Aly Michalka

Two days ago, on 3 November 2026, Aly Michalka started performing on Broadway. She joined the cast of the jukebox musical & Juliet as Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, taking over from Alison Luff, whose final performance was 1 November [3]. It is her Broadway debut, and it comes more than twenty years after she first appeared on television as a teenager [4] [12].

The short version of who she is: Aly Michalka was born on 25 March 1989 in Torrance, California, which makes her 37 [1]. She is a singer, songwriter and actress, half of the sister duo Aly & AJ with her younger sister AJ Michalka [2]. Her husband is the cinematographer Stephen Ringer, and the couple have a son born in April 2024 [8] [6]. The rest of this page covers how she got here, what she has made, and what is and is not known about her private life.

Early years and Disney Channel

The public record on Aly Michalka's childhood is thin. Her profile at the film database TMDB gives her birthplace as Torrance, California [1], and the duo's official site says both sisters started as child actors before returning to music [2]. The List, which reviews what the sisters have done since, notes that AJ's acting began earlier than Aly's, with soap opera roles [13]. Beyond that, this page does not repeat details about parents or schooling that we could not confirm in a source we opened.

What is documented is the break. Aly was cast as Keely Teslow in Phil of the Future, a Disney Channel sitcom that ran for two seasons from June 2004 to August 2006 [1] [12]. The show gave her a national audience. In 2005 she played Allyson Miller in the Disney Channel film Now You See It..., and in 2006 she played Taylor Callum in Cow Belles. Both are Disney Channel productions [1] [13].

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Aly said the sisters had never been offered a Phil of the Future reboot, though she believed most of the cast would come back if it made sense. She pointed out that the show's short run, two seasons, makes it a less obvious candidate than longer-running series [12].

Aly & AJ: the music

Acting was only half of it. The sisters released their debut album, Into the Rush, in 2005, followed in 2007 by Insomniatic, which included the single "Potential Breakup Song" [13]. In 2008 they toured with Miley Cyrus [13]. In 2009 they renamed the band 78violet and later left Hollywood Records [13].

They returned to music as Aly & AJ. The List dates the comeback to 2015, with the single "Take Me" announced in 2017 and an EP, Ten Years, following [13]. The official discography lists a deluxe edition of Ten Years on 30 November 2018, then Sanctuary on 10 May 2019 [2]. In 2021 the duo re-recorded "Potential Breakup Song" after it gained popularity on TikTok; the official site also says the song went viral in 2020 [13] [2]. The two sources differ on whether the surge came in 2020 or 2021, so treat the year with care.

The albums since then, all from the official discography [2]:

• a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet gets you out and then into the sun (LP, 7 May 2021)
• With Love From (LP, 15 March 2023)
• Lonesome Dove (holiday EP, 14 November 2023)
• Silver Deliverer (LP, 2 May 2025)
• ITR 20 (live album, 15 August 2025, marking 20 years of Into the Rush)
• More Silver (EP, 19 September 2025) and Even More Silver (demos and rarities, 12 December 2025)

Live work grew with the catalogue. The sisters were special guests on Ben Platt's Reverie Tour from 3 September, their first time as special guests on a tour; Aly noted that they had only done a small run with Miley Cyrus before [12]. They headlined the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on 8 September 2023, and were announced for Cyndi Lauper's farewell tour dates (announced October 2024) and a June 2026 Bonnaroo appearance [2]. The official site also lists a Places To Run Tour for 2026, announced in December 2025, and a single, "Year of the Horse", dated 10 June 2026 [2]. In 2026 they also featured on Beach Bunny's reworking of "Clueless" (24 April 2026) [2].

Acting career: films and television

After Disney, Michalka moved to film and network television. The TMDB credit list and press profiles give this timeline [1] [3] [10]:

Year	Title	Role
2005	Now You See It...	Allyson Miller
2006	Cow Belles	Taylor Callum
2009	Bandslam	Charlotte Banks
2010	Easy A	Rhiannon
2010	Hellcats (TV, The CW)	Marti Perkins
2011	The Roommate	Tracy
2013	Grown Ups 2	Bikini Girl Savannah
2015	iZombie (TV, The CW)	Peyton Charles

TMDB lists "Charlotte Banks" for Bandslam and "Tracy" for The Roommate. Other databases may use slightly different surnames, so check the film credits if you need the exact spelling.

Hellcats gave her a lead role on a network series. She played Marti Perkins [1] [4]. The CW cancelled the series on 18 May 2011 after one season of 22 episodes, as ratings fell from about three million viewers and a 1.2 in the 18-49 demographic at the premiere to fewer than a million by late April [11].

The next steady job came in 2014. On 6 August 2014, TheWrap reported that Michalka had joined iZombie as Peyton, the roommate and best friend of the lead character Liv, a role previously played by Alexandra Krosney in the pilot [10]. The show comes from Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas [10]. Broadway.com also notes guest roles on The Good Doctor, MacGyver and Two and a Half Men, plus the independent films Sequoia and Weepah Way for Now [3].

Awards

We did not find a nomination or award in a source we could open, so this page lists none. A number of other websites list Young Artist Award, American Music Award and Teen Choice nominations, but without a primary source we have left them out.

Relationships

Aly Michalka is married to Stephen Ringer. Hello magazine reports that they met in 2012 on the set of Sequoia, where she played the lead and he was the cinematographer [8]. TheThings also dates the start of the relationship to 2013 [9], and Yahoo says they married in 2015, two years after they began dating in 2013 [7], and E! also gives 2015 as the wedding year [6]. The sources therefore disagree by a year on when they got together.

The couple got engaged in Big Sur, California, in July 2014. Michalka announced the engagement on Instagram with a photo of her ring and the caption "So this happened.....7/8" [8]. The wedding took place in Portofino, Italy, at the Belmond Hotel Splendido, with an outdoor ceremony under a canopy of purple flowers; Hello magazine published its report on 9 June 2015 [8]. TheThings describes it as a very small and private wedding in Italy [9]. Exact wedding dates quoted elsewhere vary and are not repeated here.

Michalka announced her pregnancy in January 2024 [6]. Their son, Jack Francis, was born on 21 April 2024, about two weeks before the due date, at the couple's home with a midwife and two doulas [7]. She described the birth as "very peaceful and calm" [6]. The name Jack honours her late maternal grandfather, and Francis comes from the Ringer family [7]. An older TheThings article says the couple had no children; it predates the birth [9].

We did not find a reliable, on-record account of earlier public relationships, so none are listed. Rumours about her time on Disney Channel are not repeated.

Net worth

No outlet with a named, dated estimate (Forbes, Bloomberg or similar) turned up in our search. Sites that print figures between roughly 700,000 and 4 million dollars do not cite where the number comes from, so we publish none. If a credible estimate appears, this section will be updated.

Broadway and what comes next

In late August 2026 it was announced that Michalka and Spencer Sutherland would make their Broadway debuts in & Juliet, with Sutherland starting as Romeo on 15 September and Michalka as Anne Hathaway on 3 November [3]. She said she was "beyond thrilled to be joining the company of & Juliet as Anne Hathaway" [3]. The musical imagines Juliet's life after Romeo dies and opened on Broadway in October 2022 [5].

The role forced a change of plans for the duo. Aly & AJ cancelled their November and December North American dates, 14 cities from 28 November in Cincinnati through 19 December. The sisters said in an Instagram statement that they "won't be able to play our November and December tour dates as planned", and the sisters released an unreleased live album to make up for it [5]. The band's own site still lists a 2026 tour and a June 2026 single [2].