Background
Michaels was born in Great Neck, Nassau County, New New York
Michaels was born in Great Neck, Nassau County, New New York
She attended LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City.
After graduating, on the high school dean"s advice, rather than accepting a place at the State University of New York Conservatory, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. Between acting jobs, she takes literature classes at the University of Southern California, where she majors in English. Michaels remembers herself playing at acting characters in costume at the age of three, and acting professionally in commercials from the age of four.
One of her earliest childhood television roles was on Saturday Night Live in 1991.
Michaels"s first part in Los Angeles was the title role in Aimee Semple McPherson (2006). She had leading roles in several web series, the vampire movie 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust (2008), the parody House of Heather, and the Music Television s horror series Savage County.
In 2009, Michaels also had notable supporting roles in the big screen horror film Boogeyman 3, and the National Broadcasting Company television disaster miniseries Meteor: Path to Destruction.