Bella Thorne struggled to cope with the pressures of child stardom. The 28-year-old actress - who lost her dad when she was just nine - admits that she struggled to cope with pressure of fame during her younger years. During an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Bella - who originally began working as a child actress to help support her family - shared: "The feeling of going home was literally just wanting to be good at something. "Felt like I tried so hard to be good at all the things in my life and it was just never enough. As a child actress, Bella was well aware that her family - including her mom and her siblings - were financially dependent on her.