Mikaela Hoover

Early life

Mikaela was born July 12, 1984, in Colbert, Washington. She is of Iranian and Italian descent. 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 Loyola Marymount University's theatre program in Los Angeles and graduated with her bachelor's degree in theatre.

Career

Hoover made her acting debut in 2007 with a role in the independent film Frank. She later booked a leading part in the web series Sorority Forever (2008). Around the same time, she auditioned for director James Gunn and appeared in his project Humanzee! (2008). This led to her being cast in the lead role of the Gunn and Peter Safran–produced Xbox series Sparky & Mikaela.

In 2010, Hoover began appearing in American television productions, including a guest role on How I Met Your Mother. That same year, she played a supporting role in Gunn's dark comedy film Super (2010).

She went on to make guest appearances on several sitcoms and comedy series. In 2011, she portrayed Jackie in two episodes of Happy Endings, and in 2012 she appeared in an episode of Anger Management. In 2013, she guest-starred in Two and a Half Men and The League, followed by an appearance on Saint George in 2014.

Hoover continued her collaborations with James Gunn, appearing as Nova Prime's assistant in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). She later played Raziya Memarian in The Belko Experiment (2016), produced by Gunn.

In 2017, her television work included single-episode roles in 2 Broke Girls, The Guest Book, and Lucifer. She returned to feature films with supporting appearances in The Suicide Squad (2021) and the comedy Guest House (2020). That same year, she was part of the main cast of the Netflix romantic comedy Holidate. She followed this with another starring role in Netflix's Love Hard (2021).

Hoover was later cast as Cat Grant in James Gunn's Superman for DC Studios.

In 2025, it was announced that she had joined the main cast for the second season of Netflix's series One Piece, providing the voice of Tony Tony Chopper. The season is scheduled to air in 2026.

Filmography

References

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