Katharine McPhee

  Katharine Hope McPhee (born March 25, 1984) is an American performer, songwriter, and actress. She gained fame in the month of May 2006 when she was the fifth season's runner-up of American Idol. Her debut album, "Over It", was released by RCA Records on January 30 in 2007. It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold 381,000 copies as of December 2010. The album's first single, album, "Over It", was a Pop Top 30 smash and was certified as gold in 2008. Unbroken The album, her follow-up was released by Verve Forecast Records on January 5th in 2010. It debuted at the number. 27 on the Billboard 200. The album featured the single "Had It All", which reached the top spot at 22 on the AC chart. It has sold 45,000 copies as of January 2011.Her third album, a holiday-themed one called Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You was released on October 12, 2010. It debuted at the 11th spot on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums charts as "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" reached number 16 on the Billboard AC chart. At the time of its release in January 2011, this album was sold out in 23,000 copies. McPhee's fourth album, Hysteria was released on September 18 in 2015. McPhee released her fourth album, Hysteria on September 18, 2015. She played Karen Cartwright, one of the leading roles in the show Smash. She played Paige Dineen on CBS' Scorpion from 2014 until the year 2018.