Renee Olstead

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Renee Olstead illustrated on the cover of her eponymous 2004 album.

Rebecca Renee Olstead (born June 18, 1989) is an American actress and singer.

Olstead was born in Houston, Texas to Christopher Eric Olstead and Rebecca Lynn Jeffries. As a child actress, she made films and commercials from age eight onwards. From 2002 to 2006, she appeared in the TV sitcom Still Standing, as middle child Lauren Miller. She also had a small part in the 2004 film 13 Going on 30. In 2000, at the age of 11, Olstead recorded her first album, Stone Country as well as an EP, Unleashed. Both were privately released on her own record label.

In 2004, Olstead released an eponymous album of jazz songs and pop standards for Warner Brothers Records to good reviews; since her previous releases had limited distribution, this album was considered her true debut. She subsequently performed in Berlin during the Live 8 concert on July 2, 2005. Additionally, she recorded with trumpeter Chris Botti on his 2005 album To Love Again: The Duets and appears on the 2006 DVD Chris Botti Live with Orchestra and Special Guests. Her singing style and talent has already been compared with such great jazz vocalists as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn. Reportedly her musical talent was discovered by composer David Foster, who produced her 2004 album. She later also performed with Foster on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

A followup album entitled Skylark, also produced by Foster, is scheduled for release in February 2007.[1] The release had previously been scheduled for release in August 2006 and was then delayed to September before being pushing back to early 2007; no reason was given for the delay.

1 Discography
2 Filmography
3 Television
4 External links

[edit] Discography

Stone Country (2000)
Unleashed (2000)
By Request (2002)
Renee Olstead (2004)
Skylark (scheduled for release in February 2007)

[edit] Filmography

13 Going on 30 (2004) as Becky
Scorched (2003) as Girl Scout
Space Cowboys (2000) as Little Girl
Geppetto (2000)
End of Days (1999) as Amy
The Insider (1999) as Deborah Wigand
The Usher (1997) as Little Girl
Out There (TV movie) (1997) as Megan Tollman
Cadillac Ranch (1996) as Young Mary Katherine
Santa, NASA & the Man in the Moon (1996) as Renee Olstead
Ceftin Wiz Kids (TV movie) (1996) as Katie
Deadly Family Secrets (TV movie) (1995) as Emily Pick

[edit] Television

Fillmore! (2003) in episode "South of Friendship, North of Honor" as the voice of Lucille
Still Standing (2002-2006) as Lauren Miller
She Spies (2002) in episode "Poster Girl" as Amy Divornak
My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star (2002) in episode "Fame" as Selma
Providence (1999) in episode "Home for the Holidays" as Little Girl
Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999) in episode "Where's My Kiss, Then?" as Lauren
Reunited (1998) as Ami
Touched by an Angel (1998) in episode "Doodlebugs" as Bits
Streets of Laredo (mini-series) (1995) as Marci Fant