Early life

Kiyoko was born on April 3, 1991, in Los Angeles, California, to actor/comedian Jamie Alcroft and figure skater Sarah Kawahara. Her mother is from Canada, and is of Japanese ancestry, and her father is from Ohio, and has English and Scottish ancestry. She began acting at a young age, appearing in national commercials for companies such as GM Onstar, Slim Jim and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Insisting on drum lessons at age 6, she was writing drum charts for new releases and selling them in a local music store by age 11. She was elected President of her middle school and high school freshman classes school and Vice-president in her senior year. She was appointed Commissioner of Entertainment in her sophomore year and Commissioner of Pep Rallies in her junior year.

She created and choreographed "The Agoura High Step Team" that has now been faculty-approved as a school club under her direction. The team placed 3rd at a Nationals competition in 2005. Upon graduation, she was accepted into Clive Davis School of Recorded Music at New York University but initially deferred until eventually declining due to career opportunities.

Kiyoko was discovered at the age of 5 when she went with her friend to a photo shoot. The director asked her to step in front of the camera, and she ended up in a national print ad for KnowledgeWare. Nickelodeon spotted her at the Culver City Ice Rink, and she ended up featured in and narrating a short piece about children in sports called, "I'm Hayley, a Skater". Kiyoko continued to hone her skills in middle school plays, and in 7th grade she, after seeing Eurasian girls like herself act in J. C. Penney commercials, asked for an agent. She got her commercial agent and booked her first audition, claiming acting was always just something she did on the side to make money for college and music equipment. Formed in November 2007 and named after her grandfather, Kiyoko created the garage band Hede and released five songs on Myspace and a music video for "Warehouse". The band performed locally on several occasions and split in 2008.

Career

2007-2011: Career beginning

Main article: The Stunners

In 2007, Kiyoko was approached by former pop-star Vitamin C to join an all-girl singing and dancing group. She had guest-voiced a character on American Dragon, Jake Long on Cartoon Network. She joined Allie Gonino, Tinashe, Kelsey Sanders, later replaced by Lauren Hudson, and Marisol Esparza to form The Stunners. Six months after forming, the group signed with Columbia Records and released a single titled "Bubblegum" to iTunes along with the official video for the single and also contributed a song to the iCarly soundtrack. In 2009, the group left Columbia Records, signed a production deal with Lionsgate Entertainment, and shot a music video for their promo single "We Got It" which was released on February 22, 2010. After graduating highschool in 2009, Kiyoko booked her first big movie, starring as Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins. A role she almost did not audition for due to her image. The TV movie premiered on September 13, 2009 and was a huge success bringing in 6.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched program in Cartoon Network’s history. She returned for the same role in the sequel, Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster which premiered on October 16, 2010. The sequel drew 3.4 million viewers. Kiyoko also guest starred in four episodes of Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place, which first aired between March and May 2010. She played the short lived, yet popular role of Stevie Nichols, an evil wizard.

With The Stunners, she signed to Universal Republic Records in 2010 and released their first single "Dancin' Around the Truth" which featured the New Boyz to iTunes as well as Top 40 radio stations. The music video premiered June 2, just before the group was announced as an opening act on Justin Bieber's My World Tour. A full album was planned, but cancelled when the group split in 2011. Kiyoko began work on the Disney Channel movie Lemonade Mouth in 2010. She starred as rebellious teenager Stella Yamada. The film premiered on April 15, 2011 and was watched by 5.7 million viewers, with DVR viewing included, its total was 7.1 million viewers. Kiyoko guest starred in one episode of Disney XD's Zeke and Luther titled, "Skater Girl Island" which aired May 23, 2011. She played a skater named Suzi Vandelintzer. The highly anticipated sequel to Lemonade Mouth was cancelled prior to pre-production. All actors, including Kiyoko, were on board for the project but Disney released a statement through the films co-stars saying "They felt the movie had completed its story within the first film."

2012-present: Television and music

Hayley's first time on television was voice acting for Cartoon Network. She played a brief appearance of a young girl in American Dragon, Jake Long. In February 2012, Kiyoko filmed Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, a Lifetime TV movie which is a remake of the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon. She played the small role of Helen. All scenes featuring the character were filmed in Los Angeles while a majority of the film was filmed in Puerto Rico. It premiered on June 16, 2012.

Kiyoko became a recurring character on ABC Family's The Fosters as an ex-cyberbully in Callie's all-girls group home.

She portrayed the role of Raven Ramirez in CSI: Cyber which premiered on CBS March 4, 2015.

On March 12, 2013, Kiyoko released the EP, A Belle to Remember. Immediately following the release of her debut EP, Kiyoko started writing new music in London with British producer James Flannigan. She announced via Facebook on July 16, 2014, that the new EP was finished and would be debuted the songs at a show later that month. The EP was recorded in her parent's garage in Los Angeles with British producer James Flannigan. Kiyoko also collaborated with Swedish producer Anders Grahn. The five-song EP, This Side of Paradise was released on February 3, 2015. The music video for her song "Girls Like Girls" was released on June 24, 2015. After co-directing the video for "Girls Like Girls" (which of May 17, 2016 has 36,053,724 views), Kiyoko assumed full directorial responsibilities for the "Cliff's Edge" music video, which was released on YouTube on November 4, 2015.

Personal life

Kiyoko's hobbies include hiking, ice skating, teaching dance, and taking karate. She performed as an ice skater in the 2007 film Blades of Glory and in the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, both of which were choreographed by her mother.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Blue Lagoon: The Awakening	Helen
2012	Adrift	Jess	Short film
2014	Hello, My Name Is Frank	Alisa
2015	Insidious: Chapter 3	Maggie
2015	Jem and the Holograms	Aja Leith
2015	XoXo	Shannie	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Unfabulous	Rapping girl	"The Auction" (Season 3, Episode 2) "The Song" (Season 3, Episode 4)
2009	Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins	Velma Dinkley	TV movie
2010	Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster	Velma Dinkley	TV movie
2010	Wizards of Waverly Place	Stevie Nichols	Recurring role (season 3)
2011	Lemonade Mouth	Stella Yamada	TV movie
2011	Zeke and Luther	Suzi Vandelintzer	"Skater Girl Island" (Season 3, Episode 11)
2013	The Vampire Diaries	Megan	"I Know What You Did Last Summer" (Season 5, Episode 1)
2013-2015	The Fosters	Gabi	Member of Girls United
2015-2016	CSI: Cyber	Raven Ramirez	Main role

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The Fosters: Girls United	Gabi	Main role

Discography

Main articles: Hayley Kiyoko discography and The Stunners § Discography

• A Belle to Remember (2014)
• This Side of Paradise (2015)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]