# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/china-anne-mcclain
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:10:57.705Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/china-anne-mcclain"
name: "China Anne McClain"
slug: "china-anne-mcclain"
description: "China Anne McClain 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 sitcom Tyler Perry's House of Payne and as Charlotte McKenzie in the comedy film Grown Ups (2010) and its sequel Grown Ups 2 (2013); and became globally 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), Descendants 3 (2019), and Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024). She also voiced Freddie in Descendants: Wicked World. 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)."
tagline: "American actress and singer (born 1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/China_Anne_McClain_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1998-08-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  231
  category: 236
totalFollowers: 442000
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump