American actress and singer
Raquel Castro
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Castro in 2011
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Born
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1994-11-17
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November 17, 1994
(age 29)
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Occupation(s)
| Actress, singer
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Years active
| 2002?present
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Relatives
| David Castro
(brother)
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Musical career
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Genres
| Pop
,
R&B
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Years active
| 2011?present
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Website
| raquelcastro
.com
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Musical artist
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Raquel Castro
(Born November 17, 1994)
[1]
is an American actress and singer. She is known for starring in the 2004 film
Jersey Girl
as Gertie Trinke, the daughter of Ollie Trinke (
Ben Affleck
) and Gertrude Steiney (
Jennifer Lopez
), for which Castro won the
Young Artist Award
for the Best Performance in a Feature Film ? Young Actress Age Ten or Younger.
[2]
She was a contestant in the American version of
The Voice
.
[3]
Background
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Castro's father is Puerto Rican, and her mother is of Italian and Jewish descent.
[4]
Career
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Acting
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Castro made her acting debut in an episode of the television series,
Third Watch
. She then played the daughter of
Ben Affleck
and
Jennifer Lopez
's characters in the 2004 film
Jersey Girl
, directed by
Kevin Smith
.
[2]
She appeared in a 2005 episode of
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
entitled "
Alien
" and in the
independent film
Little Fugitive
. Castro appeared in two second-season episodes of
Liv & Maddie
("BFF-A-Rooney" and "SPARF-A-Rooney") as Liv's friend South Salamanca.
In 2006, she was cast as Nicole in the music video for the
Ludacris
song "
Runaway Love
" with
Mary J. Blige
, where she plays an abused self-conscious girl who runs away. She later was featured in the 2007
independent film
,
Tracks of Color
. She has a role in
The Ministers
(2009), starring
John Leguizamo
. Raquel also spent quite a few years at a dance studio with her younger brother on Long Island.
Singing
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Castro was a contestant on the first season of the reality television singing competition program
The Voice
,
[3]
She was selected in the Blind Audition round and was coached by
Christina Aguilera
. She progressed to the first round of the Live shows before being eliminated with Lily Elise in favor of
Frenchie Davis
and
Beverly McClellan
.
Castro recorded a cover of Aguilera's "
Ain't No Other Man
" and posted it on
YouTube
. Castro has also listed
Christina Aguilera
and
Selena
as her idols and major influences.
[
citation needed
]
Castro released her first single titled "Diary". According to her
YouTube
page, the song was written by
Alyssa Bonagura
and
Ted Bruner
. It was produced by
J Chris Griffin
. It was released on
iTunes
and
CDBaby
on February 1, 2012. She has uploaded the music video for "Diary" on
YouTube
and recorded a dance remix of the song, released on March 11, 2012. The remix was released under the title "Diary (J Chris Griffin Remix)". She is also working on her debut album.
[5]
A single called "Game Over" was released on January 29, 2013. Castro wrote it with the help of the IDA Program.
[6]
In 2019, Castro provided vocals for the theme song to the
Netflix
Original Series
Carmen Sandiego
.
Castro was also on season 2 of NBC's
Songland
, where she presented her song "Wrong Places" to
H.E.R.
, where she picked her song to put on her album.
Filmography
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Discography
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Albums as part of
Empire
cast
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Year
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Artist
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Album
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Notes
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2015 :
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Empire
cast
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Empire: Season 2 Volume 1
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Track 9: "Runnin'"
[7]
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2016 :
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Empire
cast
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Empire: Season 2 Volume 2
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Track 2: "Crown"
[7]
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Singles
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Music videos
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Songwriting credits
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Awards and nominations
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References
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- ^
"Raquel Castro biography and filmography | Raquel Castro movies"
.
- ^
a
b
Nayyar, Naimta (March 8, 2017).
"Raquel Castro: Actress, Singer-Songwriter Shares Her Incredible Journey!"
Women Fitness.
- ^
a
b
Johns, Gibson (October 28, 2015).
"Raquel Castro dishes on 'Empire,' being on Team Christina on 'The Voice,' and her new single"
.
AOL
.
- ^
"
"@JKsAnnaBoo im half italian & half puerto rican ;p"
"
.
Twitter
. May 6, 2011
. Retrieved
September 12,
2019
.
- ^
"A super Sunday for Raquel Castro"
.
Newsday
. February 2, 2012
. Retrieved
February 12,
2012
.
- ^
"Archived copy"
(PDF)
.
www.idaprogram.com
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on August 3, 2012
. Retrieved
June 30,
2022
.
{{
cite web
}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link
)
- ^
a
b
"Raquel Castro"
.
charts.nz
. Retrieved
July 16,
2016
.
- ^
"Raquel Castro ? Diary (Official Music Video)"
. April 12, 2012.
Archived
from the original on December 21, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
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