Vanessa Olivarez

Vanessa Denae Olivarez (born April 7, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is the vocalist, songwriter, and autoharpist for the country bands Granville Automatic and Mama's Blue Dress, has written songs for the country duo Sugarland, and was in the Top 12 of the second season of the television series ''American Idol'' in 2003.

Later that year, she released a single, "The One", which peaked at number nine on the Canadian charts. In 2004, she played Tracy Turnblad, the lead role in the Canadian version of ''Hairspray'', for which she was nominated for a Dora Award. Provided by Wikipedia