Candace Helaine Cameron Bure (born April 6, 1976) is an
American actress best known for playing
D. J. Tanner on the television show
Full House. She is the younger sister of actor
Kirk Cameron. She is married to former
Russian ice hockey player
Valeri Bure (brother of
Pavel Bure.)
Early life
Candace Cameron was born in
Panorama City, California, to Robert Cameron and Barbara Bausmith.
Following in the footsteps of her big brother,
Kirk Cameron, she decided to pursue acting herself. She started in the entertainment business by appearing in a number of
television commercials. Soon after, she guest starred roles on shows like
St. Elsewhere,
Growing Pains, and
Who's the Boss?
Career
In,when she got the call to audition for the role of
D.J. Tanner on
Full House. She impressed the studio executives and
producers so much that they delayed taping the
pilot episode to allow her to complete work on her other obligations. The show had an eight-year run.
While on
Full House, Cameron was also featured in a few
television movies. She played an
abused teenager in
No One Would Tell followed by
She Cried No and
Night Scream, in which she received starring roles. Cameron also guest starred in the failed TV pilot
Real Mature on ABC and in one episode of
Bill Nye The Science Guy as "Candace The Science Gal." She also appeared in the film
Punchline with
Tom Hanks and
Sally Field and appeared in an episode of the sitcom
Punky Brewster in the mid-1980s. In 1987, she had a role as the youngest sister of
Eric Stoltz in the teen comedy
Some Kind of Wonderful, which was produced by
John Hughes.
Cameron has hosted the
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in
1990 with
Dave Coulier and
David Faustino, and again in
1994 with
Joey Lawrence and
Marc Weiner, becoming the first person to host twice or more (followed by
Whitney Houston,
Rosie O'Donnell and
Jack Black).
Following the end of
Full House, Cameron guest starred on such network hits as
Cybill and
Boy Meets World. Following the birth of her children, she took a self-imposed hiatus from television and film to devote all of her time to her family and children. In the 2000s, she appeared as an interviewee on the retrospective TV specials
I Love the '80s and
I Love the '80s Strikes Back, and was one of the hosts of
50 Cutest Child Stars: All Grown Up on the
E! network, along with
Keshia Knight Pulliam of
The Cosby Show fame. In 2006, Cameron guest starred on the sitcom
That's So Raven. The following year, she co-starred with
Randy Travis in
The Wager , and starred with
Tom Arnold in the television movie
Moonlight and Mistletoe for the
Hallmark Channel in 2008.
Cameron returned to a television series in 2009, after being cast in
Make It or Break It, a teenage drama on
ABC Family, where she plays Summer Van Horn.
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Personal life
On June 22, 1996, Cameron married
NHL hockey player
Valeri Bure (Valerij Vladimirovich Bure). They were introduced by Cameron's former
Full House co-star
Dave Coulier.
She and Bure have three children: Natasha Valerievna Bure (b. August 15, 1998), Lev Valerievich Bure (b. February 20, 2000) and Maksim Valerievich Bure (b. January 20, 2002). They spend the majority of their time in the
Fort Lauderdale suburb of
Plantation, Florida, where Valeri played for the nearby
Florida Panthers. Her husband launched his own wine label,
Bure Family Wines.
In 2006, as a reflection of her
evangelical faith, she endorsed several online
Christian homeschooling academies. She writes a monthly column for "Christian Women Online" and speaks at churches throughout the country.
She is currently living in Los Angeles, CA to be close to her job on
Make It or Break It.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
| Year
| Award
| Result
| Category
| Film or series
|
| 1988
| Young Artist Award
| Nominated
| Outstanding Young Actors/Actresses Ensemble in Television or Motion Picture
| Little Spies (Shared with cast)
|
| Best Young Actress Guest Starring in a Television Comedy Series
| Growing Pains (For episode "The Long Goodbye")
|
| 1989
| Best Young Actress — Starring in a Television Comedy Series
| Full House
|
| 1990
| Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series
| Full House
|
| 1991
| Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series
| Full House
|
| 1993
| Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series
| Full House
|
| 1994
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
| Won
| Favorite Television Actress
| Full House
|
| 2004
| TV Land Award
| Nominated
| Quintessential Non-Traditional Family
| Full House (Shared with cast)
|
