Alyson Stoner (born August 11, 1993) is an American actor, dancer and singer who voiced Isabella Garcia-Shapiro and Jenny Brown on Phineas and Ferb. Besides this, they are perhaps best known for playing Sarah Baker (one of the twelve children) in Cheaper by the Dozen and its sequel Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Stoner also co-starred in "Camp Rock" a Disney Channel original movie with Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas, and had a recurring role on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as Max. Alyson co-hosted of the Disney Channel's Mike's Super Short Show, an infomercial segment that sells upcoming DVD and Video releases of Disney features, and starred in three of the four Step Up movies. Currently, they are voicing Sam Sharp from the Nickelodeon show The Loud House.
Career[]
Stoner got trained at the O'Connell Dance Studio in Holland, Ohio and the Margaret O'Brien Modeling Studio. They went to Maumee Valley Country Day School in Toledo, a very elite private school. Stoner started acting in 1999, when they went to the International Modeling and Talent Association. Consequently, they received several awards for acting, modeling, and dance (including an honorable mention for best model of the year at the IMTA convention).
In 2002, Stoner became the co-host of the Disney Channel's Mike's Super Short Show along with Michael Alan Johnson, an infomercial segment about forthcoming Disney releases.
After choreography training in Los Angeles, Stoner famously appeared as a background dancer in the music video for Missy Elliott's "Work It" and "Gossip Folks", as well as Eminem's "Just Lose It" and the lesser known "No Tengo Dinero" by the Kumbia Kings. They danced with a dancing group called the JammXKids between 2003 and 2006. They quit the group in early 2006 due to scheduling conflicts, but continues to work with the individual kids in different jobs. They were also one of the dancers in the special features for the Shark Tale DVD. Stoner teaches hip hop at millennium dance complex, and has credited as the youngest person to teach a master class there.
Alyson signs a print of the Fireside Girls.
In 2003 and 2005, they appeared as one of the twelve Baker children (Sarah) in the successful comedies Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. They have also appeared in several television shows for the preteen market, including The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, That's So Raven and Drake and Josh.
In 2005 Alyson Stoner recorded a cover version of the song "Baby It's You" by JoJo. They have taken vocal lessons to focus on transitioning their style from "kiddie-pop" to a richer tone and texture.
In 2006 they had a small film role in Step Up as Channing Tatum's younger sister. They also voiced Holly in the first four Holly Hobbie and Friends movies. Stoner starred in the movie Alice Upside Down, based on the best-selling Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, in which they play the lead role of Alice McKinley, this was their first starring role, and, according to an interview, that appears on the direct-to-DVD release, they states that this was the first time they had to appear in every scene in the movie, they also performed two songs, which appear on the soundtrack, which got sold as a bonus only available through Wal-Mart, the names of the songs, are "Lost and Found", and "Free Spirit". The movie is loosely based on the Alice series, and in particular "The Agony of Alice".
Stoner is the "dance editor" for KEWL Magazine. They also recently hosted a global fan summit on Amazon.com with good friend and Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus. Stoner appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock, along with the Jonas Brothers. Their next film was Ghosttown. Stoner is working on a "top-secret" "Alyson Stoner Project" described as "a dance video hybrid — melding many styles of entertainment into one package." It has a tentative release date for this summer and directed by Kevin Schmidt, theor co-star from Cheaper by the Dozen.[4] Behind the scenes videos and pics are available at their YouTube and new MySpace account. In the summer of 2008, they appeared in the Disney Channel Games as a member of the Blue Lightning Team along with Kiely Williams, their Camp Rock castmate Demi Lovato, Shin Koyamada, Roshon Fegan, Cole Sprouse and several overseas Disney Channel actors. Stoner has also appeared in Wii Fit related videos on the Nintendo Channel on the Wii video game console demonstrating how to do balance exercises. They have also appeared as a voice actor in the Kingdom Hearts Video game series, which is also owned by Disney. They played "Xion" in Kingdom hearts 358/2 Days and "Kairi" in Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories.
In 2011 they launched their first EP called "Beat the System" which features four songs and a bonus track. They also launched their single "Dragon (That's What You Wanted)" in 2013 and "Pretty Girls" in 2015.
They also voice DC Comics heroine Batgirl/Barbara Gordon in the Cartoon Network show Young Justice and Sam Sharp in the Nickelodeon cartoon The Loud House. Stoner has also appeared in Hoovey The Movie as Jen Donhardt, A List, Selling Isobele, Kadence, the Lifetime made-for-TV film "Expecting Amish" and episodes of House as a skater and TNT's Major Crimes.
Roles[]
Gallery[]
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Videos[]
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| Alyson Stoner's Phineas and Ferb Promo (Jan 2008) | Alyson Stoner with Vincent Martella at Comic Con 2008 |
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| Alyson Stoner records dialogue for "I Was a Middle Aged Robot" and "Suddenly Suzy". (They notice a strange noise in the headphones.) |
Background Information[]
- Stoner came out as queer in 2018, and therefore, uses they/them pronouns.
- Their favorite Phineas and Ferb song is "Zubada"[2]
- They dated Cole Sprouse in 2005.
- They were the 2nd actor (out of 50 or so actresses) that auditioned for Isabella.
- Stoner came up with Isabella's catch phrase "Whatcha doin?".
References[]
External links[]
- Alyson Stoner at Wikipedia
- Alyson Stoner at the
- Alyson Stoner Official Blog
YouTube channel- Twitter page
- Facebook page
- Myspace page
- The Official Alyson Stoner Project Site
- Get Fit With Alyson
- "The Alyson Stoner Project" at MySpace
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