Raquel Castro

Raquel Castro

Castro at the Hugo premiere, New York City 2011.
Born November 17, 1994
Long Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actress, singer-songwriter
Years active 2004-present

Musical career

Genres Pop, R&B
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2011-present
Website www.raquelcastro.com

Raquel Castro (born November 17, 1994) is an American teen actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role in the 2004 film Jersey Girl as Gertie Trinké, the daughter of Ollie Trinké (Ben Affleck) and Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), the role for which Castro won the Young Artist Award for the Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger.[1] She was a contestant in the American version of The Voice.

Early life

Castro, the fourth of five children, was born in Long Island, New York to a Puerto Rican father, Albee Castro, and Kathleen, an American mother of Italian American and Jewish descent. She has two older sisters, an older brother and a younger brother and currently lives in Los Angeles, California to record some new music. Raquel was named after her mother's favorite actress, Raquel Welch.

Career

Acting

Castro made her acting debut in an episode of the television series, Third Watch. She was subsequently cast as the daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's characters in the 2004 film Jersey Girl, directed by Kevin Smith. She appeared in a 2005 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit entitled "Alien" and in the independent film, Little Fugitive. Castro also appeared in a 2014 episode of Liv & Maddie, "BFF-a-Rooney" as Liv's best friend 'South'.

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.

Singing

She was a contestant on the first season of The Voice and 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.

Recently, Castro released her first single in the music industry, a song 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.[2]

A single called "Game Over" was released on January 29, 2013. Castro wrote it with the help of the IDA Program.[3]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Jersey Girl Gertie Trinké Film debut
2006 Little Fugitive Destiny Remake
2007 Tracks of Color Carmen Short film
2009 America Liza
2009 The Ministers Nereida
2010 Brooklyn's Finest Katherine
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Third Watch Moira Kenney Episode: "The Greater Good"
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Emma Boyd Episode: "Alien"
2011 The Voice Herself Season 1 contestant; member of Christina Aguilera's team
2011 Wingin' It JenJen Episode: "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"
2014 Awkward Shiri Episode: "Touched by an Angel"
2014 Liv and Maddie South Salamanca Episode: "BFF-A-Rooney"

Discography

Albums

Year Album Chart
2013 TBD —

Singles

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R&B		 text-align:center;width:30px;" | UK[4] text-align:center;width:30px;" | NZ[5] text-align:center;width:30px;" | FRA[6] text-align:center;width:30px;" | NET[7] text-align:left;" | Album
2012 text-align:left;" | "Diary" — — — — — — — TBD

Music Videos

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2012 text-align:left;" | "Diary" Roman Dent[8]

Awards and nominations

Year Group Award Result Film
2005 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger Won Jersey Girl

See also


References

  1. ↑ 26th Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards. She is currently a contestant on NBC's "The Voice".
  2. ↑ "A super Sunday for Raquel Castro". Newsday. February 2, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.idaprogram.com/IDA-Program_ProMedia-Training.pdf
  4. ↑ The Official Charts Company. castro/ "Raquel Castro - The Official Charts Company". TheOfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  5. ↑ Steffen Hung. "– New Zealand charts portal". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  6. ↑ Steffen Hung (2012-07-08). "Les charts français". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  7. ↑ Steffen Hung. "– Dutch charts portal". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2UVPSNDhl8

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