Chelsea Royce Tavares is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Cranberry on the

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series ''

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'', Autumn Williams on the Nickelodeon series ''

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'', Patience Roberts in

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series '' All American'', and the voice and motion capture for Nora Harris in the video game ''

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''.

Early life

Chelsea Royce Tavares was born in the

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neighborhood of

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. Her ancestors were from

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. Her younger sister is Kylee Russell, also an actress who starred as Karin Daniels in the 2007

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television film ''

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Career

Prior to appearing in ''Unfabulous'', Tavares guest starred in the series ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2004, she joined ''

'' as a recurring cast member in the first season before becoming a series regular the final two seasons. Shortly after, she joined the main cast of another Nickelodeon series ''

'', in the show's second and final season. Her other television acting credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Middle'', and ''

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''. In 2011, she appeared in the feature film ''

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''. She is currently starring as Patience Roberts in the hit CW Network's series, '' All American''. In video games, she voiced Glory in ''

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'' and voiced and mo-capped Nora Harris in ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Discography

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tavares, Chelsea 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles American child actresses American film actresses American musicians of Cape Verdean descent American television actresses American voice actresses Living people People from Panorama City, Los Angeles Year of birth missing (living people)