Alyson Stoner Biography

Alyson Rae Stoner (born August 11, 1993) is an American actress, singer, dancer and model. Stoner is best known for her roles in Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005-2007) and the Step Up series (2006, 2010, 2014).

She has been a dancer for several artists, such as Missy Elliott, Eminem, Kumbia Kings, Outkast and Will Smith. Stoner is also known for hosting Disney Channel's Mike's Super Short Show (2001-2007) and for voicing Isabella Garcia-Shapiro in Phineas and Ferb (2007-2015).

Early life

Stoner was born in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of LuAnne Hodges (ne Adams), a former executive secretary at Owens-Illinois, and Charlie Stoner. While growing up in Toledo, Stoner attended Maumee Valley Country Day School and studied ballet, tap dance, and jazz dance at the O'Connell's Dance Studio. She also modeled and trained at the Margaret O'Brien Modeling Studio. She won Best Model of the Year at the International Modeling and Talent Association Convention in New York City under O'Brien's studio in 2000.

Career

In 2001, Stoner became the co-host of the Disney Channel Mike's Super Short Show along with Michael Alan Johnson, an infomercial segment regarding forthcoming Disney releases. In 2003 and 2005, she appeared as Sarah, one of the twelve Baker children, in the successful comedies Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. She has also appeared in several television shows aimed at the preteen market, including The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, That's So Raven and Drake & Josh.

In 2006, she had a small film role in Step Up as Camille, Channing Tatum's character's younger sister. She provided the voice of Isabella Garcia-Shapiro and Jenny (until Season 4) in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb from 2007-2015, and personally came up with Isabella's catchphrase "Whatcha doin'?". In 2008, she starred in the Disney Channel Original movie Camp Rock as Caitlyn Gellar, an aspiring music producer. Her reception in Camp Rock was particularly strong, with various media outlets suggesting it was about time she played a main character role having backed up for other big names such as Will Smith and Eminem. Stoner starred as Alice McKinley in the movie Alice Upside Down, based loosely on the Alice series, particularly The Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. This was her second starring role and, according to an interview that appears on the direct-to-DVD release, she states that this was the first time she has had to appear in every scene in a movie.

In 2008, she sang two songs, "Lost and Found" and "Free Spirit", from the soundtrack of the movie Alice Upside Down, in which she plays the lead role. She has also recorded a cover version of the song Dancing in the Moonlight for the 2009 Disney DVD/Blu-ray movie, Space Buddies. In 2010, Stoner appeared in the third Step Up film Step Up 3D opposite Adam Sevani where she reprised the role. Stoner uploaded a video onto her official YouTube page of her final dance rehearsal which introduced other cast members. The same year, Stoner returned to reprise her role as Caitlyn Gellar in Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, a sequel to Camp Rock. Stoner also guest-starred in the television drama series House as a skater.

In 2011 Stoner started working with record producers, songwriters and a vocal coach to change her vocal style from "kiddie-pop" to a more soulful pop vibe with a little alternative edge for her first studio album. On April 4, 2010 Stoner posted a video to her YouTube Channel announcing the release of her debut single, "Flying Forward" on April 20, 2010. Stoner released her debut EP entitled Beat the System in 2011. She also appeared in Wii Fit related videos on the Nintendo Channel on the Wii video game console demonstrating balance exercises. She also replaced Hayden Panettiere as the voice of Kairi in Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories and Xion in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. She voiced the character Opal in seasons three and four of The Legend of Korra.

Other ventures

Dancing

After choreography training in Los Angeles, Stoner appeared as a background dancer in several music videos, notably Missy Elliott's "Work It", "Gossip Folks", "I'm Really Hot", Eminem's "Just Lose It", and "No Tengo Dinero" by the Kumbia Kings. She has also been a back-up dancer for OutKast at the 2004 Kids' Choice Awards and for Will Smith at the 2005 show. Stoner danced with a dancing group called the JammXKids between 2003 and 2006. She quit the group in early 2006 due to scheduling conflicts, but continues to work with the individual kids on different jobs. She was also one of the dancers in the special features for the Shark Tale DVD.

Stoner teaches hip hop classes at the Millennium Dance Complex, and is credited as the youngest person to teach a master class there. She also recently appeared in Debby Ryan's "We Got the Beat" for Disney Channel's Radio Rebel. In February 2015, she released a dance tribute video to Missy Elliot featuring a mash up medley of Missy Elliot videos she had danced in when she was younger. Within the first week, it received more than 12 million views.

Publishing

Stoner is the "dance editor" for KEWL Magazine. In February 2009, Stoner released the Alyson Stoner Project described as "a dance video hybrid "? melding many styles of entertainment into one package". It was directed by Kevin Schmidt, her co-star from Cheaper by the Dozen.

Personal life

In March 2018, Stoner came out in an article on Teen Vogue, stating she was "attracted to men, women, and people who identify in other ways."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Cheaper by the Dozen	Sarah Baker
2004	Garfield	Kid Rat 3	Voice role
2005	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Sarah Baker
2006	Step Up	Camille Gage
2006	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party	Holly Hobbie	Voice role
2006	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes	Holly Hobbie	Voice role
2007	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Secret Adventures	Holly Hobbie	Voice role
2007	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever	Holly Hobbie	Voice role
2007	Alice Upside Down	Alice McKinley
2009	The Alyson Stoner Project	Herself	Direct-to-video
2010	Kung Fu Magoo	Lorelei Tan Gu	Voice role
2010	Step Up 3D	Camille Gage
2011	The Little Engine That Could	The Little Engine	Voice role
2013	Super Buddies	Strawberry	Voice role
2014	Step Up: All In	Camille Gage
2015	Hoovey	Jen Elliott
2015	The A-List	Lacey Parish
2015	Summer Forever	Liv
2015	Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure	Sweet Pea	Voice role
2016	Mr. Invincible	Talullah

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001-2007	Mike's Super Short Show	Sally	Main role (seasons 1-3); recurring role (seasons 4-6)
2004	I'm with Her	Dylan Cassidy	Episode: "The Kid Stays in the Picture"
2004	Drake & Josh	Wendy	Episode: "Number One Fan"
2004	The Batman	Connie	Voice role; episode: "The Man Who Would Be Bat"; uncredited
2004-2006	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Victoria	Voice role; recurring role
2005	That's So Raven	Allison "Ally" Parker	Episode: "Goin' Hollywood"
2005-2007	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Max	Recurring role
2006	Joey	Kaley	Episode: "Joey and the Critic"
2006	All Grown Up!	Lisa	Voice role; episode: "Rachel, Rachel"
2006	W.I.T.C.H.	Lillian Hale	Voice role; recurring role
2007	Disney's Really Short Report	Herself	Episode: "Bridge to Terabithia"
2007-2015	Phineas and Ferb	Isabella Garcia-Shapiro / Jenny Brown	Voice role; main role (as Isabella); recurring role (as Jenny)
2008	Camp Rock	Caitlyn Gellar	Television film
2008	Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream	Herself	Episode: "Hello Hollywood"
2008	Disney Channel Games	Herself / Contestant	5 episodes, part of Blue Team
2010	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam	Caitlyn Gellar	Television film
2010	House	Della	Episode: "Selfish"
2011	Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension	Isabella Garcia-Shapiro / Isabella-2	Voice role; television film
2011-2013	Young Justice	Barbara Gordon / Bette Kane	Voice role; 6 episodes (as Barbara Gordon); episode: "Homefront" (as Bette Kane)
2014	The Legend of Korra	Opal	Voice role; recurring role
2014	Major Crimes	Bug	Episode: "Jane Doe #38"
2014	Expecting Amish	Mary	Television film
2015	Sugarbabies	Katie Woods	Television film
2016	Hitting the Breaks	Gretchen McBride	Episode: "Home Alone on the Range"
2016	Milo Murphy's Law	Kris, Lydia, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro	Voice role
2017	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Florina	Voice role; episode: "Depths"

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008-2009	Ghost Town	Tina Burton	7 episodes
2016	Roommates	Alyson	Episode: "Five Guys and Five Girls"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories	Kairi	Voice role
2009	Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days	Xion	Voice role
2011	Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension	Isabella Garcia-Shapiro / Isabella-2 / Receptionist	Voice role
2013	Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix	Xion / Kairi	Voice role
2017	Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage	Kairi	Voice role
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	Kairi / Xion	Voice role

Discography

Extended plays

List of albums

Title	Album details
Beat the System	Released: August 23, 2011 Format: Digital download Label: Independent
While You Were Sleeping"	Released: October 28, 2016 Format: Digital download Label: Turn The Volume Up

Singles

Year	Title	Album
2010	"Flying Forward"
	"Make History"
2013	"Dragon (That's What You Wanted)"
2015	"Pretty Girls"
2016	"Woman"
	"Back to Church"
	"The Boy is Mine"

Featured singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Album
		US	CAN	UK
2008	"We Rock" (among Cast of Camp Rock)	33	70	97	Camp Rock
2014	"Without You" (Tyler Ward featuring Alyson Stoner)	"?	"?	"?
2015	"Give Me Strength" (Brock Baker featuring Alyson Stoner)	"?	"?	"?
""?" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Year	Title	Album
2010	"It's On" (among Cast of Camp Rock)	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam

Other appearances

Year	Title	Other artist(s)	Album
2008	"Lost & Found"		Alice Upside Down
	"Free Spirit"	Bridgit Mendler	Alice Upside Down
2009	"Dancin' in the Moonlight"		Space Buddies
	"Fly Away Home"		Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
2010	"What I've Been Looking For"		DisneyMania 7
	"What We Came Here For"	Cast of Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
	"This Is Our Song"	Cast of Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
2017	"Evolution of Michael Jackson"	Next Town Down

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Category	Nominated	Result
2004	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actress age 10 or younger	Cheaper by the Dozen
		Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film	Cheaper by the Dozen
2006	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Ensemble Cast	Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2007	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress	Step Up
		Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Guest Starring Young Actress	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2008	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series: Recurring Young Actress	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2017	Streamy Awards	Best Dance Performance	Herself