Paris Berelc (born December 29, 1998) is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles as Skylar Storm in the

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series ''

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'' and '' Lab Rats: Elite Force'', and Alexa Mendoza in the

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sitcom ''

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.''

Life and career

Berelc was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is of Filipino descent on her mother's side. Her mother is from

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, while her grandmother is Ilonggo. She was discovered by

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at the age of nine, and was featured in ads for

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, Boston Store,

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, and

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. She appeared on the cover of

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magazine for their November/December Issue in 2009. In 2010, at the age of 12, Berelc took her first acting classes at the Acting Studio Chicago. Two years later, Berelc's parents decided to take her to

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to try acting professionally. She began her professional acting career in 2013, at the age of 14. Beginning in 2013, Berelc starred as Skylar Storm on the

action sitcom ''

''. In 2015, Berelc portrayed Molly in the

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, ''

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'', which premiered in October. The same year, ''Mighty Med'' ended its run, but Berelc continued to play Skylar Storm on its spinoff series '' Lab Rats: Elite Force'', which premiered on March 2, 2016. In April 2017, Berelc was cast in the co-lead role of Alexa in ''

'', a

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sitcom, which premiered March 23, 2018. In 2019, she starred in the

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Tall Girl ''Tall Girl'' is a 2019 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Nzingha Stewart, from a screenplay by Sam Wolfson. The film stars Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck, Sabrina Carpenter, Paris Berelc, Luke Eisner, Clara Wilsey, Anjelika Washin ...

'' as Liz. In 2020, she appeared as Megan McNally in the Netflix original film ''

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''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berelc, Paris 1998 births Living people 21st-century American actresses American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses American child models American female models American models of Filipino descent American people of Visayan descent