Mikaila

Mikaila Dominique Enriquez (born December 15, 1986), known as Mikaila, is an American singer and actress from Edmond, Oklahoma. She is best known for her role as Melina Finch in the PBS series Wishbone.

Early life[]

Mikaila became interested in singing when she was 3 years old. She is of French, Spanish and Native Mexican descent. Mikaila's family were members of Citychurch.^[1] Mikaila has an older sister named Jessica.^[2] At the age of three she began singing gospel music.^[3] Mikaila's parents enrolled her in voice lessons when she was four years old.^[4] She attended Washington Irving Elementary School in Oklahoma. After moving to Dallas with her family, she became a regular performer at Texas Rangers games. After heading to New York, she had meetings with several labels. It was at that time that Barbara Cameron, the mother of former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron and former Full House star Candace Cameron Bure became her agent.^[5] Marty Rendleman eventually became her music manager.^[6]

Acting career[]

In 1997, she was cast as Melina Finch during Season 2 of Wishbone.^[7] In 1998 she reprised her role in Wishbone's Dog Days of the West.

Music career[]

In 1996, before her time on Wishbone Mikaila was signed to the independent record label Union Records and released her debut gospel album titled This Little Light. The proceeds from the album were to help benefit children who lost their parents in the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing. The following year, Mikaila released her second album titled Dreams. Three years later, in 2000, at the age of 13, Mikaila left Union Records and was signed to Island Records. Her song "So in Love with Two" went to No. 29 on the Rhythmic Top 40 Billboard chart, No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 27 on Billboard's Top 40 Mainstream.^[8] In 2001 Mikaila released her third and final studio album Mikaila (album). The album itself went to No. 20 on the Top Heatseekers chart. In 2000, Mikaila was the opening act for Britney Spears during her Oops!... I Did It Again Tour.^[9] She also sang at Jingle Ball 2000.^[10]

Due to the over saturation of teen pop in the music market, and Mikaila's mixed charting results, her last single, "It's All Up to You" was released. "It's All Up to You" did not chart, and Mikaila retired from the acting and music industry shortly after in 2002. After retiring from acting and singing Mikaila's family moved to Sun City, Arizona.

Currently, she lives in Phoenix, Arizona. She has one daughter. In 2001, her song "Perfect World" was featured on the film's soundtrack for Get Over It (film). Before she retired from singing Mikaila released her last album in Spanish. She released one more CD single and one Spanish CD single. In 2000, Mikaila released her debut CD single "Mikaila". In 1998 while she was filming "Wishbone's Dog Days of the West" she sang "This Little Light" and "America The Beautiful" for the film's soundtrack.

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

• 1996 – This Little Light
• 1997 – Dreams^[11]
• 2001 – Mikaila (album)

Singles[]

• 2000 – "So In Love with Two"
• 2001 – "It's All Up to You"

Soundtracks[]

• 1998 - "Wishbone's Dog Days of the West"
• 2001 - "Get Over It"

References[]

External links[]

• Mikaila at IMDb