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'', she portrays the 12-year-old version of Mary. In 2018, she voiced the title character Nancy Clancy on Disney Junior's animated television series '' Fancy Nancy''. She also had an ensemble and understudy role on the 2014–15 Broadway production of ''

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''. She portrayed Lily Nill in the

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''. She voices young Powder in the Netflix ''

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Early life

Jenness grew up in

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and is the daughter of actress

Emily Bauer Emily Bauer Jenness is an American voice and stage actress. She has worked in a number of English language dubs of Japanese anime shows including Ninja Nonsense#Shinobu, Shinobu in ''Ninja Nonsense'', Megumi Morisato in ''Ah! My Goddess (TV serie ...

. In 2012, at age six, she participated in the play ''And a Child Shall Lead'', which is about the Terezin concentration camp. Her brother, Brady Jenness, is also an actor.

Personal life

Jenness lives in

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenness, Mia Sinclair 2005 births Living people Actors from Millburn, New Jersey American voice actresses American child actresses 21st-century American women Actresses from New Jersey