Katrina Carlson | |
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Born | Paradise Valley, Arizona |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actress |
Instruments | Piano, guitar |
Years active | 1999-present |
Labels | Kataphonic Records |
Website | www |
Katrina Carlson is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Katrina currently resides in Santa Monica, California with her husband, , and her three children, Mackenzie, Alexander and Ruby Rose.
Carlson was born and grew up in Paradise Valley, Arizona, the youngest of 11 children. By the age of 12, she was playing both piano and guitar, and composing songs. Carlson attended college at Brown University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in International Relations, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy with a focus in Nuclear Arms Control. After graduating from college, Carlson moved to New York City and was admitted to the Manhattan School of Music and Brooklyn College’s opera program.
During her time in New York, she appeared in an Off-Broadway Cole Porter review, You Never Know. She also lived in Washington, D.C. where she performed in many plays and musicals at various theaters.
In 1993, Carlson moved to Santa Monica, California, where she continued to perform in local and regional theater. Carlson also garnered appearances in films and television shows including: In the Line of Fire, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a Bajoran Officer and Special Delivery. Carlson placed two of her songs, "I Never Believed" and "Bring it On" in Special Delivery's soundtrack.
In 1999, Carlson started her own record label, Kataphonic Records. Carlson released her debut record, Apples For Eve, in September 2001. The album was produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Ron Cohen. Three songs from Apples for Eve, "I Know You By Heart", "Friday Night" and "Winning’s Everything", were featured in the documentary feature film Go Tigers!. "Winning’s Everything" was used on NBC’s Lost and the title track "Apples For Eve" was featured on the daytime drama Passions. Carlson's song "Friday Night" aired as the theme song for ABC's TGIF Friday Night line up in the fall/winter of 2003-2004.