{{Short description|American actress (born 2003)}} {{Infobox person | name = Mia Sinclair Jenness | image = Mia Sinclair Jenness for Make It Fair.jpg | caption = Jenness in 2015 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|12|14}} | birth_place = Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2011&ndash;present | known_for = | mother = Emily Bauer | relatives = | website = {{URL|https://www.miasinclairjenness.com}}| }} '''Mia Sinclair Jenness'''<ref name="bsc">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bsckids.com/2019/10/mia-sinclair-jenness-talks-disney-junior-fancy-nancy-exclusive-interview/|title=Mia Sinclair Jenness Talks Disney Junior Fancy Nancy – Exclusive Interview | work=BSC Kids | first=Damon | last=Cap | date=October 3, 2019 | access-date=December 14, 2020 }}</ref> (born December 14, 2003)<ref name="facebook birthday">{{cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/MiaSinclairJenness/posts/504605739636802 | first=Mia Sinclair | last=Jenness <!-- verified --> | title=Happy birthday to me!!! | via=Facebook | date=December 14, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="bsc">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bsckids.com/2019/10/mia-sinclair-jenness-talks-disney-junior-fancy-nancy-exclusive-interview/|title=Mia Sinclair Jenness Talks Disney Junior Fancy Nancy – Exclusive Interview | work=BSC Kids | first=Damon | last=Cap | date=October 3, 2019 | access-date=December 14, 2020 }}</ref> is an American teen theater actress. She was one of three girls who rotated as the star title character on the US tour for ''Matilda the Musical''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-matildas-20150628-story.html|title=The star of 'Matilda'? It's a constellation made of three vivacious young actresses|date=June 26, 2015|first=Tre'vell | last=Anderson | work=Los Angeles Times | url-access=limited }}</ref> In the off-Broadway play ''Mary Page Marlowe'', she portrays the 12-year-old version of Mary.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/theater/for-mary-page-marlowe-six-actresses-share-one-role.html | title=For 'Mary Page Marlowe,' Six Actresses Share One Role | work=New York Times | publication-date=June 20, 2018 | access-date=December 14, 2020 | first=Alexis | last=Soloski | at=Section AR, Page 9 | edition=New York }}</ref> In 2018, she voiced the title character Nancy Clancy on Disney Junior's animated television series ''Fancy Nancy''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/alyson-hannigan-rob-riggle-join-voice-cast-disney-juniors-fancy-nancy-1085095|title=Alyson Hannigan, Rob Riggle Join Voice Cast of Disney Junior's 'Fancy Nancy' | work=Hollywood Reporter | date=February 15, 2018 | first=Kimberly |last=Nordyke }}</ref> She also had an ensemble and understudy role on the 2014&ndash;15 Broadway production of ''Les Miserables''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/mia-sinclair-jenness-vault-0000125011|title=Mia Sinclair Jenness|work=Playbill | access-date=December 14, 2020}}</ref> She portrayed Lily Nill in the pilot episode for the TV series ''Panic''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://movieweb.com/fear-street-movie-cast-zukerman-hechinger-rehwald-ford/|title='Fear Street' Trilogy Loses a Director But Gains 4 More Cast Members|date=March 27, 2019|first=Mike | last=Sprague | work=MovieWeb }}</ref><ref name="about">{{cite web | url=https://www.miasinclairjenness.com | title=Home | work=Mia Sinclair Jenness official website | access-date=January 26, 2022 | year=2018}}</ref> She voices young Powder in the Netflix ''League of Legends''-based series ''Arcane''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thewrap.com/league-of-legends-arcane-netflix-series-mia-sinclair-jenness/ | title='Fancy Nancy' Voice Mia Sinclair Jenness Joins Netflix's 'League of Legends' Series 'Arcane' | first=Tony | last=Maglio | work=The Wrap | date=October 18, 2021 }}</ref>

== Early life == Jenness grew up in Millburn, New Jersey and is the daughter of actress Emily Bauer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/millburn-child-featured-in-play-about-terezin/|title = Millburn child featured in play about Terezin}}</ref> In 2012, at age six, she participated in the play ''And a Child Shall Lead'', which is about the Terezin concentration camp.<ref name="terezin">{{Cite news|url=http://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/millburn-child-featured-in-play-about-terezin/|title=Millburn child featured in play about Terezin|first=Elaine|last=Durbach|work=New Jersey Jewish News | date=October 24, 2012 | access-date=December 14, 2020 }}</ref> Her brother, Brady Jenness, is also an actor.<ref name="website">{{Cite web|url=https://www.miasinclairjenness.com/|title=HOME|website=Mia Sinclair Jenness official website | access-date=December 14, 2020 }}</ref>

== Personal life == Jenness lives in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yan |first=Matt |date=2025-02-20 |title=Making Her Homebuying Debut in Manhattan With $475,000 to Spend |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/20/realestate/hells-kitchen-upper-west-side-apartment-sale.html |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2011 |A Letter to Momo |Umi (English version, voice) | |- |2015 |Hotel Transylvania 2 |Additional Voices | |- |2016 |Under the Shadow |Dorsa (English version, voice) | |- |2020 |10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up |Wallace | |- |2021 |Child of Kamiari Month |Kanna (English version, voice) | |- |2022 |The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry |Molly Klock | |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2012 |Celebrity Ghost Stories |Kady |Season 4 Episode 4 |- | rowspan="3" |2017 |Orange Is the New Black |Young Frieda |Season 5 Episode 2 |- |Welcome to the Wayne |Pracky Singer (singing voice) |Season 1 Episode 3 |- |Sesame Street |Twinkle Twinkle Little Elmo |Season 47 Episode 6 |- | rowspan="2" |2018 |Blue Bloods |Emily Bennett |Season 8 Episode 19 |- |Raven's Home |Leslie |Season 2 Episodes 12 and 13 |- |2019 |Better Things |Young Sam |Season 3 Episode 10 |- |2018-2022 |Fancy Nancy |Nancy Clancy (voice) | |- |2021-2024 |Arcane |Powder (voice) | |}

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="terezin">{{Cite news|url=http://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/millburn-child-featured-in-play-about-terezin/|title=Millburn child featured in play about Terezin|first=Elaine|last=Durbach|work=New Jersey Jewish News | date=October 24, 2012 | access-date=December 14, 2020 }}</ref>

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