Background
Porter was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her father, Ric Porter, was co-founder, lead singer, and songwriter of the Worcester Band Zonkaraz.
Porter was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her father, Ric Porter, was co-founder, lead singer, and songwriter of the Worcester Band Zonkaraz.
She is the Chief Executive Officer of the website The Lil" Mamas (wwwthelilmamascom) and is best known for her lead role in the 1991 film Curly Sue. In 2016, she became a contestant on National Broadcasting Company"s The Voice. Porter"s mother, Laura Klein, was a dance coach for Diane Klimaszewski & Elaine Klimaszewski, who appeared on Star Search in 1987, in the junior vocalist category, before they became better known as the Coors Light Twins.
While in Los Angeles for the twins" appearance on the show, the show"s producer heard Porter singing in the hotel lobby and had her on the very next episode.
As an actress, she is known for her lead role as Curly Sue in the 1991 movie Curly Sue starring Jim Belushi. She costarred with Tim Curry in an introduction scene of an awards ceremony where both of them "jumped" out of a movie screen and into real life through special effects.
Porter continued acting in high school in Westport, Connecticut, where she joined a theatre group and participated in various shows. When she was eighteen, she moved to New York to audition for Broadway shows.
She was cast as Urleen in the show Footloose.
Porter is based in Los Angeles, where she has been working on her music career. During this time she starred as Miriam in the smash The Ten Commandments: The Musical at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles alongside Val Kilmer and Adam Lambert and Broadway star Lauren Kennedy. In 2003, the band The Raz was formed, with Porter as the vocalist and main songwriter.
The Raz split up in 2004.
In March 2005, she announced the birth of her new band, The Alisan Porter Project. During 2006, she performed in the 2006 revival of A Chorus Lincolnshire as Bebe Bensonheimer at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City.
On October 9, 2009, Porter"s independent debut self-titled album was released. The Voice (2016) On March 6, 2016, she became a contestant on season 10 of The Voice and sang "Blue Bayou" for her blind audition performance.
All four coaches – Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Pharrell Williams – turned their chairs for her and she chose Aguilera as her coach.
On March 21, 2016, in the battlerounds, singing California Dreamin", Alisan beat Lacy Mandigo, who was then stolen by Blake Shelton. Singer Patti LaBelle assisted Christina Aguilera in the coaching for this round.
