Michaela Jill Murphy (born August 18, 1994), also known by her stage name Jessie Flower, is an American voice actress. She is best known for voicing Toph Beifong in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Chaca in Kronk's New Groove and The Emperor's New School.
Early life Murphy was born in Southern Indiana and is of Irish descent. She became interested in acting at the age of four, and her mother, Evette, moved them to Los Angeles to begin her career, where she appeared in commercials for Barbie and Mitsubishi. She starred as an orphan in Oliver! when she was five.
Career
Murphy played the role of Chaca in Kronk's New Groove, and reprised the role in the spin-off series The Emperor's New School. She later called it the "most fun" voice acting she has ever done.
In 2005, Murphy voiced Meng in an episode of the Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Her performance convinced creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino to cast her as main cast member Toph Beifong because of the "energy" she brought to the role. Murphy later told The Tab that she continued voicing Toph until her first year in high school and called the role her favorite voice acting experience and said she felt "pretty connected" to Toph's character, although she was only eleven years old when she was cast. She would also describe the second-season episode "The Library" as one of her favorite episodes in the series.
Murphy later admitted that she is rarely recognized in public, even when cosplaying as Toph at San Diego Comic-Con without any recognizing her as the voice actor of Toph. She later appeared as a guest on the official companion podcast for the series, Avatar: Braving the Elements, hosted by Dante Basco and Janet Varney, where she would talk about Toph and what the character "meant to her," with Basco describing Murphy as a "dear friend" and praising Toph's character. In a 2023, Murphy said that while she would "love to come back and do stuff" for the franchise, she supported the vision of the show's creators, including possible recasting.
She would voice other characters in animated films and series after Avatar: The Last Airbender. This included the character Peggy in Random! Cartoons (2008-2009), young Franny in the film Meet the Robinsons (2007), and other characters in the film Curious George (2006), along with Chaca in The Emperor's New School (2006) and The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (2005).
In 2014, Murphy guest-starred in The Legend of Korra as Toph's daughter Suyin Beifong. It was later described as helping lay the groundwork of Suyin's "personality while also paying tribute to her original role."
Murphy became an assistant theater manager at Yale University in fall 2014, but did not perform until the next year, joining the university's theater scene, working on a production of Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play and performing in the musical Hello Again, among other productions. She graduated from Yale University in 2017, where she majored in a dual B.A. in Theater and Film Studies with concentrations in Playwrighting and Screenwriting. Before that, she voiced the English dubbed voice of Eiko Carol in the World of Final Fantasy video game.
In 2021, Murphy provided the voice of Nasse in the English dub of Platinum End. The next year, she provided the voice of a minor character in the English dubbed version of Super Cub.
Personal life Murphy resides in Los Angeles. In July 2025, Murphy said she was bisexual but would "like to marry a man" and have children. she says his from 16:21-16:32 In June 2021, she celebrated Pride Month in an Instagram post, writing that "there have been many who don't swing my way, on multiple gender fronts, and that's okay!"
In September 2020, Murphy founded Bandit Basics, an e-commerce platform that sells merchandise inspired by Toph Beifong and the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe.
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes2003Finding NemoAdditional voicesCredited as Jessie Flower2004Spider-Man 2ADR castUncredited2005Kronk's New Groove ChacaCredited as Jessie Flower2006Curious GeorgeKid #4Akeelah and the BeeADR castOver the HedgeAdditional voicesThe Ant BullyUncreditedBrother Bear 2Young Nita, additional voicesCredited as Jessie FlowerNight at the MuseumADR cast2007Meet the RobinsonsYoung Franny2008An American AffairAdditional voices2011Justin Bieber: Never Say NeverADR castUncreditedThat's What I AmAdditional voicesCredited as Jessie Flower
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2005–2008Avatar: The Last AirbenderMeng, Toph BeifongCredited as Jessie Flower2006The X'sGirl, Ghost2 episodes; credited as Jessie Flower2006–2008The Emperor's New SchoolChacaCredited as Jessie Flower2008Random! Cartoons PeggyEpisode: "Tiffany"Credited as Jessie Flower2014The Legend of KorraYoung Suyin BeifongEpisode: "Old Wounds"Credited as Jessie Flower2021Super CubClerkEnglish dubEpisode: "Reiko"Platinum EndNasseEnglish dubCredited as Michaela Murphy2022Camp WWEBianca BelairEpisode: "Sicked Slaughter"2025MonoAn KiriyamaEnglish dubCredited as Michaela Murphy
Web animation YearTitleRoleNotes2026Inanimate InsanityMelonCredited as Jessie Flower
Shorts YearTitleRoleNotes2009ATLA: Deformed Super ShortsToph BeifongCredited as Jessie Flower2015RecordingCassidyCredited as Michaela Murphy2016The ProfitDianeCredited as Jessie FlowerHappy EndingsLily2018The Flickering ForestForest SpriteCredited as Michaela Murphy2021StalgiaKateAlso directorThe LetterEllie
Video games YearTitleRoleNotes2007Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning EarthToph BeifongCredited as Jessie Flower2008Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno2011Nicktoons MLB2016World of Final FantasyEiko CarolEnglish dub, uncredited2024Goddess of Victory: NikkeMirror, Red Shoes2026Zenless Zone ZeroPhoenix ReffaellaEnglish dub
Music Videos YearTitleArtist2026Starring Me (As Myself)Sorry Ghost
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