Bio
Hayley Orrantia is an American actress, singer and songwriter best known for her starring role as Erica Goldberg, the oldest and most rebellious Goldberg kid - and also the trendiest - who loves partying, General Hospital, Whitesnake and off-the-shoulder shirts, in the television sitcom The Goldbergs.
She was a contestant on Season 1 of The X Factor USA. Originally auditioning as a solo artist, she and three other contestants were assembled during the boot camp phase by Simon Cowell into a girl group to continue in the competition.
Calling themselves Lakoda Rayne, they were the last group in the competition and made it to the Top 9.
As a solo artist, Orrantia has recorded songs on the soundtracks for Disney's Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure, Camp Rock 2 and Hannah Montana Forever.
She has opened for several major artists and celebrities, including Hot Chelle Rae, Jack Ingram, JLS, Julianne Hough and Rachel Ray.
In addition she has sung the National Anthem for the New Orleans Saints, Dallas Mavericks, FC Dallas, the Texas Legends, the Frisco Roughriders and the Fort Worth Brahmas.
She has performed on the main stages at the Texas State Fair, the Montana State Fair, GrapeFest, Mayfest, the North Texas State Fair and numerous other venues across North Texas, and was the featured performer at the opening ceremonies for The Dallas Cup, the international high school soccer tournament.
An accomplished songwriter, Orrantia wrote the theme song for The Janee Show and co-wrote "Power of a Girl" for the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts USA.
She also penned the song "Who I Am" for a friend suffering with an eating disorder, and has performed it for several National Eating Disorders Association events in Texas and California.
Orrantia was featured in the movie Cooper and the Castle Hills Gang, which premiered in 2010 at the Dallas International Film Festival. The film received numerous awards from the National Home Builders, Telly Awards, Webby Awards and the Dallas Home Builders Association.
Since 2009, Orrantia has served as an Ambassador for the Texas Music Project, a non-profit organisation focused on helping to promote music education in Texas schools.