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Anneliese van der Pol

Dutch actress (born 1984)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 25, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Anneliese Louise van der Pol is a Dutch actress and singer based in the United States. She is best known for her portrayal of Chelsea Daniels on the Disney Channel series That's So Raven (2003–2007) and its spin-off Raven's Home (2017–2022). In association with Disney Channel, van der Pol has recorded several songs, including "Over It", which was featured on the Stuck in the Suburbs soundtrack.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Anneliese van der Pol” as dutch actress (born 1984). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Anneliese, Dutch and actress.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003, 2007, 2017, 2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Anneliese, Dutch and actress providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Anneliese van der Pol”, the useful work is to connect “dutch actress (born 1984)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2003, 2007, 2017 and 2022.

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This entry incorporates text from “Anneliese van der Pol” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.