Bethany Joy Galeotti - Singer/Actress - One
Tree Hill
This talented singer/actress, Bethany Joy
Galeotti, is now just starting to be recognized internationally, and
nationally as a superstar for her performance of "Feel This" on the One
Tree Hill season finale..
Bethany Joy Galeotti was born
Bethany Joy Lenz on April 2, 1981 in Hollywood Florida. At a very early
age of just THREE, Bethany performed on stage for the very first time. It
was in front of a crowd of 3,000 people at the Carpenters Church in
Lakeland Florida.
Soon after Bethany's first performance, her and her family would move to Texas,
where Bethany landed her first stage role as "Munchkin" in The Wizard of Oz..
At such a young age, Bethany Joy
was starting her performing arts career on the right foot. When Bethany
turned ten years old, she landed a major role in the Dallas Community
Theatre's To Kill a Mockingbird. Three years later, she landed her
first professional role in Swan Crossing a teen story..
After the initial success, Bethany Joy
landed her first major role at the age of 15 in Stephen King's,
Thinner. Her performance in Thinner was highly acclaimed, even
being called a "Joy to watch" by the Associated Press.
Clearly, already an outstanding actress,
Bethany Joy Galeotti landed a guest starring role on Guiding Light.
She left such an impression on the viewers, and the producers that she was
later recast as a regular character - Michelle Bauer Santos. The
CBS executives said a move like that in the industry was unheard of at the
time.
This brings us to today and where she is
gathering international fame. At the age of 22 in 2003, she was cast as
"Haley James" in the WB show One Tree Hill.Bethany is
acclaimed and beloved in her role as "Haley James", and One Tree Hill is
still going strong to this day.
Bethany Joy Lenz was married to
Michael Galeotti, the keyboardist Enation, in 2005. She has
since taken up his name and is now known as Bethany Joy Galeotti..
Do You Think Bethany Joy Galeotti Is The
Next International Superstar?