AJ Michalka

Also known as Amanda Michalka

American singer and actress

Film & TV

Acting · Torrance, California, USA

Amanda Joy Michalka (born April 10, 1991) is an American actress, voice actress, singer, and musician. She is best known as one half of the musical duo Aly & AJ (briefly 78violet), alongside her sister Aly Michalka. She has appeared in films such as The Lovely Bones (2008), Secretariat (2010), Super 8 (2011), Grace Unplugged (2013), Weepah Way for Now (2015), and Support the Girls (2018).…

Known for

Ray Donovan: The Movie — Young Abby2022
Aly & AJ: Live at The Theatre at Ace Hotel — Self2021
Joan of Arc on the Dancefloor — AJ2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
Schooled — Lainey Lewis2019
Support the Girls — Krista2018
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power — Catra (voice)2018
Apple of My Eye — Kai2017
The Good Doctor — Nelly Dunn2017
Battle of the Network Stars — Self2017

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AJ Michalka (/miːˈʃɑːkə/ mee-SHAH-kə;) is an American actress, musician and singer-songwriter who is best known as one half of the musical duo Aly & AJ (briefly 78violet), alongside her older sister Aly Michalka.

In addition to her music career, Michalka has appeared in films such as The Lovely Bones (2009), Secretariat (2010), Super 8 (2011), Grace Unplugged (2013), Weepah Way for Now (2015), and Support the Girls (2018). Michalka also starred in the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs (2013–2023) and its spin-off series Schooled (2019–2020), and she voiced a lead role as Catra in the Netflix animated adventure series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018–2020).