Deborah Ann Ryan born May 13 1993 is an American actress and singer Ryan started acting in professional theatres at the age of seven in 2007 she appeared in the Barney Friends straighttoDVD film Barney Lets Go to the Firehouse and then was discovered in a nationwide search by Disney She is also known for appearing in the 2008 feature film The Longshots as Edith From 2008 to 2011 she starred as Bailey Pickett in The Suite Life on Deck In 2010 she starred in the film 16 Wishes which was the most watched cable program on the day of its premiere on the Disney Channel 16 Wishes introduced Ryan to new audiences the movie received high viewership in the adults demographic 1834 Soon after that Ryan starred in the independent theatrical film What If which premiered on August 20 2010 From 20112015 Ryan starred as the titular nanny on the Disney Channel original series Jessie she also directed an episode of the series that aired on May 15 2015 She starred in the 2012 Disney Channel Original Movie Radio Rebel in which she portrayed Tara Adams a shy high school student who adopts the radio persona of Radio Rebel Description above from the Wikipedia article Debby Ryan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia