Katie Stevens

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Katie Stevens in September 2014

Katherine "Katie" Mari Stevens (born December 8, 1992 in Southbury , Connecticut ) is an American actress and singer . Katie finished eighth in American Idol's ninth season . From 2014 to 2016 she starred as Karma in the MTV series Faking It .

biography

Childhood and youth

Stevens grew up in Middlebury , Connecticut, USA . Her parents are Mark Stevens and Clara Francisco. She finished second in Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2009 beauty pageant, and she was named a Westbury Outstanding Teen in the Greater Watertown Scholarship Pageant in 2009.

Stevens made her first live appearance in front of an audience at the age of five when she sang the national anthem at a local politician's party. She has been involved in local theaters since she was young. She appeared as Dorothy in the musical The Wizard of Oz at the BSS Children's Theater and Main Street Theater. At the Main Street Theater, Stevens also played the role of Sharpay in the High School Musical and The Cat in the musical Honk! . She also played Nellie Forbush in the musical South Pacific and Lydia Bennett in the school production of Pride and Prejudice . At the age of 13, she made a musical performance at Carnegie Hall .

Katie Stevens counts Whitney Houston and Jason Mraz among her favorite artists. She was musically influenced by Taylor Swift and her brother Ryan Stevens. She plays guitar , piano , cello and flute .

Participation in American Idol

On August 13, 2009 she took part in the casting for American Idol in Boston and was nominated by all four jury members for the next round in Hollywood. Juror Kara DioGuardi named her the most talented 16-year-old she has ever seen, and later as a potential winner. On April 14, 2010, she was finally eliminated in eighth place. Together with the other finalists, she then took part in the American Idols Summer Tour 2010.

Appearances
episode theme song Original interpreter Appearance # result
Casting Free choice At last Glenn Miller and his Orchestra - Further
Hollywood First solo appearance For Once in My Life Stevie Wonder - Further
Hollywood Group performance No one Alicia Keys - Further
Hollywood Second solo appearance Chasing Pavements Adele - Further
Top 24 Billboard Hot 100 hits Feeling good Cy Grant 12 Further
Top 20 Put Your Records On Corinne Bailey Rae 4th Further
Top 16 Breakaway Kelly Clarkson 1 Further
Top 12 The Rolling Stones Wild horses The Rolling Stones 6th Further
Top 11 Billboard # 1 hits Big Girls Don't Cry Fergie 8th Last 3
Top 10 R&B / soul Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin 7th Last 3
Top 9 Lennon - McCartney let it be The Beatles 2 Further
Top 8 Elvis Presley Baby What You Want Me to Do Jimmy Reed 8th Eliminated

The time after idol

After retiring from American Idol , Katie Stevens appeared on several talk shows. On April 16, 2010, she appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show with Over the Rainbow . She also sang with Andrew Garcia Superhuman on the Late Show with David Letterman and Big Girls Don't Cry on the Wendy Williams Show . From July 1 to August 13, 2010, she participated in American Idols LIVE! Tour 2010 where she performed the songs Here We Go Again by Demi Lovato and Fighter by Christina Aguilera .

After the tour, Stevens moved to Los Angeles to work on her first album. She doesn't have a record company contract yet, but she's already writing songs with David Hodges . By early November 2010, Stevens had already written 9 songs, including Waste My Time . 12 December 2010 Stevens made a guest appearance in Ídolos Portugal and sang All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey .

In June 2012, Stevens played the title role in the music video Beauty and the Beat of Todrick Hall , which has over 11 million views.

Breakthrough as an actress

In October MTV ordered the comedy series Faking It with Stevens in a leading role. In it she plays Karma, who pretends to be a lesbian and in a relationship with her best friend Amy ( Rita Volk ). She falls in love with the boy Liam ( Gregg Sulkin ). The premiere of the series on April 22, 2014 had around 1.2 million viewers and thus achieved values ​​similar to Awkward in the opening program. In the 2015 series finale of CSI: Vegas , the television film CSI: Immortality , she played Lindsey, the daughter of Catherine Willows ( Marg Helgenberger ). Since 2017 she has played a leading role in the freeform series The Bold Type , which is based on the life of former Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles.

Private life

Katie's grandmother is from Portugal and has Alzheimer's disease . Katie also speaks Portuguese. She graduated from Southbury High School in June 2010 and raised music for her school's scholarship program.

Filmography

  • 2010–2011: American Idol (participation)
  • 2013: Running Up That Hill (short film)
  • 2014: Friends and Romans
  • 2014-2016: Faking It (TV series, 38 episodes)
  • 2015: CSI: Immortality (TV movie)
  • since 2017: The Bold Type ( The Bold Type , TV series)
  • 2019: Polaroid
  • 2019: Haunt
  • 2019: Dolly Parton's Heartstrings ( Dolly Parton's Heartstrings , TV series, episode 1x02 Two Doors Down )

Web links

Commons : Katie Stevens  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Help Get Out The Vote For Katie Stevens On 'Idol' ( English ) In: Hartford Courant . March 9, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  2. ^ Southington woman crowned Miss Connecticut ( English ) In: Record-Journal . June 27, 2009. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011. Retrieved on May 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ Past Miss Westbury's Outstanding Teens ( English ) In: Miss Greater Watertown . Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  4. ^ Theater Company Wins Halo Awards in May . In: Waterbury Republican-American . 
  5. ↑ Eric R. Danton: 'American Idol' Has Southbury Rooting For Katie Stevens ( English ) In: Hatford Courant . February 16, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  6. ^ AnneMarie Harper, LeAnne Gendreau: Katie Stevens Continues With "Idol" Dreams ( English ) In: NBC Connecticut . March 9, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  7. ^ Katie Stevens - Season 9 - American Idol ( English ) Fox Broadcasting Company . Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 13, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archive.americanidol.com
  8. ↑ Gil Kaufman: Katie Stevens And Andrew Garcia Sent Home On 'American Idol' ( English ) MTV . April 14, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  9. ↑ David J. Prince: 'American Idols Live! 2010 'Tour Dates Announced ( English ) In: Billboard . April 28, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  10. ↑ David Hodges: Writer / Producer ( English ) Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ Katie Stevens: thekatiestevens: Finished an awesome song called ( English ) In: Twitter . Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  12. ↑ Rickey Yaneza: Katie Stevens - All I Want For Christmas - Idolos ( English ) December 13, 2010. Accessed on May 13, 2014.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rickey.org  
  13. ↑ Beauty and the BEAT! . In: Youtube . Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  14. ↑ Lesley Goldberg: MTV's 'Faking It,' 'Happyland' Picked Up to Series ( English ) In: The Hollywood Reporter . October 18, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  15. ↑ Roger Catlin: Former 'American Idol' Contestant Katie Stevens' Sitcom Debuts April 22 ( English ) In: Hatfort Curant . April 22, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  16. ↑ Brian Cantor: “Faking It” Scores Modest Ratings Out of Weakened “Awkward” ( English ) In: Headline Planet . April 24, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  17. ↑ Jamin Schneider: CSI: Kate Stevens from Faking It in the final . In: Serienjunkies.de . July 30, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  18. ↑ Adam Arndt: Trailer for The Bold Type and Siren by Freeform . In: Serienjunkies.de . April 20, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  19. ↑ a b Katie Stevens advances to final 12 ( English ) In: Connecticut Post . March 11, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  20. ↑ Vinti Singh: 'Katie' excitement mounts with creation of fan T-shirts and spirit bracelets ( English ) In: NewsTimes . March 28, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Stevens, Katie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stevens, Katherine Mari (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Southbury , Connecticut , United States