Candace Cameron Bure

Candace Cameron Bure is an actress, producer, author and television personality best known for playing D.J. Tanner on Full House and Fuller House. Cameron Bure is the daughter of Barbara and Robert Cameron and the younger sister of actor Kirk Cameron. She began acting as a child, appearing in commercials at age 5 before landing guest roles on television.

Cameron Bure landed her breakout role as D.J. Tanner on Full House at age 11. The series ran from 1987 to 1995 and made her a household name. She later starred as Summer Van Horne on Make It or Break It from 2009 to 2012. She has also appeared in films including Faith of Our Fathers (2015), Timeless Tidings of Joy (2025) and Another Sweet Christmas (2025).

Throughout her career, Cameron Bure has competed on Dancing With the Stars and, from 2015 to 2016, served as a cohost on The View. In 2016, she reprised her role as D.J. Tanner on Netflix’s Fuller House.

Cameron Bure has received multiple awards in addition to Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host alongside the cast of The View.

Cameron Bure married former NHL player Valeri Bure in 1996 after being introduced by her Full House costar Dave Coulier. They share three children: daughter Natasha (born in 1998) and sons Lev (born in 2000) and Maksim (born in 2002).