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The quarter-Irish, quarter-Cherokee, quarter-English daughter of an American Airlines pilot and an Orlando Sentinel news reporter, Mandy Moore became interested in singing after seeing the musical Oklahoma. She quickly made a name for herself singing the US National Anthem at various sporting events in Florida, building a fervent teen following through 1999 on tour with the Backstreet Boys. She was just 15 when she released her bubbly pop debut album So Real in the same year, resulting in the breakthrough hit single Candy and sales of over 2 million. Second album I Wanna Be With You was released in 2000, followed by Mandy Moore in 2001, including the singles In My Pocket and Crush, and the more mature-sounding Coverage (2003). By this time, however, her music had been overtaken by her TV and acting career, which had begun in 2000 with her own MTV chat show. Her movies have subsequently included The Princess Diaries, A Walk To Remember, How To Deal, Chasing Liberty, American Dreamz, Because I Said So, License To Wed and Saved - in which she sang a cover of the old Beach Boys hit God Only Knows. In 2010 Moore starred opposite Kellan Lutz in Love, Wedding, Marriage and established another lucrative sideline with her own fashion range of contemporary knitwear.Artist biography compiled by BDS/West 10. All rights reserved
