Mia Sinclair Jenness (born December 14, 2005) 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. In the off-Broadway play Mary Page Marlowe, 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 Les Miserables. She portrayed Lily Nill in the pilot episode for the TV series Panic. She voices young Powder in the Netflix League of Legends-based series Arcane.
Early life Jenness grew up in Millburn, New Jersey and is the daughter of actress Emily Bauer. 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 Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes2011A Letter to MomoUmi (English version, voice)2015Hotel Transylvania 2Additional Voices2016Under the ShadowDorsa (English version, voice)202010 Things We Should Do Before We Break UpWallace2021Child of Kamiari MonthKanna (English version, voice)2022The Storied Life of A.J. FikryMolly Klock
Television +YearTitleRoleNotes2012Celebrity Ghost StoriesKadySeason 4 Episode 42017Orange Is the New BlackYoung FriedaSeason 5 Episode 2Welcome to the WaynePracky Singer (singing voice)Season 1 Episode 3Sesame StreetTwinkle Twinkle Little ElmoSeason 47 Episode 62018Blue BloodsEmily BennettSeason 8 Episode 19Raven's HomeLeslieSeason 2 Episodes 12 and 132019Better ThingsYoung SamSeason 3 Episode 102018-2022Fancy NancyNancy Clancy (voice)2021-2024ArcanePowder (voice)
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