She has since released the EP Made in Japan in 2012 and the EP Jersey in 2014. She made her directorial debut in 2019, directing the adult film Her & Him, which garnered her a mixed reception, although she won a Pornhub Visionary Award. 2.3 2014–2017: Mainstream film and televisionĪnnabella Avery Thorne was born in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on October 8, 1997, the daughter of Tamara Thorne and Delancey Reinaldo "Rey" Thorne.Ģ.2 2010–2013: Breakthrough with Disney and music.2.1 2003–2009: Early work and acting beginnings. She has three siblings who are also actors. Her father was of Cuban descent, and she also has Italian, along with English, German, Irish, and Welsh ancestry. Her father died in a traffic accident in April 2007. She has said that she was raised by a mother who was supporting four children, that they were very poor, and that she originally began working as a child actress to help support the family. In September 2017, Thorne revealed that she had lived in a suburban area, spoke Spanish as her first language, and that she was bullied while growing up because she was dyslexic. She was diagnosed with dyslexia while in first grade. She was home-schooled after previously attending a public school, where she had been bullied. She improved in her learning after attending a Sylvan Learning center and began reading and writing a grade ahead. In April 2010, she said she had overcome dyslexia by rigorously reading everything she could find, including cereal box labels. In January 2018, Thorne wrote on Instagram that she had been physically and sexually abused as a child, "from the day I can remember till I was 14".
In 2019, she told ABC News' Juju Chang that the abuse began when she was six years old.
Thorne's first film appearance was an uncredited role as a sidelines fan in the 2003 film Stuck on You.Ĭareer 2003–2009: Early work and acting beginnings She did not name her alleged abuser, but said that he was "someone I was raised with". She has since appeared in film and television projects including Entourage and The O.C. In 2007, she joined the recurring cast of Dirty Sexy Money 's second season as Margaux Darling.