
Age: 27
female
China Anne McClain (born August 25, 1998) is an American actress and singer. McClain's career began when she was seven years old, portraying Alexis in the film The Gospel (2005), and then China James in Daddy's Little Girls (2007). She then received recognition for starring as Jazmine Payne in the television series Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007–2012; 2020–present) 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 A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014), 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 (2018–2021) as Jennifer Pierce / Lightning. She also reprised her character Jazmine Payne on OWN's 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 L.A. (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 25,000 downloads within its first week of release. The A.N.T. Farm soundtrack album spent five weeks on the Billboard Kids chart in 2011 and sold 14,000 copies in its first week of release. Billboard also named her the sixth best-selling artist for digital kids' songs in 2012. In 2017, her single "What's My Name" from Descendants 2 peaked on several Billboard charts, and was certified gold, with 500,000 units sold, on November 10, 2017. In June 2020 her sister girl group changed their name to Thriii.

The story introduces Urson, the streets-smart and bad boy son of Ursula, Mallory, the whip-smart and rebellious daughter of Maleficent, Nathanial, the flirty and intelligent son of Queen Narissa, Charles Facilier, the shady and mischievous son of Dr. Facilier, Anna, the optimistic and daring daughter of Anna of Arendelle, Elle, the icy and powerful daughter of Elsa of Arendelle, Tyler, the hardworking and musical son of Tiana of Maldonia, and Malohi, the headstrong and strong-willed son of Moana. The VKs and AKs cross paths at a momentous celebration in Auradon when unexpected chaos breaks out. In order to prevent an impending coup, in Auradon, courtesy of the Black Cauldron, they join forces with Uma and Audrey and travel back in time, via a magic wand given to them by Merlin, to undo the events that caused the villains to get their hands on the dangerous broken Black Cauldron. But things go belly-up quickly, and the rag-tag team finds themselves farther back in time than they wanted...as in before the Isle of the Lost. Before their parent's stories were ever written Separated in time, they must find their way back to each other and figure out if they can still save Auradon with the little time they have left.
