Date of Birth
10 April 1991, Torrance, California, USA
Birth Name
Amanda Joy Michalka
Nickname
A.J.
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
AJ, is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She used to be a model prior to becoming an actress, and is known as one-half of the duo Aly & AJ with her sister, Alyson Michalka.
Career
AJ was in a number of musical productions at her school in Milwaukee as a young adult. AJ plays a variety of instruments such as acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, and bongos. She was a model for catalogs. In March 2006, she made her Disney Channel debut in the Disney Channel Original Movie Cow Belles, as "Courtney Callum", along with sister Aly, as "Taylor Callum". She has also made appearances on shows such as Oliver Beene, Six Feet Under, The Guardian, and General Hospital. She has also appeared with her sister, Aly, in the MTV movie, Super Sweet 16: The Movie.
In 2008, she is featured in the upcoming Peter Jackson film The Lovely Bones, which is set to be released December 11, 2009, while her sister has a lead role in the movie Bandslam, due July 31, 2009. Aside from this, she and her sister, as Aly & AJ, are working on a new album, to be released in the summer of 2009
