Hayley Orrantia

Hayley Orrantia
220px Orrantia in April 2014
Born	Sarah Hayley Orrantia (1994-02-21) February 21, 1994 Highland Village, Texas, United States
Occupation	Actress, singer, songwriter
Years active	2010–present

Sarah Hayley Orrantia (born February 21, 1994), known professionally as Hayley Orrantia, 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 Simon Cowell during the first season of The X Factor. She has been performing professionally since the age of 13 and has opened for pop artist Adam Lambert, country artist Easton Corbin, and dancer and recording artist Julianne Hough.

Early life

Orrantia was born in Arlington, Texas, and grew up in nearby Grand Prairie and Highland Village. An only child, she is of English, French, Irish, and Mexican descent. She attended public school from elementary through part of her junior year in Highland Village, but decided to home school to pursue her music and acting training.

Career

Orrantia began singing at the age of nine and began professionally training at the age of 12. She wrote her first song at 13 and by age 14 had recorded her first EP of cover songs. That same year, she began writing with songwriter Jamie Houston who at the time was best known for writing hits for the three of the Disney High School Musical movies. Orrantia recorded the vocals to Houston's "Magic of a Friend" which was on Disney's Tinkerbell and The Lost Treasure soundtrack in 2010. Later that year, Orrantia sang background vocals for Demi Lovato on Disney'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 age 15 on a Sprint commercial in 2011. She was cast in the independent film Cooper and the Castle Hills Gang, which premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival.

In the summer of 2011, Orrantia auditioned for the first season of The X Factor. Orrantia was selected from a YouTube video submission and received four "yes" votes from the judges during the live audition phase in Seattle, Washington. 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. 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 Adam F. Goldberg has written several episodes where Erica sings and plans to continue to highlight her singing talent in future episodes.

In 2015, Orrantia filmed the movie God's Not Dead 2, schedule for release for Easter 2016.

Charity work

Orrantia wrote the song "Who I Am" for the National Eating Disorders Association and the song "Power of a Girl" for the Girl Scouts of America. She also supports cancer nonprofits Lungevity, Susan G. Komen, and Stand Up to Cancer. 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

Year	Title	Role
2011	Cooper and the Castle Hills Gang	Penny
2016	God's Not Dead 2	Brooke Thawley

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The X Factor	Herself	Contestant
2013–present	The Goldbergs	Erica Goldberg

External links

• Hayley Orrantia at the Internet Movie Database
• Hayley Orrantia on Facebook
• Hayley Orrantia on Twitter
• Hayley Orrantia on Instagram