User talk:Katya Daher

Katya Walid Daher (born October 13, 1994) is an Lebanese American actress,singer,guitarist, best known for portraying Katya Black in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Ennoying Family.Katya's parents are lebanese and she has one brother named "Ali" and one sister named "Farah". She subsequently ventured into feature films and has starred in the television movies The Life,Teenage Blues,The Ennoying Family Movie and California's Luck. Her career has expanded into the music industry,Daher is a lead singer and plays acoustic and electric guitar in her concerts.She released three RIAA Gold certified studio albums "Break Down" and "Im Just Me" and spawned four RIAA Platinium certified singles, " This is the way " and " Come and see " and " Rock you ". As of April 2011,Katya Daher sold 1,354,000 albums in the United States. Daher has also contributed to the soundtracks of IceAge2,The Ennoying Family,California's Luck after signing a record deal with Hollywood Records.Daher ranked number 9 on Forbes' 2011 Celebrity 100.[3] In May 2011, Daher was named the 33th hottest woman in the world on Maxim's Hot 100. ————————————

Early Life
Daher was born on October 13,1994 in Marjeoun,Jnoub. She is the daughter of "Sabah Abdallah" and dad " Walid Daher ". Her parents are both lebanese and muslim so katya feared of not being accepted because of her religion by the other world she said " I know how this world works im not an idiot I dont care what religion you are i only see the inside of a person and I am greatefull to be where I am now and that people understand me and love me for who I am as a singer and actress " In a 2009 interview with People, Daher mentioned that she developed an early interest in acting and stage performance since she was very young and that she's inspired by many singers and actors such as Jim Carrey,Robbie Williams ,Celine Dion,Jennifer Aniston.Justin Timberlake,Katy perry....She says " When Im on stage I feel so alive its like I never left home "

Acting Career
2005-2008 : Career beginnings

In 2005, Daher moved with her family to Hollywood where she went to persue her acting dreams.Daher started taking singing adn acting lessons, she even says herself " I cant wait to wake up and do what I love to do id do it for free " .Daher began her acting career at age 17,playing "Katya Black " on "The Ennoying Family".She later had minor roles in movies and certain tv shows.In 2006,Daher was discovered by the Disney Channel in a nationwide scouting.Daher appeared as a guest star on one of the disney shows and was noticed. Daher learned about the casting for what became The Ennoying Family.a Disney Channel children's television series about a tennage girl who lives in a ordianry family and get through problems and funny akward situations.Daher sent lots of tapes auditioning for the show and recieved a call asking her to cast live again. After flying to Hollywood for further auditions,Daher was critizied by lots of people back in her hometown and was told not to come and to forget about it but she didnt care she says "This is what I wanna do and what I love and if certain people dont want me to be happy then that's their problem ".However,her persistence and ability to act and make people laugh and own the stage led the show's producers to invite her back for further auditions.As Daher's career took off.katya found an agent who is a really good friend to her she loves working with people who are close to her instead of strangers. For her education,Katya finished her studies backhome and now she's attending college.

2008-2010 : The Ennoying Family " Katya Black " Hit Show Series

The Character "Katya Black " became an instant hit. The series premiered on March 26 2006 to the largest audience ever for a Disney Channel show and soon became one of the highest-rated series on basic cable,elevating Daher's wealth and fame along with it. Time magazine reports that Katya's "phenomenal" success is due partially to her talent and partially to "Disney learning to use its vast, multimedia holdings".Katya eventually becam the first lebanese artist to have deals in teelvision,film, consumer products and music whitin The Walk Disney Company. "The Ennoying Family " was a big hit and broke " Hannah Montana's " record due to the famous character " Katya Black " played by Daher. People loved the character and admired Katya cause she was really funny and down to earth and could be noticed on her several interviews. The 4 seasons where a big hit and kept rolling on the channel for a long while after the show was done.Katya persued her career and has grown musicly and was supported by Disney Channel all the way, her singles where the biggest hit and stayed on top of the sharts for weeks,katya was very lucky to be approached by very wise writers and producers. People were surprised by Katya's wide preformance,she can do comdey perfectly and drama also. On march 18 2010 Katya appeared on SNL " Saturday Night Live " and hit the road of the fame to big breaks in movie career since then..Katya's appearence on SNL was a big break for her,she made a deal and began filming her first serious comedy movie with the known comedian " Jim Carrey" ,she says " I was excited to meet "Jim Carrey " and i couldnt believe how lucky I am ".

2010-2011 : The Global Tour

On 2010 november 11 Katya annouced her very first tour named " The Global Tour ". She will be touring almost the whole world preforming her biggest hits ever and she'll be going back to her hometown Lebanon to do her first very concert there. Katya is rated one of the most inspiring people in the world,she also broke the fame record in the guenes book topping very famous singers and actors such as Britney Spears,Miley Cyrus and Brad Pit and alot more...

Earnings
In 2006, Daher earned $25 million, up from her earnings of $18 million in 2005, and was ranked number 35 on Forbes magazine's "Celebrity 100" list. Parade magazine reported she was the richest teenage celebrity and that her franchise would be worth approximately $1 billion by the end of the year.In 2009, Forbes ranked her #29 on the Celebrity 100 and reported she had earned a total of $25 million. Then Daher got ranked number thirteen on Forbes' 2010 Celebrity 100 ranking $48 million.From the $48 million she made between June 2009 to June 2010 made her the no.4 highest earners under 30 and the youngest on the list.[106] between June 2010 and June 2011, Daher earned $54 million.[107] From working on The Ennoying Family, Daher got paid $180,000 per episode she did on the hit show,making her the 1st highest paid child star on television.She had got paid much more than the other Disney stars, and when she was 19 she was named #10 on the "Top 20 World's Richest Female Singers Of All Time" list with over $100 million in 5 years active throughout her career, which made her the youngest female artist on the list.[109] In 2011, she was named #1 on the "Top 10 Richest Teens In Hollywood" with $120 million.[110]

Personal Life
Katya Daher dated her co-star " Sean Faris" on " The Ennoying Family " for 2 years and they eventually broke up due to difficulties and not having enough time for eachother since katya's big fame but theyremain best friends she says.Katya is recently dating famous actor " Hayden Christensen " most known for his role in " The Jumper" ,they met on their new comedy movie set and it just clicked between them as Daher said on The Ellen show blushing.