Chelsea Royce Tavares is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Cranberry on the

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series ''

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'', Autumn Williams on the Nickelodeon series '' Just Jordan'', Patience Robinson in

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series '' All American'', and the voice and motion capture for Nora Harris in the video game '' The Last of Us Part II''.

Early life

Tavares' ancestors were from

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. Her younger sister is Kylee Russell, also an actress who starred as Karin Daniels in the 2007

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television film '' Jump In!''

Career

Prior to appearing in ''Unfabulous'', Tavares guest starred in the series ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2004, she joined ''

'' as a recurring cast member in the first season before becoming a series regular the final two seasons. Shortly after, she joined the main cast of another Nickelodeon series '' Just Jordan'', in the show's second and final season. Her other television acting credits include '' Zeke and Luther'', '' CSI: Miami'', '' The Middle'', and '' Ringer''. In 2011, she appeared in the feature film ''

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''. She is currently starring as Patience Robinson in the hit CW Network's series, '' All American''. In video games, she voiced Glory in ''

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'' and voiced and mo-capped Nora Harris in '' The Last of Us Part II''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Discography

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tavares, Chelsea Living people 21st-century African-American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles African-American child actresses American child actresses American film actresses American musicians of Cape Verdean descent American television actresses American voice actresses People from Panorama City, Los Angeles Year of birth missing (living people)