Raquel Castro

Raquel Castro (born November 17, 1994) is an American actress and singer. She is known for starring in the 2004 film Jersey Girl as Gertie Trinké, the daughter of Ollie Trinké (Ben Affleck) and Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), for which Castro won the Young Artist Award for the Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger. She was a contestant in the American version of The Voice.

Background Castro's father is Puerto Rican, and her mother is of Italian and Jewish descent.

Career

Acting Castro made her acting debut in an episode of the television series, Third Watch. She then played the daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's characters in the 2004 film Jersey Girl, directed by Kevin Smith.

A single called "Game Over" was released on January 29, 2013. Castro wrote it with the help of the IDA Program.

In 2019, Castro provided vocals for the theme song to the Netflix Original Series Carmen Sandiego.

Castro was also on season 2 of NBC's Songland, where she presented her song "Wrong Places" to H.E.R., where she picked her song to put on her album.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 Jersey Girl Gertie Trinké Film debut 2006 Little Fugitive Destiny Remake 2007 Tracks of Color Carmen Short film 2009 America Liza 2009 The Ministers Nereida 2010 Brooklyn's Finest Katherine 2016 From Nowhere Alyssa 2017 Heavenly Charm Izabella Sanchez Starring role 2017 Ten Lori 2019 Already Gone Carmen 2021 This Is the Night Anna Tocci

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 2002 Third Watch Moira Kenney Episode: "The Greater Good" 2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Emma Boyd Episode: "Alien" 2011 The Voice Herself Season 1 contestant; member of Christina Aguilera's team 2011 Wingin' It JenJen Episode: "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" 2014 Awkward Shiri Episode: "Touched by an Angel" 2014–2015 Liv and Maddie South Salamanca Episodes: "BFF-A-Rooney" and "SPARF-A-Rooney" 2015–2016 Empire Marisol 6 episodes 2016 Blue Bloods Martina Fernandez Episode: "The Road to Hell" 2020 Songland Herself Episode: "H.E.R."

Discography

Albums as part of Empire cast

Year Artist Album Notes 2015 : Empire cast Empire: Season 2 Volume 1 Track 9: "Runnin'" 2016 : Empire cast Empire: Season 2 Volume 2 Track 2: "Crown"

Songwriting credits Song Year Artist Album "Wrong Places" 2020 H.E.R. "No More Disco"2026YeonjunNo Labels: Part 02

Awards and nominations Year Group Award Result Film 2005 : Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger Jersey Girl