Curly Sue is all grown up and no longer has curly hair. Former child star Alisan Porter, who is best known for playing the title character in the 1991 film "Curly Sue," is looking to make her comeback, but not as an actress. The now 34-year-old auditioned for season 10 of "The Voice" and shocked all four coaches with her version of Linda Ronstadt's "Blue Bayou."
Porter has been out of the spotlight for years and decided to ditch acting for her true passion- singing. Seconds into her blind audition, coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Pharrell Williams all turned their chairs around, followed seconds later by returning judge Christina Aguilera. At the end of Porter's stellar performance, all four judges got out of their chairs and gave her a standing ovation, and the quest to get Porter on their team was on. Both Levine and Aguilera got out of their seats to meet the singer onstage before Shelton and Williams called foul.
"I was an actress when I was very young. It's not my passion. This is my passion," Porter said, before revealing that she was Curly Sue.
"I was going through a hard time in life, and I actually got sober almost eight years ago," she told Williams when he asked why she changed her path to singing. "I fell in love and I had children, and that was my goal: to be a good mom. I really feel like the universe just had a plan for me, because you guys turned for me today."
Find out what coach Porter picks when season 10 of "The Voice" returns to NBC on Feb. 29.
