Katharine McPhee
Year Title Role Notes
2006 American Idol Contestant Runner-Up ( Lost to Taylor Hicks )
2007 lonelygirl15 New Friend Episode : Truth or Dare
2007 Ugly Betty Herself Episode : I 'm Coming Out
2009 CSI : NY Odessa Shaw / Dana Melton Episode : Prey
2010 Community Amber Episode : Basic Genealogy
2012 Family Guy Mother Maggie ( voice ) Episode : You Ca n't Do That on Television , Peter
2012-2013 Smash Karen Cartwright 32 episodes
2014 It Could Be Worse Lucy Episode : Uncharted Territory
2014 In My Dreams Natalie Russo TV movie
2014-2018 Scorpion Paige Dineen Main role
2016 Lip Sync Battle Herself Episode Katharine McPhee vs. Jason Derulo
2017 The Lost Wife of Robert Durst Kathie Durst Lifetime TV
Filmography -- Television
Katharine Hope McPhee Foster (born March 25, 1984) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. In May 2006, she was the runner-up on the fifth season of American Idol. Her self-titled debut album was released on RCA Records on January 30, 2007, and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 381,000 copies (as of December 2010). The album's first single, Over It, was a Pop Top 30 hit and was certified gold in 2008. Her second album, Unbroken, was released on Verve Forecast Records on January 5, 2010, and debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200. The album featured the single Had It All, which peaked at number 22 on the AC chart. It has sold 45,000 copies as of January 2011. Her third album, the holiday-themed Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You, was released on October 12, 2010. The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums chart, while the single Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas peaked at number 16 on the Billboard AC chart. As of January 2011, this album had sold 23,000 copies. McPhee released her fourth album, Hysteria, on September 18, 2015.