This Day, That Year – May 13

This day in history we feature Debby Ryan. An American actress and singer who started acting at the age of seven was born 1993.

Trivia – Debby Ryan

Ryan began appearing in various television commercials in her early teenage years. In 2006 she made her television debut on the show Barney & Friends. Ryan’s first film role was in 2007 as a guest character in Barney: Let’s Go to the Firehouse, she played the role of a teenager. She appeared in several commercials for iDog and various board games; she was in an iDog Dance commercial in 2008.

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Ryan also had a major role in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film The Longshots as Edith. Ryan played one of the main characters, Bailey Pickett, on the Disney Channel Original Series, The Suite Life on Deck, which is a sequel to the hit Disney Channel series, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The series’s pilot aired on September 26, 2008 in the United States and it became the most watched series premiere in Canada on the Family channel. The character is a very intelligent girl who boarded the ship to leave the fictional town of Kettlecorn, Kansas because she hated the fact that the town is so small. The series was 2008’s number one top scripted television series for teens, beating the veteran series Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place in the ratings. The series was also 2009’s top rated scripted series, outpacing other teenage shows. In 2009, Ryan landed a starring role in the independent feature film, What If…, alongside Kevin Sorbo and Kristy Swanson. In October 2009, Ryan hosted the first Tween Girl Summit Music Festival. The film was shot in Grand Rapids and Manistee, Michigan in July 2009 and was released in theaters on August 20, 2010. In October 2009, Ryan hosted the first Tween Girl Summit Music Festival. Ryan’s work for Disney Channel includes starring roles in the series The Suite Life on Deck (2008–2011), the film 16 Wishes (2010), the series Jessie (2011–2015), and the film Radio Rebel (2012). She also appeared in the drama film What If… (2010) and the series Insatiable (2018–2019). She gained prominence in music by contributing vocals to the soundtracks of her Disney projects and later formed the band The Never Ending in 2013, with whom she released the EP One. On April 17, 2015, an episode of Girl Meets World premiered featuring Ryan as Aubrey Macavoy. On June 23, 2015, The Never Ending debuted their new single, titled “Secondhand”. Later that year, the band toured as an opening act for the North American leg of Fifth Harmony’s Reflection Tour. In 2016, Ryan was cast in the NBC police series The Mysteries of Laura in season two as Lucy Diamond, Laura’s drugged and trouble-making younger paternal half-sister and the half-aunt of Nicholas and Harrison. At the same time, Ryan was confirmed in the cast of comedy series Sing It!. The show debuted on May 25, 2016 at YouTube Red, a paid service of streaming original series and movies, similar to Netflix. In 2020, Ryan starred alongside Alison Brie in the Netflix drama film Horse Girl, which was directed by Jeff Baena. In the same year, Ryan was cast in Netflix’s thriller Night Teeth, directed by Adam Randall. She also appeared in The Opening Act directed by Steve Byrne. Ryan would join Alison Brie in another movie called Spin Me Round in 2022, and then appear in four episodes of the Peacock Original series The Resort the same year. In 2023, Ryan appeared in Shortcomings, an Asian American relationship drama directed by Randall Park.

Source – Wikipedia