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Katharine Hope McPhee (born March 25, 1984)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Katharine McPhee )〕 is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. She gained fame in May 2006 as the runner-up on the fifth season of ''American Idol.'' Her self-titled debut album was released on RCA Records on January 30, 2007, and debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 381,000 copies (as of December 2010).〔(Yahoo Music Blog: Paul Grein Chart Watch 12-22-2010: "Michael Wouldn't Have Liked This" )〕 The album's first single, "Over It", was a Pop Top 30 hit and was certified gold in 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RIAA - Home - April 23, 2015 )〕 Her second album, ''Unbroken'', was released on Verve Forecast Records on January 5, 2010, and debuted at number 27 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album featured the single "Had It All", which peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' AC chart. It has sold 45,000 copies as of January 2011. Her third album, the holiday-themed ''Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You'', was released on October 12, 2010. The album debuted at number eleven on the ''Billboard'' Top Holiday Albums chart while the single "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" peaked at number sixteen on the ''Billboard'' AC chart. As of January 2011, this album has sold 23,000 copies.〔 McPhee has also established an acting career, co-starring in ''The House Bunny'' and ''Shark Night 3D''. She played Karen Cartwright, one of the lead roles on the NBC series ''Smash''. She is currently starring in the CBS series ''Scorpion''. ==Early life== McPhee was born in Los Angeles, California.〔 Her father, Daniel McPhee,〔 is a television producer.Her mother, Peisha (née Burch) McPhee, has been a vocal coach on ''American Idol'' since 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=American Idol: Your circus guide )〕 The family moved to the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles when Katharine was 12 years old. Peisha McPhee recognized her daughter's musical talent and decided to train her. McPhee's older sister, Adriana, has been a vocal coach on ''American Idol'' since 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5090998/ )〕 McPhee is of Irish, Scottish, and German descent. McPhee attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, where she performed in school plays and musicals. She graduated in 2002. She attended Boston Conservatory for three semesters, majoring in Musical Theatre. She left college before graduation on the advice of her manager and returned to Los Angeles to try out for television pilots. McPhee was cast (during the time she had dropped out of college and was auditioning in Los Angeles) in a mall-based MTV soap opera pilot, ''You Are Here'', playing the older sister of a more popular younger sister. MTV never aired the pilot and did not pick up the series.〔(''Ask Ausiello'' column ), TVGuide.com, May 31, 2006; retrieved July 26, 2006.〕 In March 2005, McPhee starred as Annie Oakley in a Los Angeles-based production of the musical ''Annie Get Your Gun''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sharpshooting rivals battle on Thousand Oaks stage - www.theacorn.com - The Acorn )〕 McPhee was nominated for an Los Angeles Stage Ovation Award in the category of "Lead Actress in a Musical".〔(2005 Ovation Winners )〕 McPhee had a small role as Paramount Girl in the 2007 musical film ''Crazy'', based on the life of Hank Garland. McPhee filmed the role in early 2005, before she auditioned for ''American Idol''. McPhee has struggled with eating disorders. She told ''People'' that at age 13, she began starving herself and exercising compulsively and, at age 17, became bulimic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=‘Idol’ Runner-Up Katharine McPhee Reveals Eating Disorder )〕 McPhee gained weight in college due to her bingeing. After seven years of illness, she finally entered a three-month rehabilitation program after successfully passing her ''American Idol'' audition; her rehab stint ended just before the ''Idol'' semifinals started in February 2006.〔Sóuter, Ericka; Rizzo, Monica. ("Katharine McPhee's Bulimia Battle" ), ''People'', June 22, 2006.〕 During her run on ''American Idol'', she lost due to eating better as part of her treatment. She told ''Teen Vogue'' in May 2007 that "I eat whatever I crave—I'm just really careful about portions." McPhee and her sister appeared on the debut of ''The Dr. Keith Ablow Show'' on September 18, 2006, to discuss her struggles with bulimia and her childhood fear of her father. Also on the show, McPhee stated that she was misdiagnosed with a learning disability during her middle school years but was finally correctly diagnosed with a vision problem that caused her to have trouble reading in class. McPhee claimed she was known as the "pretty but stupid" girl in school because she had trouble reading〔(Love and marriage! Katharine McPhee Smashes it as maid of honour at her sister's wedding ), dailymail, retrieved May 14, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katharine McPhee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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