Chelsea Kane Staub (born September 15, 1988)^[1] is an American actress and singer. Her first starring role was in the 2007 film Bratz: The Movie. She is best known for playing Stella Malone on the Disney Channel sitcom JONAS. She will be in the upcoming 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie, Starstruck.

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Staub is the daughter of Becky and John Staub.^[1] She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona^[2] where she attended Mohave Middle School. She is an alumna of Valley Youth Theatre. She attended Saguaro High School for one year, before moving to L.A.

In 2007, she played her first starring role as well as her first theatrical role, in the theatrical motion picture Bratz: The Movie as "Meredith Baxter Dimly", the film's primary antagonist. She performs two of the songs on the film's soundtrack.

In 2008, she acted in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Minutemen, as Stephanie Jameson. The movie aired on Disney Channel on January 25, 2008. She appeared in one episode of the Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place.

She stars in the Jonas Brothers' Disney series JONAS as Stella Malone, the brothers' designer and childhood friend.^[3]

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