Candace Cameron Bure
Bure at Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 2009
Born	Candace Helaine Cameron (1976-04-06) April 6, 1976 (age 39) Panorama City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, producer, author, talk show host
Years active	1982–present
Spouse(s)	Valeri Bure (m. 1996)
Children	3
Relatives	Kirk Cameron (brother)
Website	candacecameronbure.net

Candace Helaine Cameron Bure (/bʊˈreɪ/; born April 6, 1976) is an American actress, producer, author, and talk show host. She is known for the role of D.J. Tanner, the eldest daughter, on the television series Full House which she played from ages 10 to 18. She is the younger sister of actor Kirk Cameron. In 2014, she was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars: season 18, finishing in third place.

Early life[edit]

Candace Helaine Cameron was born in Panorama City, Los Angeles, California on April 6, 1976 to Robert Cameron and Barbara Bausmith Cameron.^[1] She is one of four children.

Career[edit]

Following in the footsteps of her older brother Kirk, Bure decided to pursue acting. She started in the entertainment business by appearing in a number of television commercials. Soon after, she guest starred in roles on shows such as St. Elsewhere, Growing Pains, and Who's the Boss? (Among the roles for which she auditioned was the lead on Small Wonder, which ultimately went to Tiffany Brissette.) In a 1985 episode of the sitcom Punky Brewster, Cameron portrayed a girl named Jennifer who had been kidnapped by her father. In 1987, she had a role as the youngest sister of Eric Stoltz in the teen comedy Some Kind of Wonderful.

Bure began the most prominent role of her career in 1987 on the ensemble sitcom Full House, as Donna Jo "D.J." Tanner, the oldest daughter. The long-running series ended in 1995, and she was a member of the cast during its entire run.

While on Full House, she was also featured in the made-for-TV movies No One Would Tell, playing an abused teen; She Cried No as a date-raped teen; NightScream, a mystery; and Camp Cucamonga, an adventure comedy. Cameron guest-starred in the failed pilot Real Mature, and in an episode of Bill Nye The Science Guy as "Candace the Science Gal". She also appeared in the Tom Hanks and Sally Field feature film Punchline.

Bure 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).

After Full House[edit]

After Full House ended in 1995, Bure guest starred on such network hits as Cybill and Boy Meets World.

After the birth of her children, she took a self-imposed hiatus from television and film to devote her time to her family and children. In the 2000s, she appeared as an interview on the retrospective I Love the '80s and I Love the '80s Strikes Back. She would later co-host 50 Cutest Child Stars: All Grown Up on the E! network, along with Keshia Knight Pulliam of The Cosby Show fame.

In 2006, she 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 and was cast in Make It or Break It,^[2] a teenage gymnastics drama series on ABC Family, playing Summer Van Horne.^{[citation needed]} The series ended in 2012.^[3]

On March 4, 2014, she was announced as one of the celebrities to compete on the season 18 of Dancing with the Stars. Her professional partner was Mark Ballas.^[4] The couple made it to the finals and ultimately ended in third place behind Amy Purdy and Meryl Davis who took second and first place, respectively.

It was announced in 2015, that Bure will reprise her role as D.J. Tanner in the 2016 Netflix spinoff Fuller House. Filming began in July 2015. The following month, it was announced that Bure would become a co-host of The View starting with its 19th season.^[5]

Dancing with the Stars performances[edit]

Bure kicked off her first week on Dancing with the Stars with a score of 25 for her contemporary dance, ending up second on the first week's leaderboard. Bure did not receive a single 10 from any judges for any of her individual dances with Ballas until the semifinals.

Books[edit]

Cameron Bure has written three books: Reshaping It All: Motivation for Physical and Spiritual Fitness (ISBN 1433669730), published in January 2011,^[6] which was a New York Times best seller; Balancing It All: My Story of Juggling Priorities and Purpose (ISBN 1433681846), published in January 2014;^[7] and Dancing Through Life: Steps of Courage and Conviction (ISBN 1433686945), published in August 2015.^[8] In a September 2015 interview, Bure said that her latest book reveals more personal issues than the others.^[9]

Personal life[edit]

Cameron Bure married Russian NHL hockey player Valeri Bure in 1996.^[10] They were first introduced at a charity hockey game by her Full House co-star Dave Coulier.^[10] Cameron Bure and her husband have three children: daughter Natasha (born 1998)^[10] and sons Lev (born 2000)^[10] and Maksim (born 2002).^[11] Cameron Bure became a born again Christian in her 20s; she credits her faith as the binding force in her marriage.^[11] She has revealed she suffered from bulimia nervosa in her early twenties.^[12]

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Film[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• Candace Cameron Bure at the Internet Movie Database
• Candace Cameron Bure at TV.com
• Candace Cameron Bure at AllMovie