Raquel Castro

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title: "Raquel Castro" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1994-births", "living-people", "21st-century-american-actresses", "21st-century-american-women-singers", "american-child-actresses", "american-film-actresses", "american-television-actresses", "american-women-pop-singers", "american-women-singer-songwriters", "people-from-long-island", "american-people-of-italian-descent", "american-people-of-jewish-descent", "american-people-of-puerto-rican-descent", "hispanic-and-latino-american-actresses", "the-voice-(franchise)-contestants", "21st-century-american-singer-songwriters"] description: "American actress and singer (born 1994)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raquel_Castro" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American actress and singer (born 1994) ::

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Field	Value
name	Raquel Castro
image	Raquel Castro 2011.jpg
caption	Castro in 2011
birth_name
yearsactive	2002–present
occupation	Actress, singer
relatives	David Castro (brother)
module	{{Infobox musical artist
genre	Pop, R&B
years_active	2011–present
website
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| name = Raquel Castro | image = Raquel Castro 2011.jpg | caption = Castro in 2011 | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | yearsactive = 2002–present | occupation = Actress, singer | relatives = David Castro (brother) |module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | genre = Pop, R&B | label = | years_active = 2011–present | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = Raquel Castro (born November 17, 1994) is an American actress and singer. She is known for starring in the 2004 film Jersey Girl as Gertie Trinké, the daughter of Ollie Trinké (Ben Affleck) and Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), for which Castro won the Young Artist Award for the Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger. She was a contestant in the American version of The Voice.

Background

Castro's father is Puerto Rican, and her mother is of Italian and Jewish descent.

Career

Acting

Castro made her acting debut in an episode of the television series, Third Watch. She then played 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 appeared in two second-season episodes of Liv & Maddie ("BFF-A-Rooney" and "SPARF-A-Rooney") as Liv's friend South Salamanca.

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 on Long Island.

Singing

Castro was a contestant on the first season of the reality television singing competition program The Voice, 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.

Castro released her first single 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.

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

In 2019, Castro provided vocals for the theme song to the Netflix Original Series Carmen Sandiego.

Castro was also on season 2 of NBC's Songland, where she presented her song "Wrong Places" to H.E.R., where she picked her song to put on her album.

Filmography

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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
2016	From Nowhere	Alyssa
2017	Heavenly Charm	Izabella Sanchez	Starring role
2017	Ten	Lori
2019	Already Gone	Carmen
2021	This Is the Night	Anna Tocci
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::data[format=table title="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"
2014–2015	Liv and Maddie	South Salamanca	Episodes: "BFF-A-Rooney" and "SPARF-A-Rooney"
2015–2016	Empire	Marisol	6 episodes
2016	Blue Bloods	Martina Fernandez	Episode: "The Road to Hell"
2020	Songland	Herself	Episode: "H.E.R."
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Discography

Albums as part of ''Empire'' cast

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Year	Artist	Album	Notes
2015 :	Empire cast	Empire: Season 2 Volume 1	url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=s&search=Raquel+Castro
2016 :	Empire cast	Empire: Season 2 Volume 2	Track 2: "Crown"
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Singles

::data[format=table] | text-align:center;width:40px;"| Year | Song | Album | Notes | "Diary" | "So Much More" | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2012 | | | | | | | 2019 | | With ONEDUO | | | | ::

Music videos

::data[format=table] | text-align:center;width:40px;"| Year | Video | Director | "Diary" | |---|---|---|---| | 2012 : | Roman Dent | | | ::

Songwriting credits

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Song	Year	Artist	Album	"Wrong Places"
2020	H.E.R.
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Awards and nominations

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

References

1. "Raquel Castro biography and filmography | Raquel Castro movies".
2. Nayyar, Naimta (March 8, 2017). [https://www.womenfitness.net/raquel-castro/4/ "Raquel Castro: Actress, Singer-Songwriter Shares Her Incredible Journey!"] Women Fitness.
3. Johns, Gibson (October 28, 2015). [https://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/28/raquel-castro-dishes-on-empire-being-on-team-christina-on-th/21255511/ "Raquel Castro dishes on 'Empire,' being on Team Christina on 'The Voice,' and her new single"]. [[AOL]].
4. (May 6, 2011). ""@JKsAnnaBoo im half italian & half puerto rican ;p"".
5. (February 2, 2012). "A super Sunday for Raquel Castro". Newsday.
6. "Archived copy".
7. "Raquel Castro".
8. (April 12, 2012). "Raquel Castro – Diary (Official Music Video)".

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