Life and career

Richards was born in Scarborough, Ontario. She moved to Oakville at the age of 1. She went to Iroquois Ridge High School. Her father Juliene, tried to be in her life but her mother would not allow it. At the age of 4, she left with with her mother dragging her and older brother.

She became interested in acting at age 11, getting an acting job at her first open audition. Richards made her debut as Shakira in the television series Timeblazers. She then starred as Alice Hope, the protagonist, in the 2005 film Devotion. Richards then played Margaret Browning-Levesque in the Canadian television series Naturally, Sadie, from 2005 to 2007. Richards also appeared in many Disney Channel Express Yourself segments with her Naturally, Sadie co-stars.

In 2007, Richards made an appearance in the television series Da Kink in My Hair. In 2008, Richards appeared in the ABC Family television film Princess. The same year, Richards also appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock as Margaret "Peggy" Dupree. In 2010, Richards returned to reprise her role as Peggy in Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, a sequel to Camp Rock. In the first Camp Rock film, she performed the song "Here I Am". However, her voice was dubbed with the voice of Renee Sandstrom.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Princess	Skater Girl	ABC Family television film
2008	Camp Rock	Margaret "Peggy" Dupree	Disney Channel Original Movie
2010	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam	Margaret "Peggy" Dupree	Disney Channel Original Movie
2012	Picture Day	Tiffany

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Timeblazers	Shakira	6 episodes
2005-2007	Naturally, Sadie	Margaret Brown-Levesque	Main cast
2007	Da Kink in My Hair	Lauren	1 episode
2008	The Latest Buzz	Dancer	(Cameo in one episode, "The Power Tripping Issue")
2009-2010	Overruled!	Tara Bohun	Main cast
2011	The Listener	Jan Miller	Episode: Inner Circle
2011	King	Dawn	Two episodes
2011-2012	Redakai: Conquer the Kairu	Maya	Main role
2013	Bomb Girls	Reggie	Seven episodes

Discography

Soundtrack albums

• 2010: Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam

Songs

• 2009: "Forgotten (Demo)" from Music Myspace Page
• 2009: "Praise Waiteth for Thee Gospel" from Music Myspace Page
• 2009: "Overruled! Theme Song" from Overruled!
• 2009: "All Right Now" from Overruled! episode
• 2011: "You Have the Power" with Thomas.L

[ Source: Wikipedia ]