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It’s a special day for Raven-Symoné as the actress is celebrating her 36th birthday.
A whole icon, Raven has been working since she was an infant. At three years old, she starred as Olivia Kendall on The Cosby Show, subsequently nabbing so many small and big screen roles it’s hard to keep count. We know her best from Cosby, her Disney Channel show That’s So Raven, and The Cheetah Girls franchise. She also voiced Monique in Kim Possible, before going on to play Olivia Lyon in Empire, Rhonda Johnson in Black-ish, and more.
Raven is in fact so well-off from her career in entertainment, she recently revealed she hasn’t even touched her Cosby money.
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These days, the beauty’s sitcom reign is still going strong, as she dips into a fifth season for Raven’s Home. The series follows her ’00s character Raven Baxter, who is now a divorced mother of two that can still peek into the future.
To show Raven some love, we gathered photos of her come-up over the years. Check those precious moments out below and join us in wishing the beauty the happiest of birthdays. As you’ll see in the photos we selected, Raven truly has been working for an unbelievable amount of time. Very few can boast about having that kind of work ethic… we love to see it.
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1. Raven, Mom Lydia Gaulden, and Dad Christopher Pearman at the 1990 Starlight Children’s Foundation Gala.
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2. Raven and rapper Da Brat posing for photos during a break in filming Da Brat’s video ‘Fa All Y’all’ back in ’94.
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3. Raven takes a photo during her visit to La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago back in ’93.
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4. Raven with the ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.’
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5. The young beauty at the 19th Annual International Emmy Awards.
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6. Raven and Keshia Knight Pulliam on set of ‘The Cosby Show.’
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7. How cute is she?
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8. Cool kid at the The American Cinema Awards Foundation Honors.
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9. Sing it with us — That’s So Raveeeeen!
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10. Gorgeous at the 23rd Annual NAACP Theatre Awards.
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11. Raven and her little bro Blaize hit up the ‘Dr Dolittle 2’ premiere.
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12. Icon status at Nickelodeon’s 17th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards.
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13. Beautiful as ever for the Women In Film honoring of Dr. Maya Angelou.
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14. DJ Spinderella and Raven chillin’ at the 4th Annual Black Girls Rock! Awards.
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15. On the red carpet for the 3rd Annual Soul Train Christmas StarFest.
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16. Stunning at the 2003 Teen Choice Awards.
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17. Switching up her style at WE tv’s “Growing Up Hip Hop” Premiere Party.
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18. A killer smile on ‘The View.’
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19. Slaying at the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards.
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20. Excuse me, ma’am?
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21. We love you Raven! Happy Birthday.
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