Kaitlyn Maher

Kaitlyn Ashley Maher (born January 10, 2004) is an American teen singer and actress. 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 in Chantilly, Virginia, on October 25, 2008, a live broadcast of the 2008 lighting of the National Christmas Tree, 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. On October 3, 2009, Maher was the opening act of The Addi and Cassi Hempel Fund benefit. Maher has appeared in a Harris Teeter 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". The album was released December 15, 2009. Maher appeared in the Disney direct to video movie "Santa Buddies" as the voice for the character Tiny, which was released on November 24, 2009. Maher played the orphan Quinn in "The Search for Santa Paws". She played Sarah Reynolds in "".
Early life.
Maher was born Kaitlyn Ashley Maher in Novi, Michigan on January 10, 2004 and raised in Ashburn, Virginia.
Career.
"America's Got Talent".
Maher began her career on the third season of the American television reality show "America's Got Talent", when she reached the top ten. Producers from the show first became aware of her from a video that was uploaded to YouTube. The video had been made after she had been asked to sing at a birthday party for one of her family relations in Canada and the video was later posted because her mother, Alison was pregnant with her second child and they could not travel to the country. Around Maher's fourth birthday, five months after the video had been made, her parents received an e-mail from AGT's Website on NBC.com, asking if their daughter would be able to audition for the show's third season in 2008.
"The Goodwin Games".
In 2013, Maher joined the cast of "The Goodwin Games" in the role of Piper Goodwin, the daughter of Jimmy Goodwin (played by T.J. Miller).
"Russell Madness".
Maher provided the voice of Grace in "Russell Madness", directed by Robert Vince. This film was released on February 21, 2015.