Mia Sinclair Jenness (born December 14, 2003) 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011A Letter to MomoUmi (English version, voice)
2015Hotel Transylvania 2Additional Voices
2016Under the ShadowDorsa (English version, voice)
202010 Things We Should Do Before We Break UpWallace
2021Child of Kamiari MonthKanna (English version, voice)
2022The Storied Life of A.J. FikryMolly Klock

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Celebrity Ghost StoriesKadySeason 4 Episode 4
2017Orange Is the New BlackYoung FriedaSeason 5 Episode 2
Welcome to the WaynePracky Singer (singing voice)Season 1 Episode 3
Sesame StreetTwinkle Twinkle Little ElmoSeason 47 Episode 6
2018Blue BloodsEmily BennettSeason 8 Episode 19
Raven's HomeLeslieSeason 2 Episodes 12 and 13
2019Better ThingsYoung SamSeason 3 Episode 10
2018-2022Fancy NancyNancy Clancy (voice)
2021-2024ArcanePowder (voice)