After playing smart Ren Stevens for three years Even Stevensbringing the main character Kim May to life and playing the opposite lead Hilary Duff in DCOM 2002 Cadet Kelly, Christy Carlson Romano went to Broadway for a 31-week run at Disney's Beauty and the Beast in 2004, playing Belle, before returning to the famous theater circuit in 2008, joining the company of Q Avenue.
She wrote a novel, It's Grace's turnin 2007, directed a feature film, Christmas is over againin 2016, earned a degree in Film Studies from Barnard College and married the writer and producer Brendan Rooney on December 31, 2013. The couple has two daughters, the youngest was born in February 2019.
Christy returns to the network that made her a household name in 2019 with her live-action role Kim Can film, playing pop star Poppy Blu. In May 2019, she also opened up about the hardships she faced during her years as a star of the network in a powerful essay for Teen magazine. “I have never been as perfect or put together as my reputation or my work success. young adulthood may suggest,” she admission. “For a time in my life, I struggled with depression, drink alcoholand moreover, desperately searching for a way to fix my feelings.”
