Hayley Kiyoko

Hayley Kiyoko (born Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft) is a singer, songwriter and actress best known for her music career and roles in Lemonade Mouth, CSI: Cyber and Scooby-Doo. Kiyoko was born in Los Angeles, California, where she began dancing at a young age and booked commercial work before the age of 10. She later got accepted to New York University but deferred enrollment to pursue a career in entertainment.

Kiyoko began her career in girl group The Stunners, which opened for Justin Bieber on tour in 2010. After the group disbanded, she transitioned into acting with roles on Unfabulous, The Fosters and Wizards of Waverly Place. She gained wider attention playing Stella Yamada in Disney Channel’s Lemonade Mouth (2011) and later starred as Raven Ramirez on CBS’s CSI: Cyber from 2015 to 2016.

Kiyoko launched her solo music career in 2013 and gained a following with her self-directed music videos, including “Girls Like Girls.” Her debut album, Expectations, was released in 2018 and featured the singles “Curious” and “What I Need.” She won the Rising Star Award at Billboard’s Women in Music in 2018. She went on to release her second album Panorama in 2022 and has voiced Velma Dinkley in several Scooby-Doo films.

Kiyoko has been in a relationship with Becca Tilley since 2018. The couple went public with their romance in 2022 and announced their engagement in 2025.