Alyson Stoner

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Alyson Stoner
Stoner in 2008
Born	Alyson Rae Stoner August 11, 1993 (age 27) Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actress singer dancer
Years active	2001–present
Musical career
Genres	Pop R&B
Instruments	Vocals

Alyson Rae Stoner^[1] (born August 11, 1993^[2]) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is known for her roles in Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2007), Camp Rock (2008), Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010) and the Step Up franchise (2006–2014).

She has been a dancer for several artists, such as Missy Elliott, Eminem, Kumbia Kings, Outkast and Will Smith. Her television roles include serving as the host of Disney Channel's Mike's Super Short Show (2001–2007) for voicing Isabella Garcia-Shapiro in Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015, 2020). She has further lent her voice to the Kingdom Hearts franchise (2008–2019) and the Holly Hobbie and Friends film series (2006–2008).

Outside of acting, Stoner has also embarked on a music career, releasing 12 singles and 2 extended plays.

Contents

• 1Early life
• 2Career
• 3Other ventures
  • 3.1Dancing
  • 3.2Publishing
• 4Personal life
• 5Filmography
  • 5.1Film
  • 5.2Television
  • 5.3Web
  • 5.4Video games
• 6Discography
  • 6.1Extended plays
  • 6.2Singles
  • 6.3Featured singles
  • 6.4Other appearances
• 7Awards and nominations
• 8References
• 9External links

Early life[edit]

Stoner was born in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of LuAnne Hodges (née Adams), a former executive secretary at Owens-Illinois, and Charlie Stoner.^[3] 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[edit]

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 audience, 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 foster 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.

Stoner in 2019

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.^{[6][failed verification]} 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.^[6] 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. Stoner replaced Hayden Panettiere as the voice of Kairi in Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, Xion in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and both characters in Kingdom Hearts III. She voiced the character Opal in seasons three and four of The Legend of Korra.^[7]

Other ventures[edit]

Dancing[edit]

After choreography training in Los Angeles, Stoner appeared as a backup 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 backup 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 JammX Kids 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 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 Elliott videos she had danced in when she was younger.^[8][9] Within the first week, it received more than 12 million views.^[8] Missy Elliott invited Alyson to perform "Work It" with her at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards.^[10]

Publishing[edit]

Stoner was 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".^[11] It was directed by Kevin Schmidt, her co-star from Cheaper by the Dozen.^[11]

Personal life[edit]

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."^[12] In November 2018, Stoner tweeted a link to a podcast called "Queerology: A podcast on belief and being" where she discussed her faith and sexuality. The podcast featured Stoner on episode 62 in which she stated "I don't feel comfortable labeling my sexual orientation or even faith at the moment. Not because I'm afraid of the words themselves, or being stereotyped, but because there's a certain magic happening in letting the sediment keep swirling in the water, versus forcing it to settle and land somewhere. And I'm being so transformed because of mystery that I want to stay here for now. I seem to be able to love better, wider, and deeper from here for now." ^[13]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

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 film
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
2018	To The Beat!	Alyson Stoner
2020	Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe	Isabella Garcia-Shapiro	Voice role[14]

Television[edit]

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[citation needed]
2004–2006	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Victoria	Recurring voice 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	Recurring voice role
2007	Disney's Really Short Report	Herself	Episode: "Bridge to Terabithia"
2007–2015	Phineas and Ferb	Isabella Garcia-Shapiro / Jenny Brown	Main voice role (as Isabella); recurring voice 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, 2019	Young Justice	Barbara Gordon / Bette Kane	Recurring voice role (as Barbara Gordon), 8 episodes; episode: "Homefront" (as Bette Kane)
2014	The Legend of Korra	Opal	Recurring voice 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–present	Milo Murphy's Law	Lydia	Recurring voice role
2017	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Florona	Voice role; episode: "Depths"
2019–2020	The Loud House	Sam Sharp	Voice role; 4 episodes

Web[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008–2009	Ghost Town	Tina Burton	7 episodes[15]
2016	Roommates	Alyson	Episode: "Five Guys and Five Girls"

Video games[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories	Kairi	Voice role[16]
2009	Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days	Xion, Kairi	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 HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue	Kairi	Voice role
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	Kairi, Xion	Voice role
2020	Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory	Kairi	Voice role

Discography[edit]

Extended plays[edit]

List of albums

Title	Album details
Beat the System[17]	Released: August 23, 2011[17] Format: Digital download Label: Independent
While You Were Sleeping	Released: October 28, 2016[17] Format: Digital download Label: Turn The Volume Up

Singles[edit]

Year	Title	Album
2010	"Flying Forward"	N/A
	"Make History"	N/A
2013	"Dragon (That's What You Wanted)"	N/A
2015	"Pretty Girls"	N/A
2016	"Woman"	N/A
	"Back to Church"	N/A
	"The Boy is Mine"	N/A
2018	"Someone to Call My Lover"	N/A
	"When It's Right"	N/A
	"Who Do You Love"	N/A
	"Fool"	N/A
2019	"Stripped Bare"	TBA

Featured singles[edit]

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Album
		US [18]	CAN [18]	UK [19]
2008	"We Rock" (among Cast of Camp Rock)	33	70	97	Camp Rock
2010	"It's On"[20] (among Cast of Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam)	—	—	—	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
2014	"Without You"[21] (Tyler Ward featuring Alyson Stoner)	—	—	—	N/A
2015	"Give Me Strength"[22] (Brock Baker featuring Alyson Stoner)	—	—	—	N/A
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other appearances[edit]

Year	Title	Other artist(s)	Album
2008	"Lost & Found"	N/A	Alice Upside Down
	"Free Spirit"	Bridgit Mendler	Alice Upside Down
2009	"Dancin' in the Moonlight"	N/A	Space Buddies
	"Fly Away Home"	N/A	Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
2010	"What I've Been Looking For"	N/A	DisneyMania 7
	"Can't Back Down"	Demi Lovato and Anna Maria Perez de Tagle	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
	"What We Came Here For"	Cast of Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
	"This Is Our Song"	Demi Lovato, Joe & Nick Jonas	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
2017	"Evolution of Michael Jackson"	Next Town Down	N/A

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Title	Category	Nominated	Result	Refs
2004	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actress age 10 or younger	Cheaper by the Dozen	Nominated	[23]
		Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film	Cheaper by the Dozen	Won	[23]
2006	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Ensemble Cast	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Nominated	[24]
2007	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress	Step Up	Nominated	[25]
		Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Guest Starring Young Actress	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Nominated	[25]
2008	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series: Recurring Young Actress	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Nominated	[26]
2017	Streamy Awards	Best Dance Performance	Herself	Won	[27]
2018	7th Annual BTVA Awards	Best Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Nominated	[28]
		BTVA People's Choice Award for Best Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Won	[28]
		Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Nominated	[28]
		BTVA People's Choice Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Won	[28]

References[edit]

1. ^ "Alyson Stoner Biography". TV Guide. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
2. ^ "When was Alyson Stoner (actress) born?". Old Farmer’s Almanac. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
3. ^ Sewell, Rhonda B. (April 6, 2003). "The wonder of the way she dances". Toledoblade.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved November 27,2010.
4. ^ "Space Buddies". Disney Buddies. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
5. ^ "NEW 'STEP UP' SEQUEL GOING 3-D". ETonline.com. June 24, 2009. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
6. ^ Jump up to:^a b TheRealAlysonStoner. YouTube. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
7. ^ Criswell, Kristen (December 22, 2010). "NW Ohio native Alyson Stoner flexes 'girl power'". Toledo Free Press. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
8. ^ Jump up to:^a b Missy Elliott — Work It. YouTube. July 24, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
9. ^ YouTube. YouTube.com. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
10. ^ Williams, Valerie (August 27, 2019). "Missy Elliott Brings Out Alyson Stoner For VMA 'Work It' Performance". Scary Mommy. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
11. ^ Jump up to:^a b The Alyson Stoner Project MySpace
12. ^ Stoner, Alyson. "Alyson Stoner: What It Was Like to Fall in Love With a Woman". Teen Vogue. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
13. ^ "Alyson Stoner Embraced Mystery - E62 • Matthias Roberts". Matthias Roberts. November 13, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
14. ^ https://ew.com/tv/phineas-and-ferb-the-movie-first-look/
15. ^ Hustvedt, Marc (February 24, 2009). "Ghost Town Finds Home With Dailymotion Kids". Tubefilter News. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved March 31,2009.
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18. ^ Jump up to:^a b "We Rock". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
19. ^ "Cast Of Camp Rock". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
20. ^ "It's On (From "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam") – Single by Cast of Camp Rock 2". iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
21. ^ "Alyson Stoner - Without You". Discogs. May 30, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
22. ^ "Alyson Stoner - Give Me Strength". Discogs. May 30, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
23. ^ Jump up to:^a b "25th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Awards. Archived from the original on August 2, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
24. ^ "27th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Awards. Archived from the originalon July 4, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
25. ^ Jump up to:^a b "28th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Awards. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
26. ^ "29th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Awards. Archived from the originalon July 6, 2008. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
27. ^ Haring, Bruce (September 27, 2017). "'Sugar Pine 7,' Dolan Twins Top 2017 Streamy Awards – Complete Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
28. ^ Jump up to:^a b c d "2017 BTVA Voice Acting Awards". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

External links[edit]

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