Raquel’s path in the entertainment world was nurtured and encouraged from an early age. By age 4 she was regularly appearing on Sesame Street and Nick Jr. At age 7 she had her breakout role playing Gertie Trinkie in the feature film Jersey Girl alongside megastars Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.
Raquel charmed the talk-show circuit appearing as a guest on Ellen and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She co-hosted with Ryan Seacrest on On Air with Ryan Seacrest. At age 10, Raquel was appointed the youngest correspondent ever for Entertainment Tonight’s Kid’s Choice Awards, where she had the opportunity to interview high-profile celebrities including Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Queen Latifah, and Adam Sandler. Her acting career continued to flourish as she guest-starred in Law & Order SVU and appeared in the world premiere of Broadway’s White Christmas as Susan Waverly.
Her first grown-up role was the love interest in Rosie O’Donnell’s Lifetime movie America. She co-starred in the Canadian TV show Winging It, in which she debuted one of her original songs. After she competed on The Voice, Raquel’s YouTube channel garnered over a million views.
Raquel had a recurring role on Fox’s hit show Empire as Marisol, a member of Hakeem and Cookie’s girl group Mirage’ A Trois, a role that cemented her as an acting/singing/dancing triple threat with three songs on Sony’s Empire soundtrack and a collaboration with Becky G on the single “Do It.”
Most recently, Raquel took on the role of an ex-stripper (Chastity Jones) in the ensemble cast of the musical comedy, Paradise as well as having a supporting role (Nadia Carter) in the Boston based film Another Day In America alongside Alexis Knapp & Oliver Trevena, now in post production. Raquel is also 1/3 of a new R&B neo-soul girl band called “eddy.”
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