Candace Cameron Bure's Real Name: Candace Helaine Cameron

Quick answer: The actress is known professionally as Candace Cameron Bure. Encyclopedia.com and TV Guide independently give the original name Candace Helaine Cameron. Encyclopedia.com, Biography.com, and TV Insider independently date her birth to April 6, 1976, in Panorama City, California (Encyclopedia.com; TV Guide; Biography.com).

Real name and early life

She is known professionally as Candace Cameron Bure. Encyclopedia.com gives the original name Candace Helaine Cameron and dates the birth to April 6, 1976, in Panorama City, CA, naming her parents as Robert, a gym teacher, and Barbara, a talent agency owner and personal manager, and identifying actor Kirk Cameron as her brother. TV Guide independently lists the birth name Candace Helaine Cameron and the birthplace Panorama City, California, United States, without the exact date in the biography. Biography.com independently says she was born on April 6, 1976, in Panorama City, California, the daughter of Barbara, a talent manager, and Robert, a gym teacher, and the younger sister of Kirk Cameron. TV Insider independently gives the birth date April 6, 1976, and the birthplace Panorama City, California. Encyclopedia.com says she married hockey player Valeri Bure on June 23, 1996; Biography.com and TV Guide also date the marriage to 1996.

Career highlights

Encyclopedia.com says she played D.J. (Donna Jo) Margaret Tanner on Full House, on ABC, from 1987 to 1995. Biography.com independently says that at age 11 she landed the role of D.J. Tanner on Full House, and that in 2016 she reprised the role in Fuller House. Biography.com says she launched her acting career at age 5 with national commercials and made her film debut in 1987's Some Kind of Wonderful. TV Guide independently notes Young Artist Award nominations for Full House between 1989 and 1993. Biography.com says she joined The View's 19th season in 2015, and that a Hallmark Channel partnership began with Moonlight and Mistletoe in 2008 and later included The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Candace Cameron Bure or Candace Helaine Cameron are looking for the same actress, later known for Full House. Independent sources support the original name used in the title. Cameron Bure is the professional name used after her marriage.