Sabrina Carpenter's life and career in photos: From child star to international fame
It's not every day that a 24-year-old gets to perform for hundreds of thousands of screaming Aussies, but that's exactly what Sabrina Carpenter did this February.
As the sole support act for the Australian leg of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, the pint-sized powerhouse has won over countless Aussies who didn't know who she was just a few months ago.
Many younger Swifties recognise Carpenter from her days on Disney Channel, but the young star has done much more in her short career than you might think.
Keep reading to learn more about how Sabrina Carpenter rose to fame and just keeps rising.
Governors Ball 2024
She's working late 'cause she's a singer.
Sabrina Carpenter has had success after success this year after releasing her hit single Espresso and announcing her upcoming sixth album Short n' Sweet.
Now, the star can add playing at the 2024 Governors Ball to her impressive list of milestones for 2024.
The pop star came out on stage to play for the New York crowd in a gorgeous yellow mini dress with a heart cutout on the top.
During her set, Carpenter sang her new viral single Please Please Please – which features her partner Barry Keoghan in the music video – for the first time ever.
In one clip posted to her Instagram, the crowd belted out the singer's popular lyric "i'm working late 'cause I'm a singer" at the top of their lungs.
"so many singers in the crowd!!!" Carpenter captioned the impressive moment.
Carpenter took to Instagram after the performance to share some behind the scenes pics from the big career moment.
"Gov ball that was one of the biggest loudest most playful crowds I've ever seen," she gushed to her 35.3 million followers.
"so grateful for each and every one of you!!!! Thanks for having us!" she wrote.
Keep on reading to see how Carpenter became the pop princess she is today.
The first YouTube videos, circa 2009
Born in Pennsylvania, USA on May 1999, Carpenter loved performing from a young age and started posting her first singing videos on YouTube at about 10 years old.
She would enter karaoke and singing contests as a child and even placed in one run by Miley Cyrus called The Next Miley Cyrus Project in 2009.
But it was her acting that really helped get Carpenter's name in the spotlight.
'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit', 2011
Her first was on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where she guest starred as a young victim named Paula in a Season 12 episode titled Possessed. She was just 12 at the time.
The youngster looked very different without her signature bleach blonde locks and statement fringe, which would come much later in her acting career.
'The Goodwin Games', 2012
In 2012, Carpenter secured a recurring role on The Goodwin Games.
She starred as the young version of the show's main character, Chloe Goodwin, appearing in five episodes overall.
Her acting career was picking up, but that's not all the 13-year-old was working on.
That same year, Carpenter kickstarted her music career by record her first song, Smile, which was included on Disney the compilation album Disney Fairies: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust.
The song even charted on Radio Disney.
'Sofia the First', 2012
Later that year, she landed a gig voicing Princess Vivian in Sofia the First, an animated Disney show that lasted for four seasons.
As well as getting her into the Disney talent system (which has pumped out starts like Miley Cyrus and Zac Efron), the show gave Carpenter the chance to record her second song, All You Need, alongside Modern Family's Ariel Winter.
'Girl Meets World', 2013-2017
Carpenter's big break came in 2013 when she scored her breakthrough role on Girl Meets World.
The show was a spin-off of '90s sitcome classic Boy Meets World and saw Carpenter star as Maya Hart, a role that introduced her to millions of young fans that still follow her today.
She sings on the show's theme song alongside her co-star Rowan Blanchard and was just 14 when production started.
By the time the show wrapped in January 2017 after three seasons, she was almost 18.
'Horns', 2013
While working on Girl Meets World, Carpenter was also able to pursue other film and music projects - like appearing in her first feature film, Horns, alongside stars like Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple.
Though her role was small, Carpenter was quickly making a name for herself in the US entertainment industry.
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