Allisyn Ashley Snyder (
née
The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...
Arm; born April 25, 1996)
is an American actress, writer, artist, and director. She is known on screen for her main role as Zora Lancaster on ''
Sonny with a Chance'' and its spin-off ''
So Random!'' as well as Heather Wilmore on
NBC's ''
A.P. Bio''. She is the co-owner of Watch The Footage Productions and has been producing since 2016.
Early life
Snyder was born Allisyn Ashley Arm on April 25, 1996, in
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city located primarily in the Verdugo Mountains region, with a small portion in the San Fernando Valley, of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is located about north of downtown Los Angeles.
As of 2024, Glendale ha ...
, to Steven "Steve" and Anjanette "Anji" Kalanick Arm. Her mother is the half-sister of
Uber
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co-founder and former CEO
Travis Kalanick. At the age of four, her parents saw her fascination with theater and enrolled her in acting school where she was discovered by Lynne Marks who became her manager.
Career
Acting career
Snyder appeared in over 60 commercials throughout her childhood.
In May 2002, she made her first television appearance on the medical drama series: ''
Strong Medicine''. She would go on to make appearances in episodes of ''
Friends
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'', ''
10-8'', ''
Miracles'', and ''
Judging Amy
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''.
Snyder also had roles on films such as
Meet Dave and ''
King of California'' opposite Michael Douglas.
In 2009, Snyder appeared as
Zora in the
Disney Channel
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hit series ''
Sonny with a Chance,'' and in the spin-off series ''
So Random!'' in 2011. Snyder also voiced the character Stormy in the
Disney Junior series ''
Jake and the Never Land Pirates''. Regarding her roles, she told ''People (magazine)'', "I watch a lot of
SNL skits online. I love
Chris Farley and
Jim Carrey. I always think, 'What would Jim Carrey do in this scene?' He's a lot of my inspiration for my character (
Zora)."
In 2014, Snyder developed a YouTube
personality
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named ''Astrid Clover''. The web series ran for 7 years, with more than 350 episodes.
In 2018, Snyder was cast in
NBC's comedy series ''
A.P. Bio'' in which she plays a mousy but determined high-schooler with a dark side named Heather Wilmore.
Film career
In 2016, Snyder launched her film career by teaming up with Bryan Morrison and
Dylan Riley Snyder to create Watch The Footage Productions. Four of her first six films received distribution with
Fun Size Horror.
Personal life
Snyder is also an artist and had her first gallery showing at 15 years old. She enjoys roller derby and studies trapeze with her younger sister Josie. On Drew C. Ryan's Reel Geek Girls series, Allisyn shared her extensive collection of ''
Fight Club'' memorabilia, which she considers her personal obsession. Snyder married
Dylan Riley Snyder in 2019, eight years after the two met as teenagers on Disney Channel when Allisyn starred on ''Sonny With A Chance'' and Dylan starred on ''Kickin' It''. Their shows were shot on production lots across from each other.
Filmography
Filmmaking
Music video
References
External links
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Watch The Footage Productions website
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1996 births
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from Glendale, California
American child actresses
American film actresses
American people of Slovak descent
Living people