Chaikin was born in Santa Monica, California. She has known she wanted to be an actress since she was 11. In 2009, Chaikin got the role of Veronica in the film, The Consultants, released 4 December 2010 (USA).

Chaikin then starred alongside Miley Cyrus in the Nicholas Sparks' film adaptation of The Last Song, initially released in the U.S. on March 31, 2010. She played the role of Blaze, the antagonist of the film who is a rebel that stirs up trouble for Ronnie, played by Cyrus.

Chaikin appeared in the independent film My Uncle Rafael starring John Michael Higgins. She is also starring in the sitcom Suburgatory alongside Jeremy Sisto and Cheryl Hines.

Chaikin is Jewish.

阿雅·卡什，美国女演员，母亲Kim Addonizio是诗人与小说家，父亲Eugene Cash是佛学教师，她的祖母Pauline Betz Addie曾是温布尔顿网球赛冠军，祖父Bob Addie过去是体育专栏作家。2004年，卡什被列入indieWIRE影评人奖中“十大值得电影主角的喜剧女演员”。

卡什参演过电视剧《龙争虎斗》、《法律与秩序》、《仁爱天使》以及《新闻编辑室》。她也在华纳公司Spellbound，福克斯公司《神奇酒酿》和Friday Night Dinner的试播集中露面。卡什也曾是2011年福克斯喜剧《爱情红绿灯》中的常规演员，该剧播出了一季。2015年，客串了《摩登家庭》第六季的Vanessa，还有《傲骨贤妻》第六季中新手律师Amber Audrey。她目前主演Fox旗下FX Network的剧集《我爱上的人是奇葩》。

卡什还曾出演电影《橘子》、Winter of Frozen Dreams、《远离杰克逊大道》、《再次出发》、The Bits In Between、《快乐的房子》。她在《华尔街之狼》中扮演Jordan Belfort（莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥 饰）的助手Janet。

此外，卡什还有很多不在百老汇戏剧的演出经验，在2014年出演Zoe Kazan编写的戏剧“Trudy And Max In Love”。

她毕业于旧金山艺术学院，拥有明尼苏达州大学美术学学位。