Carly Rose Sonenclar is an American singer and teen actress.
In December 2012, she became the runner-up on the second season of the American version
of the The X Factor.
She began her acting career in 2003, soon making her Broadway debut in Les Miserables
as Young Cosette.
Among other stage roles, she originated the role of Chloe in the 2011 musical Wonderland
on Broadway.
She played a regular character in season 3 of the The Electric Company television series
and has sung the U.S. National Anthem for major sporting events.
On May 29, 2014, Sonenclar was labeled as one of the most 'influential' X Factor USA
contestants of all-time by FoxWeekly, for her audition performance of 'Feeling Good'.
Early life Sonenclar was born in New York City and resides
in Mamaroneck, New York.
She began singing at age two, imitating several of the performers on the early years of American
Idol.
She took numerous singing, dancing, piano and acting classes, and one of her teachers
put her in touch with a New York City talent agency, which signed her.
She enjoys softball and has an older brother, Russell, who attends the University of Delaware.
She takes piano and enjoys composing songs.
Acting career Sonenclar began her professional career in
2006 in a stage adaptation of The Night of the Hunter, at the New York Musical Theatre
Festival, in which she played the lead role of Pearl.
In that same year, she made her Broadway debut in Les Miserables as Young Cosette.
In 2009, she appeared in the national tour of Little House on the Prairie, the Musical,
starring Melissa Gilbert, originating the principal role of Carrie.
Sonenclar made her television debut as Gilda Flip, the newest Prankster in season three
of The Electric Company, produced by Sesame Workshop and airing on PBS.
In 2011, Sonenclar originated the role of Chloe in the short-lived musical Wonderland
on Broadway and the earlier Tampa workshop.
In this role, she garnered good reviews, including one by The New York Times theater critic Charles
Isherwood, who described Sonenclar as a good actress and an "almost preternaturally skilled
singer"—and she drew comparisons with Sutton Foster.
She is a featured soloist on the cast CD produced by Sony Masterworks and was named the 2011
Best Young Performer by broadwayworld.com.
Sonenclar originated the lead role of Parsley in The Big Bank, a musical debuted at the
New York Musical Theater Festival in October 2011.
Sonenclar has appeared in two feature movies, The Nanny Diaries playing as "child of nanny"
and a small role in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
She has made numerous TV guest appearances, including ABC News, WPIX Morning News and
NBC News.
Singing career 2012: The X Factor
In 2012, Sonenclar auditioned for the second season of The X Factor USA with the song "Feeling
Good" by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.
Sonenclar received a standing ovation from all four judges, and she advanced to the next
round.
After her successful initial audition, she advanced through the first day of X Factor's
"bootcamp," where she sang "Pumped Up Kicks" with Beatrice Miller.
Of the 120 contestants who auditioned at bootcamp that day, she was among the sixty or so asked
to continue on.
At the end of bootcamp, she was chosen to be one of the six contestants in the "teens"
category who were invited to perform at the "judges' houses" stage of the competition.
She performed the song "Brokenhearted" for the "teens" category mentor, Britney Spears,
and Spears's guest judge will.i.am.
Both Spears and will.i.am responded positively to her performance; will.i.am remarked appreciatively
that she was "possessed."
Sonenclar next advanced into the Top 16 round, where she performed "Good Feeling", then the
Top 13 round, where she performed "It Will Rain".
When Sonenclar reached the Top 12 round—where she performed "My Heart Will Go On"—it was
revealed that she was the second-most-voted for person in the competition so far, behind
only Tate Stevens, a distinction she achieved again after advancing to the Top 10 round.
On November 21, she performed the song "Over the Rainbow", which she received a standing
ovation from all four judges, sending her into the Top 8 round.
It was revealed that she had been the #1 most-voted-for contestant in the competition that night.
On November 28, she performed "Rolling in the Deep", sending her into the Top 6 round,
and was revealed to have again been the #1 most-voted-for contestant in the competition.
She later advanced to the Finale round, in which she performed "Feeling Good", "How Do
I Live", and "Hallelujah".
On December 20, 2012, it was announced that she had finished the competition in second
place behind Tate Stevens.
Performances on The X Factor Sonenclar performs the following songs on
The X Factor: 2013–present: Debut album
Sonenclar is currently working on original music, and working with stars from The X Factor.
Sonenclar confirmed in a March 2013 interview with Radio Disney that Syco Music has picked
up a recording option on her, and that they are in the process of "trying to find the
right record label" for her.
She was later signed by Columbia Records.
In June 2013, she performed her debut original song "Unforgettable".
She debuted another new song called "Fighters", which was written by Sonenclar, Nikola Bedingfield
and Shane Stevens.
On August 10, 2013, she performed in New York City at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square
as part of the Stand Up for a Cure 2013 Concert Series.
Sonenclar appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
The episode, called "Dissonant Voices", aired on November 6, 2013, during the show's fifteenth
season.
On July 18, 2013, Sonenclar performed at the opening ceremony of the 19th Maccabiah Games
at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.
References
External links Official website
Carly Rose Sonenclar at the Internet Movie Database
Carly Rose Sonenclar at the Internet Broadway Database
Sonenclar as Young Cosette