Biography
With her soulful voice and striking looks, season five runner-up Katharine McPhee emerged as one of the most memorable and promising artists ever to emerge from the hit reality competition series, "American Idol" (Fox, 2002- ). She was born on March 25, 1984 in Los Angeles to Peisha Arten, a cabaret singer and vocal coach, and Daniel McPhee, a television producer. McPhee began performing in musicals and plays at Notre Dame High School in …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Cast alongside Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener in the comedy-drama "Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding" | |
2012 | Played an aspiring Broadway singer on NBC's "Smash" | |
2010 | Guest starred on an episode of NBC's "Community" as Chevy Chase's character's ex-stepdaughter | |
2010 | Released second album Unbroken | |
2009 | Signed a new record deal with Verve Forecast Records | |
2008 | Recorded the song "Let Your Heart Sing" for the soundtrack of the Disney movie "Tinker Bell" | |
2008 | First studio film, the comedy "The House Bunny"; also released a cover of the song "I Know What Boys Like" for the film | |
2008 | Made feature debut in the independent film about the life of Hank Garland, "Crazy" | |
2008 | Released from her contract with RCA Records | |
2007 | Released her self-titled debut album Katharine McPhee | |
2006 | Released debut single "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny" | |
2006 | Signed to Simon Fuller's 19 Recordings Limited and Sony BMG's RCA Records | |
2006 | Appeared on the fifth season of "American Idol" (Fox); was the runner-up to winner Taylor Hicks | |
2005 | Played the lead actress in a local production of "Annie Get Your Gun" | |
| Trained at the Boston Conservatory for three semesters, but left to pursue acting | ||
| Began training with her mother, a vocal coach at age two | ||