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Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft, known professionally as Hayley Kiyoko, is an American actress, singer-songwriter, musician, and dancer. She is known for her roles as Velma in the 2009 and 2010 Scooby-Doo films and Stella in the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth. Kiyoko was born in Los Angeles, California to actor Jamie Alcroft and Canadian figure skater/choreographer Sarah Kawahara. She is of Japanese, English, and Scottish descent. She began her career at a very young age appearing in national television commercials. By the age of 6, she began taking drum lessons and by 11, she was writing and selling her own songs. Throughout middle and high school, she pursued music and dance. She was a member of the pop group The Stunners, formed in 2007. After graduating high school in 2009, she transitioned to film with the role of Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins. She reprised the role in 2010's Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster. Her fame increased significantly with the 2011 Disney Channel movie Lemonade Mouth. In 2015, Kiyoko appeared in the TV series CSI: Cyber as Raven Ramirez and also had a role in the third installment of the Insidious film series.