How Do You Become a Disney Channel Actress?
It seems like every girl I know has the desire to become a Disney Channel actress. And there is nothing wrong with wishing for that, or with dreaming about being a Disney Channel star.
And frankly, little girls could dream of things a lot less wholesome than Disney, so I say let them keep dreaming. What could be more magical for a young girl than being on the Disney Channel where everyone they know can see them?
The fact is your daughter could become a Disney Channel actress, or your son could become a Disney Channel actor. But the reality is that these things are dreamed by many but achieved by few. And rarely do young people become Disney Channel stars overnight, regardless of how it may appear.
If you look at the history of nearly any Disney Channel star, you’ll find that they worked in the entertainment industry for a number of years before becoming a star.
Look up some of your favorite Disney Channel stars from High School Musical in the Internet Movie Database (e.g., Ashley Tisdale). Check out the earliest listed tv or film role there and the year they became a Disney Channel star. There were probably at least three or four years between their first listed role and when they became a star on Disney Channel.
So parents, you can help your child chase after every Disney opportunity you hear about (see more discussion on this topic in How Do You Get Auditions for Disney Channel). But truthfully, the time you and your young actor spend doing those things could be better spent.
If you really want to give your child the chance to become a Disney Channel actress or actor, you need to guide them to do things that are more likely to make a difference in the long run. So what can you do?
The truth is, while there are absolutely no guarantees in showbiz, there are things you can do to help increase your child’s chances of succeeding with Disney or in the entertainment industry in general. The following is a good list to start with:
- Enroll your child in acting classes. Research to make sure the teacher is reputable.
- Enroll your child in voice classes or lessons. Singing ability and training can be a real plus for Disney Channel roles.
- Enroll your child in a comedy and improvisation class. This is particularly valuable for Disney-type shows, plus it is a lot of fun.
- Seek representation of a talent agent and/or talent manager for your child as this is the best way to get your child into Disney auditions.
- Encourage your child to get involved in community, church, and school plays or other activities where they can perform.
If your child really does want to become a Disney Channel actress or become a Disney Channel actor, help them to keep that dream alive by having them develop skills and do things that could actually help them achieve that goal.
And remind your child that becoming a Disney Channel star is not something that happens quickly. If it is something they really want, they need to work hard to try to get it. And they need to be patient.
For more tips on how to become a Disney Channel actress and to become successful in the entertainment industry, sign up for Your Young Actor’s Newsletter.
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March 25, 2009 2:59 pm
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By AgencyEfforts, April 2, 2009 @ 2:52 pm
A great way to set your child actor appart from the others is with their own website. There are a lot of website services out there for actors. One that I tend to recommend to my clients is Starrup (www.starrup.com). What I like about Starrup is that they don’t change fees for every change you make. This is especially important with a child actor because you are always updating their headshots.
By martin rivera, April 7, 2009 @ 3:36 pm
well just want too know wat if u araddy funny, nice, and have diffenet voie is and sound!
By alex farguson, April 8, 2009 @ 2:07 am
Thanks for the good work guys,i am glad to see finally what you have been working on all these months
By samarakoonkoon, April 11, 2009 @ 7:04 am
I WANT 2 BE A ACTOR ON DISNEYCHANNEL.I WANT TO HAVE MY OWN SHOW IM//12YRS OLD I BEEN DREAMING THIS SENSE I WAS 9YRSOLD.THIS IS MY DREAM I WANT FANS TO SCREAM MY NAME OUT.ALSO LIKE EVERY OTHER ACTOR GETS.
/SOMETIMES IM SAD BECAUSE I DONT NO HOW TO FIND TO BE AN ACTOR.ITS REALLY,REALLY HARD FOR ME. 
By Debbie Sikkema, April 16, 2009 @ 8:13 pm
It is good to have dreams. The best way to become an actress is to start out doing plays and other performances where you are. If you have any acting teachers near you, see if your parents will let you take some acting classes. As you gain more experience, then maybe you can try to get an agent and start going to some auditions. It is a process and it takes a lot of commitment and effort on your part. Good luck to you in achieving your dreams.
By tiara, April 26, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
By Debbie Sikkema, April 28, 2009 @ 7:17 am
Sure, you might be able to be on Disney Channel sometime. But you need to work on becoming a good actress by taking acting classes and perhaps a good singer and dancer, too, while you try to get on Disney Channel. You can try to get background (a.k.a. extra) work by watching for Disney filming in your area. I am not saying you can’t be on Disney Channel, but just that it takes some time to become a Disney star.
By list of hot holiday toys, May 2, 2009 @ 7:03 pm
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
By Ed, May 4, 2009 @ 8:08 am
Dance classes are also useful.
I think the impro classes are the best. The thing that is often overlooked about child actor is they need to enjoy themself. It’s still their childhood and the chances of hitting the big time are still small.
By a person with dreams, June 24, 2009 @ 9:56 pm
hello!! please i need help if anyone can…comment back and my dream is to b in a movie and have fun doing it
….sadly i dont know how to… 
…and also how do i get myself to be noticed in country music?? i mean i really wanna be a country artist to inspire people just like me 
P.S. i have had professional acting classes with John Casablancas.
By Krystyn, July 7, 2009 @ 11:50 pm
hey there, my name is Krystyn. I am 14 and I aspire to become a actress. I know it won’t happen over night, and it actually might take a couple years. I have NO experience, which I know wont get my far. But I auditioned for the community theater and I got in. I am playing the part of Amanda Robinson, a young girl who gets made fun of because she has a “hick” accent. In the end I teach everyone a lesson by proving to them that I am the same as all of them, I just have a different accent, and I’m from a different place. Anyways, I just wanted to know that if i got enough experience in by the time I’m 16, will it look better on my resume? and would 16 be too late to start a professional acting career?
Thank you for your time Debbie, I have read most of your articles, and I think I know that acting is something I really want to do.
By musik, July 19, 2009 @ 6:10 pm
thanks for this section, i learn new things
By A girl with hope, August 24, 2009 @ 6:49 pm
Hey I am a 12 year old girl and for my entire life iv’e wanted to become an actress. Iv’e read that you should take acting classes or find an acting school near you. The only acting experience ive had is at school while i’m taking drama. I am really good at expressing my voice, where as alot others just talk like they normally do. But im not sure hom im supost to start if I wanna become an actress. I don’t exactly want to be a Disney star, just an acress. Anyone know where I can start?
By dream big, and hope for the best =), August 31, 2009 @ 11:58 am
hey my name is martha
.. i Live in swaziland and its really difficult trying to enroll for any sort of disney acting, simply because we don’t have any where to go, so can anyone please help out..
thanx
By AHZSUR URSERY, September 8, 2009 @ 5:30 pm
If you let me be a actor the whole world will watch Disney Channel.
By ANSH from celebrity gossip rumors, October 23, 2009 @ 1:48 am
Disney channel is one of my favorite channel from my childhood, and here you have mentioned to be a star of Disney channel. It’s totally a dream for me.
By Kassidy Kaser, November 27, 2009 @ 8:11 pm
im a 12 year old girl with amazing talent i can ance sing and act like no other my family is poor and we live in a forgotten state oregon in a small town philomath i just want a chance and some help to make my dream come true!!!!!!
-little dreamer
By tia thomas, December 13, 2009 @ 7:47 pm
ive always wanted to be a singer but never got noticed
ive been trying to become a famous person all my life it will be a oner to be noticed i am a begginer ive come a long way i can be shy at some moments 
but if i set my mind to it i know i can do it 
but i just need somebody to help me please please 
i guess this is it thin if i dont get discovered i know ill find a way best to beleive that 
well kay by 
By tia thomas, December 13, 2009 @ 7:56 pm
hellow its me again this is my life long dream i get fustrated when i cant find people to discover my wonderful talent i see the movies and commercials and movies and i wish i could have played a part in it i really want to have my own show on disney channel called tia and tiffany please comment me please people i just wish my dream can happen
please and i always wanted to be a singer an have my own clothing line 
im a very unique person and very talented and if you can feel wat im saying youll see how i feel so this is me signing out peace
By holas, December 18, 2009 @ 5:08 pm
By Anndrianna, December 20, 2009 @ 4:13 pm
Hello my name is Anndrianna.I’m 13 years old,I’m a girl I really want to become and actress but the only things is i just don have alot of money and people to help. Acting has always been what i want to do in my life.
By FATIMA CAMARA, January 2, 2010 @ 9:24 pm
dear disney, i really wanted to be an actress for my whole life if i dont get this part i will just die
By ashley, January 13, 2010 @ 1:26 pm
i want to be a star a my couisn duke collins i can be one for free
By I'keycia, February 13, 2010 @ 11:30 am
HELLO , MY NAME IS I’KEYCIA. I’VE BEEN WATCHING DISNEY CHANNEL FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER AND ITS VERY FUN AND EXCITING TO ME. I LOVE THE CHARACTERS AND HOW THEY ACT IN THEIR SHOWS WITH SUCH PASSION. I TO WANT TO BECOME A DISNEY CHANNEL STAR. IT WOULD BE A GREAT PLEASURE TO ME. THE PROUD FAMILY SHOW IS OF COURSE A CARTOON BUT, MY IDEA WAS TO MAKE THIS SHOW IN USE WITH REAL PEOPLE . I WOULD WANT TO PLAY THE ROLE OF PENNY AND WE COULD FIND OTHER PEOPLE TO BE THE OTHER CHARACTERS. THIS WOULD GIVE THIS SHOW HIGHER RATINGS ! . PLEASE SUGGEST THIS IDEA. WRITE BACK SOON AS POSSIBLE OR CONTACT ME AT ikeyciacaldwell@yahoo.com or ikeyciac@yahoo.com
By Jasmine, February 16, 2010 @ 3:31 pm
As you may know I want to be a Disney Channel Star. My name is Jasmine Toney, and every since I first started watching Disney Channel I thought to myself saying WOW!! I want to be a Disney Channel Star. This has been my dream ever since I was a little girl. I been telling my mother that I want to be a Disney Channel Star. She said I believe you can be you can If you achieve in your goal’s and take acting classes. My mother is my hero because she’s always there for me when I really want to do something. She’s always there to back me up in my goal’s and I just want to take this time to let her know that I love her when all my heart and I want her to know that. I am 14 years old, I will be turning 15 on March 11th. The reason why I want to be on Disney Channel is b because I love to act, sing, and dance. I am taking classes for those 3 things so that when I do audition for Disney Channel I would already be exspected of what they are looking for. Disney Channel I’m your next Disney Star!!!
By Jasmine, February 16, 2010 @ 3:39 pm
Also I am not a shy girl If I could I would perform In front of the biggest crowdat, and I mean that to. I want fans like the Disney Star’s have I want them To scream my name like I was famous to. All I’m saying Is you young kid’s and teen’s and adult’s don’t give up on your dream’s.
By Jasmine, February 16, 2010 @ 3:43 pm
biggest crowd, and I mean that to. I want fans like the Disney Star’s have I want them to scream my name like I was famous
By LuLu, February 21, 2010 @ 12:00 pm
I care about making people laugh or touching them emotionally, being famous is not what i’m striving for. I love making people happy. I want to spend my time doing something that i love and i love acting. If i ever do become an actress, and i somehow have fans, i will care for them because they care for me, but for riht now, im just having fun dreaming about my dream
By Fajar, February 27, 2010 @ 2:39 pm
I REALLY WANT TO BE FAMOUS ON DISNEY CHANNEL SINCE I WAS 9 ALL I THOUGHT ABOUT ALL NIGHT HOW TO GET FAMOUS
By rebeka josil, April 27, 2010 @ 3:14 pm
hi i really want to be in disney channel plz help me am 11 years old am a great singer and a great dance
By natalie, June 30, 2010 @ 2:36 pm
Hi my name is natalie nunez right now i am 9.I alwys want to be a singer and an actress since i was 5:smile:. But some times i can’t be a actress or a singer
because i have school.I would be a little nervous 
.I belive i can a singer and a actress some day 
.
By michael, July 4, 2010 @ 7:03 am
please let be on disney please please please
By michael, July 4, 2010 @ 7:04 am
i already got my on show name
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By michael, July 4, 2010 @ 7:06 am
i what to be on hannah montana what to be a little kid a across the street that always mess with miley
michael´s last blog ..If Your Child Auditions for Professional Acting Jobs- Should You Participate in Community Theatre
By *LOVE TO BE*, July 7, 2010 @ 6:47 am
Hey everyone! i am 11 years old and i have dreamed of being an actress my whole life. I memorized the script of everyword in Hannah Montana. I was made for this job. When i was born my first word was act and second was actress. Ever sincethen i have always loved to act. I have been in a talent show. Drama . Theater. And a movie that was not made a big one. plz reply
PS i also need an agent!
By Jasmine, July 10, 2010 @ 9:46 pm
I have been dreaming to be on disney channel for years. i am 14 years old. i have had this dream since i was about 8. i have been in a few plays at school. i can act and dance. Having this dream can be very painful to me. Everyday at the end of the day this dream depresses me to know that i have dreamt this for years and im still not there, if some one could feel this depression they would understand. This dream is hard for me. It keeps me awake every night with a depression. Please Help.
By ashton thomas, July 23, 2010 @ 3:19 pm
i really want to become a actress i think all of the people on disney channel are very lucky and i’ve wanted to be an actress ever since i was a little girl
By ashley.velasquez, July 28, 2010 @ 7:44 am
hi my names is ashley and i want to become a star in disney channel cause aim so funny and please read my coments.
By ashley.velasquez, July 28, 2010 @ 7:48 am