Allen was born Aleisha LaNaĆ© Allen in New York City on April 28, 1991, and has been modeling for print and TV ads since the age of 4. As a 6-year-old she appeared on ”Blue’s Clues”, and later she became a series regular on ”Out of the Box”.
A singer and ballerina (as well as an actress), Allen most recently starred in ”School of Rock” with ‘Jack Black’. She has also appeared in ”The Best Man” and ”Finding Forrester”.