Christy Carlson Romano

About

Christy Carlson Romano (born March 20, 1984) is an American actress, podcaster, and singer. On the Disney Channel, she played Ren Stevens on Even Stevens and the voice of the titular character from Kim Possible.

Romano was born on March 20, 1984, in Milford, Connecticut, the youngest of four children of Anthony Romano and Sharon (née Carlson). She was raised Catholic and is of Italian descent. Romano began her career at six years old upon being cast in some national tours of Broadway shows, including Annie, The Will Rogers Follies with Keith Carradine, and The Sound of Music with Marie Osmond. She made her first feature film appearance in 1996 as a singing “Chiquita Banana” in Woody Allen’s Everyone Says I Love You. She also appeared in Henry Fool (1997) and Looking for an Echo (2000).

In 2002, she acted in three Disney Channel projects simultaneously, supplementing her work on Even Stevens with a starring role in Cadet Kelly, alongside Hilary Duff, and voice acting as the title character in Kim Possible. Romano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her work on Kim Possible. The show inspired an adventure scavenger hunt activity…