Anneliese van

Anneliese Louise van der Pol is a native of Holland and an American actor and singer. She is well-known for her theatre work, and for her performance in the role of Chelsea Daniels on the Disney Channel series That's So Raven (2003-2007) and its spin-off Raven's Home (2017-2021, 2023). Her films include the musical comedy film Bratz (2007), the spoof film Vampires Suck (2010), and the international-production 5 Weddings (2017). Van der Pol recorded many songs for The Walt Disney Company including "Over It" from the Stuck in the Suburbs soundtrack. She is the daughter of Willem van der Pol (Dutch director of the Physical Plant at the California State University in Fullerton) and Dyan Ross (American from Brooklyn). Van der Pol was named in honor of Anne Frank by her mother when she went to the house in which Frank was hiding. (Van der Pol is Jewish). Anneliese is the elder sister of Rachel and Sarah. Van der Poli's family moved to the United States when she was three years old, and she has dual American and Dutch citizenship.