Summary
- The cast of The Cheetah Girls has pursued individual careers in the entertainment industry since the group disbanded in 2008.
- Raven-Symoné has continued to work with Disney Channel and stars in the sequel series to That's So Raven, titled Raven's Home.
- Adrienne Houghton has become an award-winning talk show host, co-hosting The Real from 2013 to 2022.
Decades after The Cheetah Girls premiered on Disney Channel, the movie's cast continues to pursue careers in the entertainment industry. Released in 2003, The Cheetah Girls is about four high school girls who form a singing group and are offered a record deal at the expense of their music and friendships. The original movie was followed by two sequels, 2006's The Cheetah Girls 2 and 2008's The Cheetah Girls: One World. The Cheetah Girls trilogy is among the best Disney Channel original movies.
The group also released several albums while the movies' stars, Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, and Sabrina Bryan, went on tour together as the Cheetah Girls before disbanding after the release of the third installment. While most of the cast of The Cheetah Girls continued to act, their careers have taken them on different paths into different genres. The four main actresses have also been invited to cameo in various Disney Channel movies and TV shows. Most notably, they guest-starred together as the Cheetah Girls in an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
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10 Raven-Symoné (Galleria)
Continued to work with Disney Channel.
Raven-Symoné played Galleria, the "leader" of the Cheetah Girls who develops a diva problem as the group gets more attention, annoying the other members. Because of The Cheetah Girls, Raven-Symoné appeared in many other Disney movies and TV shows, most famously the popular series That's So Raven. She has also worked as a voice actress, including voicing the light-manipulating fairy Iridessa in the Tinker Bell movies. Raven-Symoné continues to work with Disney and stars on Raven's Home. The sequel series to That's So Raven follows the title character, Raven Baxter, as an adult.
9 Adrienne Bailon-Houghton (Chanel)
Became an award-winning talk show host.
Adrienne Bailon-Houghton — known as Adrienne Bailon at the time of The Cheetah Girls — played Galleria's best friend, Chanel. During her time as part of the group, she cameoed in various Disney Channel movies and shows and had a small role in the 2005 sports drama Coach Carter. She also appeared in several episodes of the reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians while she was dating Rob Kardashian in the late 2000s. Bailon-Houghton went on to host the talk show The Real from 2013 to 2022, for which she and her co-hosts won a Daytime Emmy Award.
8 Kiely Williams (Aqua)
Starred in a web series with another Cheetah Girl.
Kiely Williams' Cheetah Girl was Aqua, an aspiring doctor. Following the Cheetah Girls movies, Williams starred in some independent movies, including Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale, but she mostly left acting behind around 2013. She and fellow Cheetah Girl Sabrina Bryan then co-starred in several web series. These two appear to have remained the closest among the Cheetah Girls cast: When Williams was married in 2016, Bryan was a bridesmaid. Williams most recently starred on the American reality series BET Presents: The Encore.
7 Sabrina Bryan (Dorinda)
Competed on Dancing with the Stars.
In the Cheetah Girls movies, Sabrina Bryan played Dorinda, who lives in a foster home. While still a member of the group, she was also a contestant on the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars, paired with pro dancer Mark Ballas. An AOL poll named their elimination "2007's most shocking TV moment" (via ABC Chicago). In 2012, Bryan was chosen by the public to appear on season 15 of Dancing with the Stars as an All-Stars contestant and was paired with Louis Van Amstel. She also spent several years working on a few different web series with her Cheetah Girls co-star Kiely Williams.
6 Vince Corazza (Jackal Johnson)
Became a voice actor for video games.
In The Cheetah Girls, Vince Corazza plays the antagonistic record-label representative who wants to turn the group into a generic cash grab. The girls ultimately turn him down to perform at their high school's talent show. Since the movie, Corazza has had numerous small roles on TV shows, including Bones and CSI. He has also provided the voices of characters in popular video games such as Kingdom Hearts and Assassin's Creed. Corazza was the voice of Carlos Oliveira in RE3.