Demetria Devonne Demi Lovato was born on August 20, 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Dianna De La Garza, a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, and Patrick Martin Lovato, an engineer and musician, and raised in Dallas, Texas. Demi started out as a child actor on Barney & Friends. In 2007, they got a part on a short Disney Channel show called As the Bell Rings, and then they landed the starring role of the movie Camp Rock. While filming Camp Rock, Demi Lovato began also recording three songs for the film is soundtrack and has had several solo releases since. In 2009, Lovato got the lead in the series Sonny with a Chance, another Disney Channel show. They later became a judge on the television competition show The X Factor from 2012 to 2013.