Mikaela Hoover (born July 12, 1984) is an American actress.

Early life

Mikaela is of Iranian, Italian, and Spanish descent and was born and raised in

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. She started taking dance classes at the age of two and starred in school plays and appeared in local commercials as a child. She was accepted to

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's theatre program in

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and graduated with her bachelor's degree in theatre.

Career

Hoover made her acting debut in 2007, in the movie ''Frank''. She then went on to book a leading role in '' Sorority Forever''. Shortly after, Hoover got a role in ''Humanzee'' after auditioning in front of

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and following that she got offered the lead role in the James Gunn and

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show ''Sparky & Mikaela''. During 2010, Hoover began appearing in American productions with a guest role in ''

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''. She also got a role in the James Gunn movie ''

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''. In 2011, she had a recurring role in the television series '' Happy Endings'' as Jackie and in 2012, she appeared in the series ''

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''. In 2013, Hoover had roles in the American television productions ''

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'' and ''

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'', followed by a role in ''

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'' in 2014. Hoover continued to work with James Gunn and in 2014 she played Nova Prime's Assistant in the

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'' and Raziya Memarian in '' The Belko Experiment''. In 2017, Hoover appeared in the television series ''

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'', '' The Guest Book'' and ''

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''. In 2020, she booked several roles in DC's '' The Suicide Squad'', Lionsgate's ''

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'' and Netflix's '' Holidate''. In 2021, she had a role in the

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film '' Love Hard''. Hoover was cast as

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in the upcoming

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'' film by James Gunn. In 2025, Hoover was cast as the voice of

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in Netflix's adaptation of ''One Piece''.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoover, Mikaela 1984 births Living people American film actresses American television actresses American voice actresses Loyola Marymount University alumni Actresses from Washington (state) People from Spokane County, Washington 21st-century American actresses American people of Iranian descent American people of Italian descent American people of Spanish descent