Katherine McPhee net worth
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What is Catherine McPhee’s net worth?
Katharine McPhee (aka Katharine McPhee-Foster) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress with a net worth of US$14 million. McPhee became a household name after starring in “American Idol” in 2006. Since she won second place on the show, Catherine has released five studio albums (including a Christmas album), and her debut album in 2007 ranked second on the “Billboard” 200 chart.
McPhee’s acting career is also very successful, playing Karen Cartwright in NBC’s “Smash” (2012-2013) and Paige Dineen in CBS “Scorpion” (2014-2018). Catherine made her Broadway debut in April 2018, playing Jenna Huntson in the “Waitress” at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. She repeated her role at the Adelphi Theatre in London in March 2019, and then returned to the Broadway stage from November 2019 until the show closes in January 2020.
early life
Katharine McPhee was born on March 25, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, her former name is Katharine Hope McPhee. Her father Daniel (died in 2018) was a TV producer, her mother Pesha was a vocal coach and started working for American Idol in 2011; Katharine’s sister Adriana is also the vocal coach on the show. McPhee received music training from her mother, and she appeared in theater productions at the University of Notre Dame High School. After graduating in 2002, Catherine entered the Boston Conservatory of Music for three semesters of musical theatre. Her manager suggested that she drop out of college to focus on her career, so she returned to her home in Los Angeles and began auditioning for pilots. Although McPhee appeared in the MTV series “You Are Here”, the pilot never aired it. In 2005, Katharine played Annie Oakley in “Annie Get Your Gun” produced in Los Angeles, which received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Ovation Award.
Music career
In 2005, Catherine participated in an audition for “American Idol” in San Francisco. Her performance in “God Bless the Child” won her an invitation from Hollywood. During the competition, she was the favorite of the audience and judges. She entered the final and became the runner-up of Taylor Hicks. McPhee’s signed with RCA Records in June 2006, and her first single “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny” was released later that month; the only higher-selling single that year was Hicks’ “My Destiny” Are you proud”. Catherine participated in the “American Idol” tour that summer, but had to miss the first three weeks due to bronchitis and laryngitis. McPhee’s eponymous album was released in January 2007 and sold an impressive 116,000 copies in the first week of release; her single “Over It” received gold certification in February 2008. Katharine subsequently released four more albums: “Unbroken” (2010), “Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You” (2010), “Hysteria” (2015), and “I fall in love too easily” (2017). She also appeared in the “Smash” soundtrack “The Music of Smash” (2012) and “Bombshell” (2013), ranking first and third in the “Billboard” American soundtrack, respectively.
Acting career
In 2007, McPhee starred in ABC’s “Ugly Betty” and the web series “Lonely Girl 15”. The following year, she played a pregnant sorority girl in “House Rabbit”, with Anna Faris, Cole Lin Hanks and Emma Stone. Catherine played the leading role in “You Can’t Kiss the Bride” in 2011. In the same year, she also starred in the horror film “Shark Night 3D”. In 2012, she competed in Marilyn Monroe for the role of Karen Cartwright in the 32-episode music television series “Smash” produced by Steven Spielberg; in 2015, she played her again He played in a one-night, sold-out “blockbuster concert” at the Minskoff Theater on Broadway. In 2014, McPhee began to play the role of a single mother and a genius son in “Scorpion”, appearing in all 93 episodes of the series. Catherine also appeared in a number of TV shows, including “Crime Scene Investigation: New York” (2009), “Community” (2010) and “Family Portrait” (2012), and starred in the lifelong movie “Robert’s Lost Wife” . Durst” (2017).
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personal life
Catherine married actor Nick Kokas on February 2, 2008, and filed for divorce in May 2014. A few months ago, McPhee kissed “Smash” director Michael Morris (since 2003 with actress Mary McCormack’s photo was published by TMZ. A source told People magazine that Catherine and Nick have been separated since early 2013. The divorce was finalized in February 2016. McPhee had a relationship with “Scorpion” co-star Eliyes Gabel from August 2014 to July 2016, and she began dating record producer David Foster in May 2017. David produced Catherine’s first single in 2006 and proposed in June 2018. The couple married on June 28, 2019. McPhee and Foster began touring together in January 2020, but had to cancel their remaining tour dates in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In 2006, Katharine founded the McPhee Outreach charity, which worked with Global Compassion Services to establish a kindergarten in Burkina Faso and collaborated with Lollipop Theatre Network to bring music to hospitalized children in Southern California. At the end of 2005, she participated in a three-month eating disorder treatment program; she suffered from anorexia at the age of 13, bulimia at the age of 17, and started binge eating during college. McPhee decided to receive treatment after her audition for “American Idol” and believed that the show saved her life.
Awards and nominations
In 2005, McPhee was nominated for the heroine of a musical for “Annie Takes a Gun”. The following year, she won the Fox Reality Award for Most Popular Spice Girl and the 2006 VH1 Big Movie Award “It” Girl. Catherine in 2006 and 2007 She was nominated for the Best Breakthrough Female Artist in the Youth Choice Awards in 2012, and was nominated for Breakthrough Star: Women (“Smash”) in 2012. In 2007, she won the Hollywood Youth Award for her exciting new singer She also won the Best Actress Award in a Female Image Online Series for “Smash” (2012), and the Broadway.com Audience Award Best Stand-In (Female) for “Waitress” (2018). In 2013, “Smash” won McPhee two nominations for two annual TV music performances from the LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Association: “Let Me Be Your Star” (with Megan Hilty) and “One Thousand and One” Night” (with Raza Jaffrey)).
real estate
In 2017, Katharine spent US$2.05 million to purchase a 3,527-square-foot residence in Studio City, California. In 2015, she bought a 2,039-square-foot Toluca Lake residence for US$1.4 million and put it on the market in August 2017 for US$1.5 million; in October 2018, she listed it for lease. The monthly asking price is US$6,900.
In mid-2021, Katherine and David Foster spent $7 million to purchase a mansion in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
