We are so excited about Lauryn McClain‘s brand new project — Step Up High Water!
The actress — and sister of China Anne and Sierra — will play Janelle in the 10-episode series, opposite Naya Rivera and Ne-Yo.
Janelle is an ambitious dancer who, along with her twin brother Tal (Petrice Jones), was uprooted from suburban Ohio to live with Uncle Al (Faizon Love).
The series centers on Atlanta’s famed High Water Performing Arts School, which is run by Sage Odom (Ne-Yo).
Marcus Mitchell, Jade Chynoweth, Carlito Olivero, Terrence Green, R. Marcos Taylor, Eric Graise and Kendra Oyesanya also star in the show, which will premiere this fall.
China Anne McClain and her sister Lauryn look so hot 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards today.
The two siblings are actually repping the entire Descendants fandom at the show.
China used to voice Freddie on Descendants: Wicked World — which Lauryn took over when China was “promoted” to Uma in Descendants 2!
Cast mates Dove Cameron, Zachary Gibson, Booboo Stewart, China McClain, Dianne Doan, Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson and Dylan Playfair are all at the show too, along with director Kenny Ortega!
The 2017 RDMAs will air TOMORROW, Sunday, April 30th on Disney Channel.
Sierra McClain credits her confidence and success on her experiences working with her sisters.
The 23-year-old Empire actress spent years in a girl group with China and Lauryn before breaking into acting.
“I don’t think I would’ve been as comfortable at all if I hadn’t had the background of working with my sisters,” Sierra told TeenVogue.com. “Even watching my sisters has helped me, too. Even though I haven’t worked in a while, I was on set constantly, so I feel like I’ve been around it forever even if I wasn’t necessarily in front of the camera.”
She continued, “And then all of my studio work with my father, [music producer and engineer, Michael McClain] definitely prepared me for the studio sessions here…I was so nervous in the beginning; I didn’t know if I could do this. But it was him talking to me and calling me saying, ‘Listen, you’ve been doing this forever here with me and with the girls. You can do it. You’re ready for it. Go in there and be confident.’ There’s no telling what would’ve happened if I hadn’t had that.”
Catch Sierra on Empire this season, Wednesdays @ 9PM on Fox.
China Anne McClain gives older sister Lauryn bunny ears on the red carpet at the premiere of Lights Out held at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday night (July 19) in Hollywood.
The 17-year-old actress stepped out for the flick and had a mini-reunion with the A.N.T. Farm co-star Sierra McCormick.
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Nolan Gould, Sammi Hanratty and Roshon Fegan also hit up the horror flick’s premiere, which opens in theaters on Friday, July 22nd.
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Lauryn McClain and Bradley Steven Perry have joined the Descendants family for the upcoming Wicked World special, Neon Lights Ball.
Lauryn, 19, will take over the role of Freddie from younger sister China Anne, who will be starring in Descendants 2 as Uma, the daughter of Ursula. Bradley, 17, will voice Zevon, the son of Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove.
In “Neon Lights Ball,” the half-hour special that will feature six back-to-back episodes and introduce CJ, the daughter of Captain Hook (Myrna Velasco) and fans will be given a taste of the mystery and excitement that will fuel the upcoming sequel movie.
Descendants: Wicked World Neon Lights Ball will air Friday, July 15th @ 8PM ET/PT on Disney Channel.
Lab Rats: Elite Force co-stars Paris Berelc and Kelli Berglund step out to watch the 100th DCOM, Adventures in Babysitting, on Thursday (June 23) at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles.
Landry Bender was in attendance at the premiere alongside her Best Friends Whenever co-stars Ricky Garcia, Benjamin Royer, and Matthew Royer.
Ricky was joined at the event by his Forever in Your Mind groupmates Emery Kelly and Liam Attridge.
Other stars checking out the new Disney Channel Original Movie included Stuck in the Middle‘s Kayla Maisonet and Ariana Greenblatt, A.N.T. Farm‘s China Anne McClain with sisters Sierra and Lauryn, Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything‘s Sophie Reynolds, and Shake It Up‘s Roshon Fegan.
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Zendaya puts her former Shake It Up co-star Adam Irigoyen into a friendly choke hold while goofing off at Just Jared Jr.’s Fall Fun Day held at a private residence on Saturday afternoon (October 24) in Los Angeles.
Another Shake It Up star in attendance was Kenton Duty and other celebs at the party included Black-ish‘s Yara Shahidi and the McClain sisters – China Anne, Lauryn, and Sierra!
The event was held to celebrate the season 2 premiere of Amazon Prime’s Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street. To tie in to the show’s themes of friendship, we invited lots of inner city kids to the event to make new friendships and enjoy a fun-filled day with activities such as a petting zoo, arts and crafts, a balloon artist, and yummy food.
“Had a dope time with the youngins at the @justjared @justjaredjr #FallFunDay the kids were too cute,” Zendaya wrote on Instagram along with the below photo of herself and some of the kids.
FYI: Zendaya is wearing Puma x Solange sneakers.
