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• Final Destination 4, (500) Days of Summer

  Fayetteville Free Weekly - Found Aug. 27, 2009 Vanessa Hudgens, Gaelan Connell, Alyson Michalka, Lisa Kudrow. TC. District 9 (R) Sc-fi.

• Movie Spotlight: This Week In Film

  Philadelphia Bulletin - Found Aug. 25, 2009 New Jersey high school overcomes his socially disastrous past when befriended by a popular fellow student (Alyson Michalka) who makes him the...

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  Greenwich Time - Found Sep. 9, 2009 With Vanessa Hudgens, Alyson Michalka, Gaelen Connell and Lisa Kudrow. Screenplay by Josh A. Cagan and Todd Graff. Story by Graff.

• Movie Times (9/4)

  Ahwatukee Foothills News - Found Sep. 4, 2009 Starring: Alyson Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens Fri to Tue (11:20 a.m. @ $5), 4:35 p.m., 9:35 p.m. All About Steve (PG13) - Convinced that a CCN...

• 'Bandslam' mixes humor, hormones and rock 'n' roll

  Tampa Bay Online - Found Aug. 21, 2009 ... to jump into the 21-up club scene, 'Bandslam' stars two young performers, Vanessa Hudgens and Alyson Michalka, who themselves rose through the...

• Review: Bandslam

  Edmonton Journal - Found Sep. 1, 2009 Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Alyson Michalka, Gaelan Connell and Lisa Kudrow Rating: Three stars out of five It could have been a lot worse.

• Review: Bandslam

  Calgary Herald - Found Sep. 1, 2009 Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Alyson Michalka, Gaelan Connell and Lisa Kudrow Rating: Three stars out of five It could have been a lot worse.

• ?Bandslam? (C): This ?High School Musical?/?Camp Rock? ...

  Vindy.com - Found Aug. 27, 2009 But he lets his head be turned by the pushy Charlotte (Alyson Michalka of ?Phil of the Future?). She has a band.

• Bandslam - The Curzon

  Weston Mercury - Found Aug. 27, 2009 They are both surprised when the school's 'it' girl, Charlotte (Alyson Michalka) recruits Will to help assemble a band to compete in Bandslam...

• Bandslam star doesn't play at acting anymore

  New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal - Found Aug. 25, 2009 (Left to right) GAELAN CONNELL, VANESSA HUDGENS and ALYSON MICHALKA star in BANDSLAM.

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Alyson Michalka
Alyson Michalka in concert, August 2007.
Background information
Birth name	Alyson Renae Michalka
Also known as	Aly
Born	March 25, 1989 (1989-03-25) (age 20)1
Origin	Torrance, California, U.S.
Genres	Acoustic rock, pop, pop rock, electropop
Occupations	Actress, singer, songwriter, guitarist
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	2004 — present
Labels	Hollywood (2004–present)
Website	http://www.alyandaj.com Alyson's signature

Alyson Renae Michalka (born March 25, 1989), often credited as Aly, is an American actress, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Charlotte Barnes in the feature film Bandslam, Keely Teslow in the Disney Channel Original Series, Phil of the Future and as Taylor Callum in the Disney Channel Original Movie Cow Belles. She is also known as one-half of the musical duo 78violet (formerly Aly & AJ) with her sister Amanda Michalka.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 Discography 4.1 as Aly & AJ/78violet 4.2 Solo 5 References 6 External links

Personal life

Michalka was born in Torrance, California and grew up in Seattle, Washington and Southern California with her sister Amanda Michalka. Her mother, Carrie, is a musician and performed with JC Band, a Christian band.² Michalka has been playing the piano since she was five and started playing the guitar at the age of thirteen. She started acting when she was five years old, mostly in church play productions. She was raised as a Christian and continues to practice the faith.³⁴ She does not believe in evolution.⁵

Career

Michalka's acting debut came when she was cast in the role of Keely Teslow on the Disney Channel Original Series, Phil of the Future. She has also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movies Now You See It..., in which she plays Allyson Miller, an ambitious television producer, and Cow Belles, in which she appears opposite her sister. She announced via her MySpace that she had booked a leading role in the Walden Media film Bandslam, about a group of misfits who form a rock band. She co-starred with Vanessa Hudgens and the movie was released in August, 2009. Her sister Amanda is featured in the upcoming Peter Jackson film The Lovely Bones, which is set to be released in December, 2009.⁶

Michalka and her sister comprise the musical duo 78violet, and released their first album, Into the Rush, on August 16, 2005. The next year, they brought out a holiday album in September, covering 9 tracks, along with two originals, titled Acoustic Hearts of Winter. In July 2007, their album, Insomniatic, hit stores, featuring the American top 20 hit single, "Potential Breakup Song". Aside from this, the two are working on a new album, to be released in the early 2010.⁷

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004–2006	Phil of the Future	Keely Teslow	Main role
2005	Now You See It...	Allyson Miller	Made for television (Disney Channel)
2006	Cow Belles	Taylor Callum	Made for television (Disney Channel)
2007	Super Sweet 16: The Movie	Taylor Plimpton (Taylor Tiara)	Made for television (MTV Films)
2009	Bandslam	Charlotte Barnes	Main role
2010	The Roommate	Tracy	Post-production
	Easy A	Rhiannon	Filming

Discography

as Aly & AJ/78violet

Solo

Year	Title	Album
2009	"Amphetamine"	Bandslam
	"I Want You to Want Me"
	"Someone to Fall Back On"

References

External links

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• Alyson Michalka at the Internet Movie Database
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• Aly and AJ Official site
• Aly and AJ at MySpace
• Aly and AJ Official YouTube Channel

v • d • e 78violet Alyson Michalka · Amanda Michalka Albums Into the Rush · Acoustic Hearts of Winter · Insomniatic · 78violet Main singles "Rush"  · "Chemicals React" · "Greatest Time of Year" · "Potential Breakup Song"  · "Like Whoa" Other singles "Do You Believe in Magic" · "No One" · "Walking on Sunshine" · "Never Far Behind" · "On the Ride" · "Shine" · "Something More" Other songs "Not This Year" Filmography Cow Belles · Super Sweet 16: The Movie Related articles Discography · On the Ride · Aly & AJ: Sister Act

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NAME	Michalka, Alyson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Michalka, Alyson Renae
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress, singer, songwriter, guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH	1989-3-25
PLACE OF BIRTH	Torrance, California, USA
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