Mandy Moore was born in Nashua on April 10, 1984. She moved to Orlando, Florida at the age of two months and she continues to reside there with her family. Moore is best known as one of the teen pop music divas but has added acting to her resume, appearing in several feature films.

Moore discovered her love of singing at the age of nine after attending a summer music camp. She became known in Orlando as the "National Anthem Girl," singing the Star Spangled Banner at many high profile sporting events. Her career took off after the release of her first album So Real, followed by tours with N-Sync and the Backstreet Boys. After a second album, I Wanna Be with You went Platinum, Mandy decided it was time to take the reigns of her singing career.

She released a self-titled album to critical acclaim in 2001. A third album, Coverage, a compilation of cover songs, was released in 2003, followed by a "Best of" album in 2004. But Moore is not just a pop music diva, she's an actress. Moore began taking on small roles at first and finally landed a lead role in an adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, A Walk to Remember. She has also appeared in The Princess Diaries, How to Deal, Chasing Liberty and Saved with Mary Louise Parker and Macaulay Culkin. In 2006, she filmed a musical film called Romance and Cigarettes, with James Gandolfini and Kate Winslet and American Dreamz which became a huge hit. Her most recent films include Dedication with Harvey Keitel, and the sci-fi film Southland Tales, in which she co-starred with Sarah Michelle Gellar and "The Rock."

In 2007, Moore released Because I Said So with Diane Keaton and License to Wed, in which she co-starred with John Krasinski. Robin Williams also played a major role in the film. She also announced the launch of a new album, Wild Hope and scheduled a late-summer tour with Paula Cole.