Candace Cameron Bure

About

Candace Helaine Cameron Bure (; born April 6, 1976) is an American actress, author and former talk show panelist best known as D.J. Tanner in Full House and Fuller House, Summer van Horne in Make It or Break It, and many Hallmark Channel original films—including the title character in their adaptations of the Aurora Teagarden novel series.
In 2014, she was a finalist on season 18 of Dancing with the Stars, finishing in third place. Bure also had minor roles as Cindy Nelson in Some Kind of Wonderful, Carrie Krytsick in Punchline, and voiced the titular character in F.R.E.D.I.. From 2015 to 2016, she was a co-host of the daytime television talk show The View. In 2022, Bure became chief content officer of Great American Media.

Candace Cameron was born in Panorama City, California. Her parents are Barbara (née Bausmith), a homemaker and manager for her children’s early acting careers, and Robert Cameron, a former school teacher. She has three siblings, including former child actor and evangelist Kirk Cameron.

Cameron guest-starred in roles on shows such as St. Elsewhere, Growing Pains, and Who’s the Boss?. In 1985, she portrayed Jennifer Bates in an episode…