is her favorite color. She has also described herself as a "sneaker girl" and noted that her favorite subject in school was English and her favorite food is chocolate.[1] Van der Pol's favorite actors/actresses include Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Auteuil, Daniel Day-Lewis and Kevin Spacey, and her favorite films are Sophie's Choice, What About Bob?, The Shawshank Redemption; favorite musicans- Tom Jones, Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, and The Cure. Attended a couple of UFC fighting events; her favorites are: Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, and Randy Couture.
According to TMZ.com, Anneliese was arrested on July 10, 2006 for driving with a .19 blood-alcohol level and colliding into two vehicles; she pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges, including DUI.[1]
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kim Possible | Heather |
| 2006 | The Disney Channel Games | Herself |
| 2005 | Disney Channel New Year:'Totally Suite New Year's Eve' | Herself |
| 2005 | Horror High | Rachael |
| 2005-???? | Katbot | Katbot/Katerina Botenski (Voice's) |
| 2003-2006 | Disney Channel Express Yourself | Herself (unknown episodes) |
| 2003-2007 | That's So Raven | Chelsea Daniels (95 episodes) |
| 2002 | Divorce: The Musical | Chelsea Weber |
| Soundtracks |
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| Stuck in the Suburbs |
That's So Raven Too!
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| Disneymania 4 |
| Year | Singles |
|---|---|
| 2002 | That's So Raven |
| 2003 | Circle of Life |
| 2004 | Over It |
| 2005 | A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes |
| 2006 | A Day in the Sun |
| 2006 | Candle On The Water |
| Year | Theatre | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 199? | The Sleeping Beauty Ballet | Red Riding Hood |
| 199? | The Glory of Christmas | Soloist |
| 199? | The Sound of Music | Briggita |
| 199? | Will Rogers Follies | Mary Rogers |
| 1998 | Eleanor, An American Love Story | Young Eleanor |
| 199? | Catch a Falling Star | Sheree |
| 199? | Murphy's Law | Kelly |
| 199? | Fiddler on the Roof | Chava |
| 1999 | Grease | Sandy |
| 199? | Beguiled Again | Principal |
| 1999 | Evita | Eva Peron |
| 2000 | Oklahoma! | Laurey |
| 2002[citation needed] | The Nutcracker | Clara |
| 2002[citation needed] | Copelia | Copelia |
| 2007 | Beauty and the Beast (musical) | Belle |
- ^ As mentioned in the Raven's Makeover Madness DVD
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