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8/25: CAST DAY Hey! It's the third day of Austin & Ally Appreciation Week and what's today's day? Cast Day!

Today we will take time to appreciate the wonderful cast members of Austin & Ally! These four cast members for four years have portrayed the four main characters of Austin & Ally: Austin, Ally, Trish, and Dez. They have brought so much joy into our lives being super funny, talented, and by just being themselves!

Ross Lynch plays the hilarious and talent Austin! We received this role in January 2011. We first saw him as Austin later in December! Ross has always played this role so well with his charm, innocence, and not to forget his amazing voice. In real life, Ross has been described by his cast and crew mates as being a total sweetheart who loves music. You always see him playing an instrument and singing. I guess that wouldn't surprise you because Ross is in a band! The pop-rock band called R5 consists of Ross, his brothers Riker and Rocky, sister Rydel, and close friend Ellington Ratliff. R5 formed long before Austin & Ally. The Lynch family was always a very musical family and they always loved to put on shows for their family in their house in Colorado. They soon moved to L.A. to pursue their dreams. R5 has gone so far ever since Ross landed the role of Austin and has, as of 2015, released two studio albums through Disney's music label, Hollywood Records. In 2013, Ross starred in the hit Disney Channel original movie, "Teen Beach Movie," which is the fifth most watched Disney Channel movie of all time and went on to have a sequel, "Teen Beach 2," which aired June 26, 2015.

"Austin & Ally" has been the propeller of Ross' career and has brought him the legions of fans he has today. People love him for his charm, his talent, and his good looks! On Austin & Ally, Ross always brings his a-game and with the show has grown to be a phenomenal actor, just like the rest of his cast mates. Three years in a row since 2012, Ross has held the title of Favorite TV Actor for the Kids Choice Award and in the Teen Choice Awards 2014 and 2015, Ross won the award Choice Comedy TV Actor. Ross is such a talented soul and we are so lucky to have gone on this journey with him!

Laura Marano is our smart, talented, and adorable Ally Dawson! Like Ross, Laura landed the role in January 2011 and was always the perfect fit! Said various times by Laura herself, Laura and Ally are very similar in a lot of ways: they both love music, they're both quirky, and they both love school! The only difference is, Laura is not very shy and has always been very confident which is one of the reasons why she is the amazing role models she is today. Laura began acting way before Austin & Ally, she tells the story all the time that she got an agent at age 5 when her mother took her to an agency audition, but with no intent of actually following through. She literally looked up agents who don't often take actors and sent Laura's sister Vanessa to it, who had been begging for ages to go into acting. Surprisingly, the agent wanted Vanessa and after Laura pouted saying "I don't have an agent," the agent decided to take her, too! Mom's plan was completely foiled but that is a flashing and blinking sign that it was always meant to be for those girls. Vanessa now even works on the ABC Family drama series, "Switched at Birth."

Along with Austin & Ally, Laura has done tons of charity work. Back in 2013, she was an ambassador for the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Program. In February 2014 she helped promote the campaign Meatless Monday and in August 2014 was an ambassador for the Disney and Birds Eye Vegetables campaign 'Step up to the plate'! Laura has done a lot to help the world and promote great things and that is so inspiring! Not to mention, when Laura still went to actual high school while working! How does she juggle it all? We don't know.

In 2015, Laura starred in a Disney Channel original movie, "Bad Hair Day," along with Good Luck Charlie's Leigh-Allyn Baker! The movie was fantastic and we all were able to see a whole new acting side of Laura! Laura has always stayed true to herself and is always seen to be such a sweet, genuine person which is why she is such an amazing role model. In 2015, Laura signed to Big Machine Records, the record label that also has Taylor Swift, and will be releasing music with them very soon! Laura also won the 2015 Kids Choice Award, Favorite TV Actress and has had nominations for various other awards. We all love Laura so much and can't wait for her coming projects, wishing her the best of luck!

Raini Rodriguez plays the fierce Trish De La Rosa on the show, manager of Team Austin! Along with the others, Raini landed the role of Trish in January 2011 but, unlike Ross and Laura, this was not her first time working with Disney. In 2007, the actress guest starred in the hit Disney series "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" (she kissed Dylan Sprouse if you don't remember) and in 2010 was on the Disney XD show "I'm in the Band." In 2011, she was in the Disney theatrical film "Prom" as Tess. So yes, Raini was a lot of experience with Disney, but Austin & Ally is definitely her best job with them yet! Raini moved to L.A. to begin acting when she was 11 years old along with her brother Rico Rodriguez, who now is a regular on the hit ABC show "Modern Family." Before Austin & Ally, one of Raini's biggest roles was as Maya Blart in "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" which released in 2009. A sequel to the film with Raini reprising her role released in 2015.

Raini has always described herself as always being a fun and confident person. Throughout the series' run, Raini was kind of like our cool older sister. She always has fun things to say and is very connected with the Austin & Ally fandom. Not to mention, Raini is hilarious as Trish! She also has an amazing singing voice which we've heard not only on the show but also outside of it. In 2012, Raini sung a song for the movie "Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3" titled "Living Your Dreams," a very inspiring song! And, as stated by Heath and Kevin in their Austin & Ally Wiki Twitter takeover, she will be singing a song later this season!