Biography

Jewel was born on November 18th 1991. Only two years later, she began performing for live television audiences. By the time Jewel was seven-years- old, she had recorded four CDs and eight music videos in local studios. Jewel's first video, entitled "Where Do I Go", was made when she was just three-years-old. At age four, she recorded a Christmas CD to raise money for Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where her little cousin, Anthony, was treated for cancer. "A Christmas Jewel" triggered national media attention and catapulted Jewel into the national spotlight with a story on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. At age five, Jewel completed a motivational CD titled "Show the World", and a music video of the same title featuring Kurt Angle.

Jewel enjoys helping other children who are ill and those who are less fortunate. Jewel's Christmas CD, "A Christmas Jewel II", released in 1998, is sold in music stores to help raise money for Pittsburgh Children's Hospital. The CD can be purchased at select Sam Goody, Camelot, National Record Mart, Wal-Mart, Record Rack, Jukes, Colony, Sounds Familiar, and at all of Jewel's live performances. In April, 2000, Jewel and her little sister, Blaire Restaneo, auditioned for the National Tour of "Annie", created and directed by Martin Charnin. Blaire played the youngest orphan, "Molly", for the first month then Jewel joined her and played the role of "Duffy", then eventually got to play "Annie" but, soon after, both Jewel and Blaire were hired on Broadway in "Annie Get Your Gun".

During an August break in the "Annie" tour, Jewel went to Nashville to record another Christmas CD with her sister, Blaire, entitled "Merry Christmas from LA". This time, the girls were joined by several of Nashville's more well- known country musicians. Recently, another of Jewel's recordings has chosen to be included on the motion picture soundtrack of the new "Casper" movie.

Jewel worked with her sister, Blaire, at the Marquis Theater on Broadway for about a year with Cheryl Ladd, Patrick Cassidy, Reba McEntire, Brent Barett', Crystal Bernard, Tom Wopat, Conrad John Schuck, Larry Storch and many great actors.

Jewel was cast as "Fan" Scrooge's sister and "Martha Cratchit" in the Broadway production of "A Christmas Carol", with Tim Curry at Madison Square Garden for the 2001 Holiday season and again in the 2002 production, with F. Murray Abraham. She portrayed "Martha Cratchet", Tiny Tim's sister on "The Christmas Carol" float in the 2002 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Jewel has been on Saturday Night Live (1975) with Val Kilmer and Calista Flockhart and several episodes of All My Children (1970).

Jewel and Blaire helped Erin Brockovich-Ellis on ABC's "Challenge America" with some of their Broadway friends. Other current projects include her own television show and "The Broadway Sisters" clothing line, in collaboration with her sister, Blaire.

In her spare time, Jewel writes music, gets "A's" in school and loves cool clothes. She is a member of AFTRA, ASCAP and SAG. Jewel also likes to have fun with Blaire and her friends and family in New York, Pennsylvania, and Los Angeles.
- IMDb mini biography by: Press