It’s not a stretch to say that was born to be a Disney princess. The star made it clear to her artistic parents at the age of two that she was a natural performer, and that innate ability soon took shape in the form of dancing, singing, songwriting and acting. At the same time, Cantrall also developed a deep affection for Disney and all its programming that featured young trailblazing performers such as Zendaya, Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus.
At 8 years old, the L.A. native turned that affinity into a YouTube series called where she reviewed Disney Channel shows and covered the music of its young stars.
A few years later, Cantrall started auditioning for various roles around town, but she couldn’t shake the fact that the Disney trajectory was the ideal course for her. “I had done some auditions for Nickelodeon shows, and they gave me a lot of good positive feedback. But I just always felt like I wasn’t meant to be there and that I was meant to be with Disney,” Cantrall tells .
“So I’m really happy that the stars aligned for me to work with the Disney family. It has totally felt meant to be.” Cantrall’s first Disney job was a season two episode of , and she’s been off to the races ever since.
Just 18 months after that episode of aired, she starred as Gabby Duran on Disney Channel’s . Gabby Duran would ultimately pave the way for her most recent title character, Princess Red of Wonderland, in Jennifer Phang’s , the fourth movie in the Disney Channel’s m.