Early life

Stoner was born in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of LuAnne Hodges (née 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 currently provides the voice of Isabella Garcia-Shapiro and Jenny (until Season 4) in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb 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 in order to focus on transitioning her style of voice, from "kiddie-pop" into a more soulful pop vibe with a little alternative edge, so she can start working on 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. In 2011, 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 how to do 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. In 2013, Stoner announced on her website that she would be voicing the character Opal for 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 in 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.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Cheaper by the Dozen	Sarah Baker
2004	Garfield	Kid Rat 3	Voice
2005	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Sarah Baker
2006	Step Up	Camille Gage
2006	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party	Holly Hobbie	Voice
2006	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes	Holly Hobbie	Voice
2007	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Secret Adventures	Holly Hobbie	Voice
2007	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever	Holly Hobbie	Voice
2008	Alice Upside Down	Alice McKinley
2010	Kung Fu Magoo	Lorelei Tan Gu	Voice
2010	Step Up 3D	Camille Gage
2011	The Little Engine That Could	The Little Engine	Voice
2013	Super Buddies	Strawberry	Voice
2014	Expecting Amish	Mary
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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001-07	Mike's Super Short Show	Sally	Main role (Season 1-3); Recurring role (Season 4-6)
2004	I'm with Her	Dylan Cassidy	"The Kid Stays in the Picture" (Season 1, episode 12)
2004	Drake & Josh	Wendy	"Number One Fan" (Season 2, episode 10)
2004	The Batman	Connie	Voice; (Season 1, episode 5)
2004-06	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Victoria	Voice; Recurring role (Season 2)
2005	That's So Raven	Allison "Ally" Parker	"Goin' Hollywood" (Season 3, episode 31)
2005-07	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Max	Recurring role
2006	Joey	Kaley	"Joey and the Critic" (Season 2, episode 19)
2006	W.I.T.C.H.	Lillian Hale	Voice; Recurring role (Season 2)
2007	Disney's Really Short Report	Herself	"Bridge to Terabithia" (Season 1, episode 4)
2007-15	Phineas and Ferb	Isabella / Jenny	Voice; Main role (as Isabella); Recurring role (as Jenny)
2008	Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream	Herself	"Hello Hollywood" (Season 1, episode 7)
2008	Camp Rock	Caitlyn Gellar	Television film
2010	House	Della	"Selfish" (Season 7, episode 2)
2010	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam	Caitlyn Gellar	Television film
2011	Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension	Isabella Garcia-Shapiro	Voice; Television film
2011-13	Young Justice	Barbara Gordon, Bette Kane	Voice
2014	The Legend of Korra	Opal	Voice; Recurring Role (Season 3-4)
2014	Major Crimes	Bug	"Jane Doe #38" (Season 3, episode 6)
2015	Sugar Babies	Katie Woods	Television film

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Ghost Town	Bella	Main role; Web series

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories	Kairi	Voice
2009	Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days	Xion	Voice
2011	Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension	Isabella / Receptionist	Voice
2013	Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix	Xion / Kairi	Voice

Discography

Extended plays

List of albums

Title	Album details
Beat the System	Released: August 23, 2011 Format: Digital download Label: Independent

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Flying Forward"	2010	N/A
"Make History"
"Dragon (That's What You Wanted)"	2013
"Pretty Girls"	2015
"Woman"	2016

Featured singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

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

Promotional singles

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

Other appearances

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"Lost & Found"	2008	N/A	Alice Upside Down
"Free Spirit"		Bridgit Mendler
"Dancin' in the Moonlight"	2009	N/A	Space Buddies
"Fly Away Home"			Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
"What I've Been Looking For"	2010		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"

Awards and nominations

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

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