1. AJ Michalka has appeared in films such as The Lovely Bones, Secretariat, Super 8, Grace Unplugged, Weepah Way for Now, and Support the Girls.
20 Facts About AJ Michalka
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AJ Michalka starred in the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs and its spin-off series Schooled.
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AJ Michalka is known for voicing a lead role as Catra in the Netflix animated adventure series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
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AJ Michalka was born in Torrance, California and is the younger sister of actress and musician Aly AJ Michalka.
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AJ Michalka's father, Mark, owns a contracting company, and her mother, Carrie, is a musician and performed with the Christian rock band "JC Band".
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AJ Michalka has played the piano since she was six and started playing the guitar in her early life.
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AJ Michalka started acting when she was five, mostly in church play productions.
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AJ Michalka was raised as a Christian and homeschooled for part of her childhood.
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AJ Michalka was in a number of musical productions at her school in Milwaukee as a young woman.
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AJ Michalka plays a variety of instruments such as acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and piano.
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AJ Michalka has appeared on shows such as Oliver Beene, Six Feet Under, The Guardian, and General Hospital.
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AJ Michalka was cast as a recurring character on The CW series Hellcats starring Ashley Tisdale and her sister Aly Michalka.
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AJ Michalka appeared in the 2011 film Super 8, directed by JJ Abrams.
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Since 2013, AJ Michalka has had a recurring role on the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs as Lainey Lewis, the best friend of main character Erica Goldberg and one-time girlfriend of Erica's brother, Barry.
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AJ Michalka played the Lainey character in a lead role on the spinoff series Schooled, which ran for two seasons.
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AJ Michalka was one of the producers of the film, with her sister and Ringer, and participated in the casting process.
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In 2024, AJ Michalka competed in season twelve of The Masked Singer as "Strawberry Shortcake", with Hayley Orrantia serving as her Mask Ambassador.
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AJ Michalka was eliminated in the semi-finals and finished in third place.
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AJ Michalka has confirmed that her duo's song "Flattery" was written about him.
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Since August 2017, AJ Michalka has been in a relationship with actor Josh Pence.