Hayley Kiyoko

Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft ( HAY-lee kee-YOH-koh AL-kroft; born April 3, 1991), known professionally as Hayley Kiyoko, is an American voice actress, actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for playing Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo films, The Mystery Begins and Curse of the Lake Monster, as well as Stella Yamada in the Disney Channel film Lemonade Mouth. She also portrayed the role of Raven Ramirez in CSI: Cyber and had a main role on the spin-off web-series of The Fosters, The Fosters: Girls United. In addition to various releases with the pop group The Stunners, Kiyoko has issued three solo EPs: A Belle to Remember (2013), This Side of Paradise (2015), and Citrine (2016), as well as one single, "Sleepover" (2017). 2Early life Kiyoko was born on April 3, 1991, in Los Angeles, California, to actor/comedian Jamie Alcroft and figure skater/choreographer Sarah Kawahara. Her mother is from Canada, and is of Japanese ancestry, and her father is from Ohio, and has German, Welsh, English and Scottish ancestry. She began acting at a young age, appearing in national commercials for companies such as GM Onstar, Slim Jim, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Insisting on drum lessons at age 6, she was writing drum charts for new releases and selling them in a local music store by age 11. She was elected President of her middle school and high school freshman classes school and Vice-president in her senior year. She was appointed Commissioner of Entertainment in her sophomore year and Commissioner of Pep Rallies in her junior yea