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Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter (born May 11, 1999) is an American singer and actress. Carpenter made her acting debut with an appearance in the television crime show '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and had a recurring role on Fox's short-lived series, '' The Goodwin Games'', which lasted three months. She starred in the Disney Channel comedy series '' Girl Meets World'' (2014–2017); in 2016, she appeared in a television movie, '' Adventures in Babysitting'', for the network.

Carpenter has starred in several feature films, including ''Horns'' (2013), ''The Hate U Give'' (2018), ''The Short History of the Long Road'' (2019), ''Clouds'' (2020), and '' Emergency'' (2022). She also starred in three Netflix films, ''Tall Girl'' (2019), its sequel (2022), and '' Work It'' (2020).

In 2014, her debut music single "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying" and EP of the same name were released. She released a debut album, '' Eyes Wide Open'', in 2015 and three additional studio albums, '' Evolution'' (2016), '' Singular: Act I'' (2018), and '' Singular: Act II'' (2019). She released a fifth studio album, ''Emails I Can't Send'', in 2022.

Early life

Carpenter was born on May 11, 1999, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, to David and Elizabeth Carpenter, and raised in East Greenville."Sabrina Carpenter"
at ''Vogue'' She was raised alongside three older sisters and was homeschooled. At age 10, she began posting videos on YouTube of her singing. Her father built a recording studio for her to fuel her passion for music. In 2011, she placed third in a singing contest, ''The Next Miley Cyrus Project'', run by Miley Cyrus.

Acting career

2011–2013: Early acting roles

Carpenter's first acting role was in 2011 in a guest role on the NBC drama series '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. Around the same time, she appeared on Chinese state-owned television station Hunan Broadcasting System's Gold Mango Audience festival, performing "Something's Got a Hold on Me". In 2012, Carpenter had a recurring role on Fox's three-month series '' The Goodwin Games''.

She appeared in a 2013 film '' Horns'' and performed a song, "Smile", for an album, '' Disney Fairies: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust''"; the song charted on Radio Disney. In '' Sofia the First'', she had a recurring role as Princess Vivian, in which she also performed the song "All You Need" with show star Ariel Winter.

2014–2019: Breakthrough with ''Girl Meets World''

In January 2013, Carpenter was cast in a Disney Channel series '' Girl Meets World''. In 2015, Carpenter starred in a Disney Channel Original Movie, ''Further Adventures in Babysitting''. The same year, she also appeared in a Pasadena Playhouse production of ''Peter Pan and Tinker Bell: A Pirate's Christmas''.

In 2018, Carpenter appeared in ''The Hate U Give'', based on the novel. The film was released in October 2018. In 2018, she was cast a drama film ''The Short History of the Long Road''. In May 2018, Carpenter was included in ''Nylon'' magazine's "25 Gen Z'ers Changing The World". In July 2019, she was cast in a film adaptation of ''The Distance From Me to You''. She is set to star and produce the film with ''Girl Meets World'' co-star Danielle Fishel . In January 2019, Carpenter was cast in a Netflix film, ''Tall Girl''.

2020–present: Partial acting hiatus

She was cast in ''Clouds'', a 2020 teen drama film. In April 2021, Carpenter was cast in Amazon Studios' comedy-drama thriller film ''Emergency'', which is based on a 2018 short film of the same name. In January 2022, ''Emergency'' premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival followed by a limited theatrical release and an Amazon Prime Video release in May 2022. The following month, she appeared in a Netflix teen romantic comedy sequel, ''Tall Girl 2''.

Music career

2014–2017: Musical beginnings

In 2014, Carpenter launched a music career with the release of a single, "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying", which premiered on Radio Disney and was released on iTunes. The song is the title track on her debut EP of the same name and was released in April 2014. Carpenter is featured on the ''Girl Meets World'' theme song, "Take On The World". She performed the song "Stand Out" in the Disney Channel movie '' How to Build a Better Boy'', which premiered in August 2014. In July 2014, Carpenter contributed lead vocals to '' Disney Channel Circle of Stars''' cover version of " Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"

In January 2015, Carpenter released the lead single from her debut studio album titled " We'll Be The Stars" with its music video being released in February of the same year. Carpenter's debut studio album, ''"'' Eyes Wide Open"'','' would be released on April 14, 2015, debuting and peaking at 43 on the Billboard 200. " Eyes Wide Open" would go on to spend 4 weeks on the Billboard 200 making it her longest charting album to date. Every song on Carpenter's debut EP would go on to be included on the album. The opening and title track of the album " Eyes Wide Open" would be released as the second and last single from the album with its music video premiering in June 2015. On April 25th, 2015 " We'll be the stars" as well as " Eyes Wide Open" would be performed for the first time at the 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards where she also won an award in the category "Best Crush Song" for her song "Can't Blame a Girl For Trying". In August, 2015 Carpenter made an appearance at the D23 Expo performing songs from her debut album.

In February 2016 Carpenter released the standalone single titled " Smoke and Fire" with its music video being released in March of the same year. " Smoke and Fire" would also be performed at the 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards.

On July 22, 2016, Carpenter announced the lead single from her second studio album titled " On Purpose" would be released later that same month. The music video for " On Purpose" would go on to be released on August 12, 2016. Also on August 12, 2016, Carpenter would headline the Bethlehem's Musikfest festival where she would perform " On Purpose". In September 2016 Carpenter announced her second studio album would be titled " Evolution" and would be released on October 14 of the same year. Carpenter also announced that she would be embarking on her first headlining concert tour titled the "Evolution Tour" set for the autumn of 2016. Three promotional singles were released from the album titled "All We Have Is Love", "Run and Hide", and "Thumbs" with the latter going on to be the albums second official single. In October 2016 " Evolution" debuted and peaked on the Billboard 200 at number 28 selling 13,000 copies within its first week. "Thumbs" would impact contemporary hit radio as the albums second single on January 3, 2017, with its music video being released in February of the same year. Carpenter later performed "Thumbs" on the Late Late Show with James Corden on April 17, 2017.

She collaborated with The Vamps and Mike Perry for the single "Hands", which was released in May 2017. In the summer of 2017 Carpenter embarked on her second headlining concert tour titled "The De-Tour". Carpenter released the single "Why" in July 2017 which would go on to peak at number 21 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 becoming her second entry on the chart. In October 2017, Lost Kings released a single called " First Love" in which Carpenter is featured on. Carpenter collaborated with Lindsey Stirling on her holiday album "''Warmer in the Winter"'' on the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" which was released in October of 2017. In December 2017, Carpenter released a cover of " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".

In March 2018, Carpenter released a single "Alien" with Jonas Blue. They performed the song on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' that month.

2018-2020: ''Singular'' and other ventures

In early May 2018 Carpenter deleted all of her posts on her Instagram account prompting fans to speculate if new music was on the way. On May 13, 2018, Carpenter announced via Twitter that her new single " Almost Love" would be released on June 6 of that same year while also announcing a performance at the 2018 iHeartRadio Wango Tango Music Festival . In October 2018, Carpenter would go on to announce her 3rd studio album would be titled " Singular: Act I" and would be released on November 9, 2018. She would also release a trailer for the album via Twitter with various clips of the songs that would be featured on the album. Two promotional singles were released ahead of the album titled " Paris" and "Bad Time", the former of which was released on October 24 and would go on to have its own music video. The album's second official single, "Sue Me", was released the same day as the album on November 9, 2018. Carpenter would also go on to perform "Sue Me" on the '' The Today Show'' as well as '' Live with Kelly and Ryan'' in November 2018.

In early 2019 Carpenter would be featured on Alan Walker's single " On My Way". In March 2019, Carpenter embarked on her 3rd headlining concert tour titled The Singular Tour in which she performed two new songs titled "Pushing 20", and "Exhale". That same month, "Pushing 20" was released as Singular: Act II's lead single while "Exhale" would go on to be released in May 2019 as the albums second single. On June 6, 2019, Carpenter unveiled the albums cover art as well as announced that the albums third single would be titled " In My Bed" with its music video being released on June 28, 2019. On July 5th, 2019 Carpenter performed on ''Good Morning America''s Summer Concert Series, where she debuted the performances of "On My Way" and "In My Bed". She also performed her songs "Sue Me", "Why", "Paris"''.'' On July 11, 2019, Carpenter released a promotional single titled "I'm Fakin" ahead of the albums release. ''Singular: Act II'' was released on July 19, 2019. In July 2019, Carpenter began work on a fifth studio album.

In February 2020, Carpenter released a single titled " Honeymoon Fades" followed by her Broadway debut in '' Mean Girls'' in March 2020. After just two showings "Mean Girls" and many other Broadway productions shut down due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. On January 7, 2021, it was announced that ''Mean Girls'' would not reopen, ending her Broadway run. In April 2020, Carpenter appeared in a charity version of "If the World Was Ending", which supported Doctors Without Borders during the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2020, Carpenter released another single, " Let Me Move You", from the Netflix film "'' Work It"'' in which she also starred and executive produced. In September 2020, she featured on a remix of Zara Larsson's song titled "Wow". In December 2020, she was named to '' Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Hollywood and entertainment category. In January 2021, Carpenter announced that she had become an artist with Universal Music Group's Island Records.

2021–present: ''Emails I Can't Send'' and musical breakthrough

''Emails I Can't Send'' was released in July 2022. That same month, Julia Michaels issued and then deleted a tweet stating that she had actually written "all of" the songs for Carpenter's ''Emails I Can't Send''. Prior to its July 2022 release, several singles from it were released. In January, 2021, she released a song, " Skin", which initially was intended for ''Emails I Can't Send'' but was ultimately not included on it. The song debuted at 48 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and became her first entry on the chart, and peaked at 42 on the ''Billboard'' Global 200 and in the top thirty on the US Mainstream Top 40. She served as a co-creative director on the music video for the song alongside her sister Sarah. In September 2021, she released "Skinny Dipping", credited as being co-written with Julia Michaels, Leroy Clampitt, and JP Saxe, with an acoustic version released the following month. Later that month, she appeared on the third volume of Prime Video's special, ''Savage X Fenty Show'', focused on that year's Savage X Fenty fashion show, in which she modelled. In November 2021, she became a brand ambassador for Samsung USA as part of the company's "Team Galaxy" partnership program.

Carpenter co-wrote a trio of songs, "Panic! In The Treehouse", "The Long Distance Diners", and "Dancing In The Dugout" with Clampitt and Skyler Stonestreet, and performed them for Samsung's holiday campaign in December 2021. Later that month, Carpenter released another song, " Fast Times", co-written with John Ryan, as the second single from her then still upcoming release of ''Emails I Can't Send''. The following month, Carpenter conducted a kickoff concert, "An Evening with Sabrina" in New York City for Samsung's Galaxy Creator Collective event. In April 2022, she released an exclusive line of video wallpapers in collaboration with Samsung for Galaxy smartphones. In June 2022, Carpenter announced her debut fragrance in partnership with Scent Beauty, called Sweet Tooth, would be released in September 2022, with samples made available in the U.S. that month.

In July 2022, she released a third single, " Vicious". In July 2022, ''Emails I Can't Send'' debuted at 23 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 and 55 on the Canadian Albums Chart, making it Carpenter's highest entry on both charts. A Spotifyexclusive version of the album, titled ''Emails I Can't Send: The Enhanced Album'', featuring content of Carpenter explaining her vision behind the album and the process of writing and making it, was also released. Following the album's release, she conducted a livestream concert at Samsung and ''Billboard'''s "Summer of Galaxy" annual event. In August 2022, Carpenter announced the Emails I Can't Send Tour, in support of her album, which began in late September. A second leg for North America was announced in December 2022.

Discography

* '' Eyes Wide Open'' (2015)
* '' Evolution'' (2016)
* '' Singular: Act I'' (2018)
* '' Singular: Act II'' (2019)
* ''Emails I Can't Send'' (2022)

Concert tours

Headlining

* Evolution Tour (2016–2017)
* The De-Tour (2017)
* Singular Tour (2019)
* Emails I Can't Send Tour (2022–2023)

Festivals (with various artists)

* Jingle Ball Tour 2016 (2016)
* Jingle Ball Tour 2017 (2017)
* Jingle Ball Tour 2018 (2018)

Opening act

* Bridgit Mendler – Summer Tour (2014)
* Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman Tour (2017)
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Filmography

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

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21st-century American actresses
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American child actresses
American child singers
American film actresses
American television actresses
American voice actresses
Hollywood Records artists
Island Records artists
Living people
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