Kaitlyn Maher

Kaitlyn Maher
Kaitlyn performing at the National Cherry Blossom Festival on April 11, 2009
Background information
Birth name	Kaitlyn Ashley Maher
Born	(2004-01-10) January 10, 2004 Michigan
Origin	Novi, Michigan, United States
Genres	Pop/Rock, Religious[1]
Occupation(s)	Child singer, actress
Instruments	Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active	2008–present (singer) 2009–present (actress)
Labels	Universal Music[2]
Website	www.kaitlynmaher.com.usa

Kaitlyn Ashley Maher (born January 10, 2004) is an American child singer and actress born in Michigan, and raised in Ashburn, Virginia. In 2008, at the age of 4, she appeared on the third season of America's Got Talent and for her audition sang "Somewhere Out There". She reached the top 10 of AGT season 3, and was the youngest person to ever reach that level. Maher has since appeared live at The Great Kids Expo^[3][4] in Chantilly, Virginia, on October 25, 2008, a live broadcast of the 2008 lighting of the National Christmas Tree,^[5] on December 4, 2008, attended by President George W. Bush and over 7,000 guests, and the 2009 Cherry Blossom Festival on April 11, 2009.^[6] On October 3, 2009, Maher was the opening act of The Addi and Cassi Hempel Fund benefit.^[7] Maher has appeared in a Harris Teeter^[8] commercial airing during December 2008. She was also selected by Compassion International as its first ever Child Ambassador, visited children in El Salvador with Compassion, got to meet her sponsored child, and shot a music video to her title song "You Were Meant to Be."

Maher signed a recording deal late in 2009 with Indie Extreme for the release of her debut album You Were Meant To Be.^[9] The album was released December 15, 2009.^[10] Kaitlyn appeared in the Disney direct to video movie Santa Buddies^[11] as the voice for the character, Tiny,^[12] which was released on November 24, 2009. Maher played the orphan Quinn in The Search for Santa Paws released as a direct to video on November 23, 2010^[13] which had its television premiere on the Disney Channel in December 2011. She played Sarah Reynolds in the sequel titled Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups released on November 20, 2012.^[14]

Early life

Maher was born on January 10, 2004, to Reuben Edward Maher and Alison Victoria Maher (née Ramlall). She has a younger brother, Ethan Joshua Maher (b. December 18, 2007). When she was eighteen months old, Maher's parents were worried because she was not getting enough sleep. She never stopped singing. Her parents took her to the pediatrician. They found out that she just loved to sing.

On March 16, 2011, Maher performed "There Will Be A Day" by Jeremy Camp at her paternal grandfather's funeral at the International House of Prayer after he died at the age of 63. There she wrote and gave a eulogy at his memorial service and was asked to give an impromptu prayer.

In addition to singing, Maher likes ballet, swimming, reading and piano.

America's Got Talent

Overview

Maher began her career on the third season of the American television reality show America's Got Talent, when she reached the top ten.^[15] Producers from the show first became aware of Maher from a video that was uploaded to the popular video sharing website YouTube. The video had been made after she had been asked to sing at a birthday party for one of her relations in Canada. The video was posted because Alison Maher was pregnant with her second child and they could not travel to Canada. Five months after the video had been made, around Maher's fourth birthday; Maher's parents received an e-mail from NBC's America's Got Talent asking if Maher would be able to audition for the show's third season.

Performances/Results

The Goodwin Games

In 2013, Maher joined the cast of Fox's new comedy series, The Goodwin Games starring as Piper Goodwin, the daughter of Jimmy Goodwin played by T.J. Miller^[16]

Russell Madness

Maher is on the film Russell Madness, directed by Robert Vince, playing the voice of Grace. This film was released on February 21, 2015 (United States)^[17]

Discography

You Were Meant to Be (2009, Universal Music; 11 tracks, 39 minutes)

Filmography

References

External links

• Official site
• Official Facebook page

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