Mini-Biography
Alyson Stoner was born in Toledo, Ohio on August 11, 1993. After honing her techniques in ballet, tap and jazz at the O’Connell’s Dance Studio in her hometown, Alyson decided to try the more popular hip-hop dances that was the in-thing in LA. She trained with such well-known choreographers like Wade Robson, Fatima and Hi Hat. So it came as no surprise when she auditioned and was cast to dance in the Missy Elliott videos “Work It” and “Gossip Folks”. With the popularity of the videos, Alyson has been in demand by such media outlets as “Extra”, “The Maury Povich Show”, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”, and magazines such as “YM” and “M”. She performed on The Jay Leno Show and with Missy Elliott at The 2003 American Music Awards with Missy Elliott and on “MTV’s Fashionably Loud” and Seattle’s Radio Concert.
On television she has made guest appearances on I'm with Her and Drake & Josh and provided the voice of "Kid Rat" in the animated feature Garfield, Now out on DVD. More recently on TV she played as 'Max' in four episodes of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as well as I Married a Princess and That's So Raven. Alyson has also reprised her role as 'Sarah Baker" in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 which opened December 2005. She also played 'Young Dancer" in Step Up. She was the voice of "Isabella: for the new 2007 animated series Phineas and Ferb. She will play the role of "Alice McKinley" in the family Drama Alice Upside Down tentatively set for release in 2007. She will also play 'Caitlyn' in a new for 2008 made for TV movie titled Camp Rock.
