Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato (born August 20, 1992) is an American
actress and
singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as
Mitchie Torres in the
Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock and Sonny Munroe in
Sonny With A Chance. Besides acting, she is also a solo music artist and released her debut album
Don't Forget on September 23, 2008. The album debuted at #2 on the
Billboard 200 selling over 89,000 copies in the first week.
Lovato released her second album,
Here We Go Again, on July 21, 2009.
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 selling over 108,000 copies in the first week.
[Demi Lovato Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200, But Michael Jackson Still Reigns Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-29.]
Early life
Lovato was born in
Dallas, Texas to Patrick and Dianna Lovato (
née Hart).
She has an older sister, Dallas, and a younger half sister,
Madison De La Garza.
Her mother was a
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and country recording artist; her father moved to
New Mexico after their marriage ended in 1994. Lovato is of Mexican, Italian, and Irish ancestry.
Career
