Like Icarus, actress and singer-songwriter Tara Macri is soaring toward the sun. Unlike Icarus, flying too close to the sun isn’t chancy because Macri has a supernatural gift — oodles of talent.
She began playing piano at the age of two. By the time she was 14, she was acting professionally, followed by appearing in Hairspray, Jersey Boys, and The First Wives Club on Broadway. Alongside Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman, she voiced Young Tigress in Hollywood’s Secrets of the Scroll.
When she isn’t acting or doing voice over work, Macri is writing and recording songs, turning out hits like “Prettiest Girl in the Room,” which charted in Billboard’s Top 80, or her pop anthem “Meet Me on Mars.” Her latest music video, “Baby You Got Me,” a smoldering love song, collected immediate media attention.
Medium sat down with Tara Macri to find out more about her influences, how she writes songs, and what it’s like flying so close to the sun.
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