Amanda Michalka

Amanda Joy Michalka, (born April 10, 1991) often credited as AJ, is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She used to be a model prior to becoming an actress, and is known as one-half of the Duet (music)|duo Aly & AJ with her sister, Alyson Michalka.

Career
AJ was in a number of musical theatre|musical productions at her school in Milwaukee as a young adult. AJ plays a variety of musical instrument|instruments such as Steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, and Bongo drum|bongos. She was a model for Trade literature. In March 2006, she made her Disney Channel debut in the Disney Channel Original Movie Cow Belles, as "Courtney Callum", along with sister Aly, as "Taylor Callum". She has also made appearances on shows such as Oliver Beene, Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under, The Guardian, and General Hospital. She has also appeared with her sister, Aly, in the MTV film, Super Sweet 16: The Movie.

In 2008, she is featured in the Peter Jackson film TThe Lovely Bones, which was released December 11, 2009, while her sister has a lead role in the movie Bandslam, due July 31, 2009. Aside from this, she and her sister, as Aly & AJ, are working on a new album, to be released in the summer of 2009.