AJ Michalka

Amanda Joy AJ Michalka , often credited as AJ, is an American actress, singersongwriter, and musician. She was a model prior to becoming an actress, and is best known as onehalf of the duo 78violet with her sister Aly Michalka. AJ recorded the theme song and accompanying music video for the film Secretariat, entitled Its Who You Are. She also issued a single and video called All Ive Ever Needed from her 2013 film Grace Unplugged. She has also had a successful acting career, and after two seasons in a recurring role as Lainey Lewis on the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs, she has been promoted to a regular role on the series for the third season onward.

Michalka was born in Torrance, California. Her father, Mark, owns a contracting company, and her mother, Carrie, is a musician and performed with JC Band, a Christian band. She has Ukrainian, German, British and Irish ancestry. Michalka has been playing the piano since she was six and started playing the guitar in her early teens. She started acting when she was five years old, mostly in church play productions. She was raised as a Christian and continues to practice the faith. Michalka was in a number of musical productions at her school in Milwaukee as a young adult.

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