Raquel Castro - wikipedia Raquel Castro This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( July 2010 ) Raquel Castro Castro at the Hugo premiere in New York City on November 21, 2011. ( 1994 - 11 - 17 ) November 17, 1994 ( age 23 ) Long Island, New York, U.S. Occupation Actress, singer - songwriter Years active 2002 - present Relatives David Castro ( brother ) Musical career Genres Pop, R&B Instruments Vocals Years active 2011 - present Website www.raquelcastro.com Raquel Castro ( born November 17, 1994 ) is an American actress and singer - songwriter. She is known for her role in the 2004 film Jersey Girl as Gertie Trinké, the daughter of Ollie Trinké ( Ben Affleck ) and Gertrude Steiney ( Jennifer Lopez ), the role 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. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Acting 2.2 Singing 3 Filmography 4 Discography 4.1 Albums as part of Empire cast 4.2 Singles 4.3 Music videos 5 Awards and nominations 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Early life Castro, the fourth of five children, was born on Long Island, New York to a Puerto Rican father, Albee Castro, and Kathleen, an Italian American mother. She has two older sisters, an older brother and a younger brother and currently lives in Los Angeles, California to record some new music. Raquel was named after her mother 's favorite actress, Raquel Welch. Career Acting Castro made her acting debut in an episode of the television series, Third Watch. She was then cast as the daughter of the Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez 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 also appeared in two second - season episodes of Liv & Maddie ( `` BFF - A-Rooney '' and `` SPARF - A-Rooney '' ) as Liv 's best friend South. 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. Singing She was a contestant on the first season of The Voice and 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 `` Ai n't No Other Man '' and posted it on YouTube. Castro has also listed Christina Aguilera and Selena as her idols and major influences. Recently, Castro released her first single in the music industry, a song 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. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 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 Brooklyn 's Finest Katherine 2016 From Nowhere Alyssa 2017 Heavenly Charm Izabella Sanchez Starring role 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 Episode : `` BFF - A-Rooney '' Episode : `` SPARF - A-Rooney '' 2015 -- present Empire Marisol Discography Albums as part of Empire cast Year Artist Album Notes 2015 Empire cast Empire : Season 2 Volume 1 Track 9 : `` Runnin ' '' 2016 Empire cast Empire : Season 2 Volume 2 Track 2 : `` Crown '' Singles Year Song Album 2012 `` Diary '' Non-album single Music videos Year Video Director 2012 `` Diary '' Roman Dent Awards and nominations Year Group Award Result Film 2005 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger Won Jersey Girl See also Puerto Rico portal Biography portal Film portal List of Puerto Ricans References Jump up ^ 26th Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards. She is currently a contestant on NBC 's `` The Voice ''. Jump up ^ `` A super Sunday for Raquel Castro ''. Newsday. February 2, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2012. Jump up ^ http://www.idaprogram.com/IDA-Program_ProMedia-Training.pdf ^ Jump up to : `` Raquel Castro ''. charts.org.nz. Retrieved 16 July 2016. Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2UVPSNDhl8 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Raquel Castro. Official website Raquel Castro on IMDb JoBlo interview ( March 25, 2004 ) The Voice ( U.S. ) Seasons 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Winners Javier Colon Jermaine Paul Cassadee Pope Danielle Bradbery Tessanne Chin Josh Kaufman Craig Wayne Boyd Sawyer Fredericks Jordan Smith Alisan Porter Sundance Head Chris Blue Chloe Kohanski Winner 's singles `` Stitch by Stitch '' `` I Believe I Can Fly '' `` Cry '' `` Born to Fly '' `` Tumbling Down '' `` Set Fire to the Rain '' `` My Baby 's Got a Smile on Her Face '' `` Please '' `` Climb Ev'ry Mountain '' `` Down That Road '' `` Darlin ' Do n't Go '' `` Money on You '' `` Wish I Did n't Love You '' Runners - up Dia Frampton Juliet Simms Terry McDermott Michelle Chamuel Jacquie Lee Jake Worthington Matt McAndrew Meghan Linsey Emily Ann Roberts Adam Wakefield Billy Gilman Lauren Duski Addison Agen Other notable artists Vicci Martinez Frenchie Davis Rebecca Loebe Xenia Tje Austin Beverly McClellan Raquel Castro Nakia Serabee Casey Desmond Justin Grennan The Thompson Sisters Jared Blake Casey Weston RaeLynn Jesse Campbell Chris Mann Tony Lucca Gwen Sebastian Kim Yarbrough Angel Taylor Pip Katrina Parker Erin Martin Moses Stone Jordis Unga Naia Kete Charlotte Sometimes Tony Vincent Mathai Lex Land Nicholas David Amanda Brown Melanie Martinez MacKenzie Bourg Collin McLoughlin Suzanna Choffel Jordan Pruitt Rod Michael Chris Trousdale Anita Antoinette Cupid The Swon Brothers Sasha Allen Judith Hill Kris Thomas Jeff Lewis Julie Roberts Holly Tucker Will Champlin James Wolpert Cole Vosbury Josh Logan E.G. Daily Holly Henry Donna Allen Dominic Scott Kay Christina Grimmie Sisaundra Lewis Paula DeAnda Lindsay Pagano Chris Jamison Taylor John Williams Andy Cherry MEGG Koryn Hawthorne Barrett Baber Jeffery Austin Madi Davis Amy Vachal Viktor Király Keith Semple Alex Kandel Tyler Dickerson Mary Sarah Daniel Passino Owen Danoff Emily Keener Tamar Davis Chase Walker Chris Cron Josh Hoyer Hunter Plake Mark Isaiah Brooke Simpson Esera Tuaolo Katrina Rose Natalie Stovall Related articles Awards and nominations Discography Contestants The Voice : Neon Dreams VIAF : 181764496 LCCN : no2011135723 MusicBrainz : 0a7c01c2 - 391e - 422c - 8c29 - 555beecf3be1 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raquel_Castro&oldid=826050551 '' Categories : 1994 births Living people 21st - century American singers 21st - century American actresses American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses American female pop singers American female singer - songwriters American singer - songwriters People from Long Island American people of Italian descent American people of Puerto Rican descent The Voice ( TV series ) contestants Actresses of Italian descent 21st - century women singers Hidden categories : BLP articles lacking sources from July 2010 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2017 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Deutsch Español فارسی 한국어 Italiano 日本 語 Português Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska 5 more Edit links This page was last edited on 16 February 2018, at 22 : 24. 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Question: who played the little girl in jersey girl
Answer: Raquel Castro