Katharine McPhee

Known for ActingBorn 1984-03-25 (age 42)Los Angeles, California, USA

Katharine Hope McPhee Foster (born March 25, 1984) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. She gained fame as the runner-up on the fifth season of American Idol in May 2006. Her eponymous debut album was released on RCA Records on January 30, 2007, and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 381,000 copies (as of December 2010). The album's first single, "Over It", was a Pop Top 30 hit and was certified gold in 2008. Her second album, Unbroken, was released on Verve Forecast Records on January 5, 2010, and debuted at No. 27 on the "Billboard 200". The album featured the single "Had It All", which peaked at number 22 on the AC chart. Her third album, the holiday-themed Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You, was released on October 12, 2010. The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums chart, while the single "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" peaked at number 16 on the "Billboard" AC chart. McPhee released her fourth album, Hysteria, on September 18, 2015. She released her fifth album, I Fall in Love Too Easily, composed of jazz standards, on November 17, 2017. She has also established an acting career, co-starring in The House Bunny, Shark Night 3D, and The Tiger Rising (2022). She starred as Karen Cartwright on the NBC series Smash, as Paige Dineen on the CBS series Scorpion, and as Bailey on Netflix's Country Comfort (2021). She made her Broadway debut in the musical Waitress, taking over the role of Jenna in 2018 and again in 2019-2020 and also starred in the role in London's West End in 2019.Read more

Movies & web series

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary

Bombshell in Concert

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert

People's Choice Awards

Scorpion

Community

Hit Man: David Foster & Friends

Celebrity Family Feud

Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees

The Masked Singer

Country Comfort

Christmas in Washington

Family Guy

VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown

CSI: NY

The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

David Foster: Off the Record

Katharine McPhee: Live on Soundstage

Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber

American Idol

I Can See Your Voice

In My Dreams

Lip Sync Battle

Smash

Ugly Betty

The Soup

The Early Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration

The Lost Wife of Robert Durst

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Great Performances

The Jennifer Hudson Show

The House Bunny

You May Not Kiss the Bride

The Tiger Rising

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Crazy

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Today

Shark Night 3D

American Idol

Chris Botti in Boston

Bayou Caviar