Katie Neil

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist |image= |name = Katie Neil |background = solo_singer | birth_date = 1989 |occupation = Singer-songwriter, former actress |genre = Pop rock |years_active = 2003–present |website = [http://katieneil.com Official site], Official fansite, and [https://www.myspace.com/katieneil Official MySpace] }}

'''Katie Neil''' (born in 1989) is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and former actress.

==Biography==

===Early career=== At the age of 8, Neil began working in Broadway and singing and acting in many shows. She worked with Community theatre and with the Kennedy Center for a while. At the age of 10, she moved to Manhattan. After a year on Broadway and with all of the performances she did, Neil began to get more into singing and pop music. This is when she released her debut album, ''How I Feel'' with Cliff Downs. Later, she released '' Second Story'' with Chris Griffin, then ''In Transit''.

===Roles on Broadway=== * Appearance with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Kennedy Center (age 8) * Washington Opera's Boris Godunov (Plácido Domingo, artistic director) * ''The Nutcracker'', with the Stanislavski Ballet, at the Kennedy Center * ''Annie Get Your Gun'', playing "Jessie Oakley" opposite Bernadette Peters (age 10)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_Nov_20/ai_110335325/ |title=ADVISORY/Rising Pop Star Katie Neil Returns to Northern Virginia to Debut her First CD, 'How I Feel' | Business Wire | Find Articles at BNET |website=findarticles.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615154400/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_Nov_20/ai_110335325/ |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Fiddler on the Roof'' in Ocean City, New Jersey (ensemble role) * ''Winnow Winds'' in Martinsburg, West Virginia (lead role) * ''The Secret Garden'', Philadelphia (playing the lead role, Mary Lennox) * ''Broadway Kids'' recording of "America Sings"

==Discography==

===''How I Feel''=== When Neil was just 13, in 2003, she released her first album, ''How I Feel'', produced by Cliff Downs.

Track listing: # "It's Alright to Breakdown Sometimes" # "How I Feel" # "My Friend Nikki" # "Till You Need Me" # "Where the Sadness Dies" # "Do Without You" # "Everywhere You Go" # "Guess I Never Loved You" # " Can We Go the Distance" # "Buses and Trains" # "Far Away From Here"

===''Second Story''=== At age 15, in 2005, Neil came out with her first EP, entitled ''Second Story'', produced and mixed by Chris Griffin.

Track listing: # "Stripped Down" # "Go Away" # "It's Not the Same" # "The Real Me" # "School Daze"

===''In Transit''=== Neil released her second EP in June 2006, entitled ''In Transit''.

Track listing: # "Stupid Ex Boyfriend" # "Bad For You" # "Good Day Down" # "Unspoken" # "You're Not the Only One".

The song "Stupid Ex Boyfriend" was a featured "Hip Clipz" tune on the website of Curly Grrlz Skateboards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.curlygrrlz.com/ |title=Curly Grrlz Skateboards |access-date=September 14, 2017 |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920172141/http://curlygrrlz.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life== Neil currently resides in an apartment building with her parents in New York City, where she is attending high school.

==References== {{reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310235402/http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/katieneil2 Review of ''Second Story''] – includes references to other press * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110615154400/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_Nov_20/ai_110335325/ Press release], November 20, 2003

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060528110803/http://www.katieneil.com/ Neil's official site] * [https://www.myspace.com/katieneil Neil's MySpace page] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070102093024/http://www.katieneil.net/ Neil's official fansite]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neil, Katie}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:American stage actresses Category:Actresses from Manhattan Category:21st-century American singers Category:21st-century American women singers