"JoJo-Acting career"
JoJo has acted since age 4. JoJo did local theater, radio, and TV commercials in the New England area, and national TV shows from age seven. JoJo made her professional stage debut at eight in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as Mustardseed at the Huntington Theater. JoJo received her first union card from the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (AFTRA) at ten.
After appearing on the television series The Bernie Mac Show and American Dreams, JoJo was cast opposite Emma Roberts and Sara Paxton in Aquamarine, playing Hailey. The film opened on March 3, 2006, opening at number five with $7.5 million.
JoJo's 2nd major film, RV, a comedy starring Robin Williams, was released on April 28, 2006. It opened at number one and grossed $69.7 million. JoJo had to audition for the part five times, and eventually replaced an actress who had already been cast in the role.
JoJo stated that "no one hired an acting coach for me on the set of Aquamarine." JoJo'll be billed as "Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque" in her film roles, but will still be credited as simply "JoJo" for her music work.
In 2005 JoJo was offered a role as Zoe Stewart in the success television series Hannah Montana on Disney Channel but she turned down the role because she was not really interested doing a television show. She was more concerned with being a legitimate artist and a film career was not really what she sees for herself.
On August 28, 2007, in an interview with BOP and Tiger Beat online, JoJo stated that she was working on a new film. On September 10, JoJo revealed that she would be traveling to Toronto to film a small screen adaptation of Lola Douglas' True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet and play the role of Morgan Carter with Golden Globe winner Valerie Bertinelli and 90210-star Shenae Grimes, to be broadcast on Lifetime television. The film was released in August 9, 2008 on Lifetime Television and on DVD on March 3, 2009.
According to rumors JoJo have a main role of Jeanette Miller for the sequel film from Alvin and the Chipmunks with Drew Barrymore and Miley Cyrus, but in 2009 it was stated that JoJo will not speak the role of Jeanette. Actress Christina Applegate got the role.
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