AJ Michalka

AJ Michalka (born Amanda Joy Michalka) is an actress, singer and songwriter. AJ was raised in a musical family alongside her sister Aly Michalka. She was homeschooled and began playing piano and guitar at a young age, performing in church and local theater productions.

AJ started her career in entertainment as a child model and actress, landing early roles on shows like Oliver Beene, Six Feet Under and General Hospital. In 2004, she and her sister formed Aly & AJ and signed with Hollywood Records. Their debut album Into the Rush was released in 2005 and went gold, followed by Insomniatic in 2007, which featured the hit single “Potential Breakup Song.”

In addition to her music career, the singer has appeared in several films including Super 8 (2011), Secretariat (2010) and Grace Unplugged (2013). She voiced Stevonnie in the animated series Steven Universe and gained further recognition for her role as Lainey Lewis on ABC’s The Goldbergs and the sitcom’s spinoff Schooled.

Aly & AJ returned to music with their 2021 album A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun. The duo’s sixth studio album dropped in May 2025.

The musician has kept her personal life relatively private. She was previously linked to singer Joe Jonas. She married actor Josh Pence in 2023.