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Born:
- Birthday: 2000-08-03
- Born Place: Sacramento, California, USA
Chandler Kinney
Chandler Kinney (born August 3, 2000, in Sacramento, California) is a polished American actress, singer, dancer, and producer. Trained in tap, jazz, and hip‑hop from the age of three, she later added martial arts—earning a black belt—to her skill set before beginning her acting career at nine. Kinney appeared in guest roles on Girl Meets World, K.C. Undercover, and The Haunted Hathaways, then earned series regular roles in Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street and Fox’s Lethal Weapon . She rose to prominence as Willa, the fierce werewolf alpha in Disney’s Z‑O‑M‑B‑I‑E‑S 2 and subsequent installments—combining her acting, dancing, and singing talents—and returned to voice the role in Zombies: The Re‑Animated Series. Off-screen, she co-founded Chandler’s Friends with her mother to support disadvantaged youth and pursued academic studies at UCLA before focusing full-time on her career.Kinney’s journey has been one of overcoming inner doubts—she once broke down after recording her first song, convinced she couldn’t sing, despite the track going viral—and embracing growth through confidence and community.In 2024, she competed on Season 33 of Dancing with the Stars, where she made history as part of the first all-Black partnership to reach the finale, earning multiple perfect scores. More recently, Kinney has portrayed Tabby Haworthe in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and will reprise Willa in Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires, continuing her trajectory as a dynamic talent in entertainment.
