Sarah Hayley Orrantia (born February 21, 1994) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for portraying Erica Goldberg on the ABC comedy series '' The Goldbergs''. She was a member of Lakoda Rayne, a country pop girl group assembled by

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during the first season of ''

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''. She released her debut single "Love Sick" in 2015. Her debut EP, ''The Way Out'', was released in May 2019.

Early life

Sarah Hayley Orrantia was born in

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, on February 21, 1994, and grew up in nearby

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and Highland Village. She is of

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, Irish, and

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(his last name is of basque origin) descent. She attended public school from elementary to middle school in her hometown of Highland Village. She then attended Marcus High School in nearby Flower Mound until her junior year, when she decided to become homeschooled to pursue her music and acting training. In high school, she joined the musical theatre program, providing her with her first taste of acting. She is a

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Career

Orrantia began singing at the age of nine and began professionally training at 12. She wrote her first song at 13. By 15, she had recorded her first EP of cover songs and begun writing with songwriter Jamie Houston who at the time was best known for writing hits for the three Disney ''

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'' movies. Orrantia recorded the vocals to Houston's "Magic of a Friend" which was on Disney's ''Tinkerbell and The Lost Treasure'' soundtrack in 2009. In 2010 Orrantia sang background vocals for Demi Lovato on

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's '' Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam'' soundtrack and background vocals for Miley Cyrus on Disney's '' Hannah Montana Forever'' soundtrack. Her first acting role was at 17, on a commercial for Sprint in 2011. She was cast in the independent film ''Cooper and the Castle Hills Gang'', which premiered at the

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. In the summer of 2011, Orrantia auditioned for the first season of ''

''. Orrantia was selected from a YouTube video submission and received four "yes" votes from the judges during the live audition phase in Seattle. Although she originally auditioned as a solo artist, during "Hollywood Week", she and three other female singers, were put into a group for the rest of the auditions as Lakoda Rayne. They were eliminated during the fifth week in the live shows. Since 2013, Orrantia has played Erica Goldberg on the ABC comedy series '' The Goldbergs''. After casting Orrantia and learning of her singing talent, series creator

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has written several episodes where Erica sings. Series co star

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is also a recording artist, and the two sing together on three of the tracks of ''The Goldbergs MixTape'', released in 2017. Orrantia had a leading role in the drama film ''

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'', released on April 1, 2016. In 2016, she released a single called "Strong, Sweet and Southern". Its music video has had over 400,000 views on YouTube. In 2019, she debuted ''The Way Out'', an

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(EP). It has been described as a "very intimate and personal look at her own life." In 2022, Orrantia competed in season seven of '' The Masked Singer'' as "Ringmaster" of Team Good. She made a reference to having known

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from ''The X-Factor'' back when she was made a member of Lakoda Rayne. Orrantia finished in second place.

Charity work

Orrantia wrote the song "Who I Am" for the

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and the song "Power of a Girl" for the

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. She also supports the cancer charities Lungevity, Susan G. Komen, and

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. Since 2007, she has served as an ambassador for the Texas Music Project, which raises awareness and funds for music education in public schools.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Guest appearances

Music videos

References

External links

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