The sweet-voiced Christy Carlson Romano got her start as one of the orphans in a production of +Annie. She later toured with +The Sound of Music as one of the %Von Trapp children (with Marie Osmond playing the role of %Maria) but growing up with the nickname "Aretha Franklin Wannabe" pointed to something more ambitious. Playing a singing banana in Woody Allen's #Everybody Says I Love You wasn't enough either so Romano auditioned for the role of %Tawny, a secondary character on the Disney Channel's original comedy #Even Stevens. She didn't get it, but instead got the lead role, %Ren Stevens. Disney later used Romano to be the voice of %Kim Possible, an animated action gal whose show became a hit. In 2004, Disney released her self-titled debut album.