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 ''

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''. In the

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'', 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 ''

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''. She also had an ensemble and understudy role on the 2014–15 Broadway production of '' Les Miserables''. She portrayed Lily Nill in the

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for the TV series ''

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''. She voices young Powder in the Netflix ''

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''.

Personal life

Jenness grew up in

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and is the daughter of actress

Emily Bauer Emily Bauer Jenness is an American voice and stage actress. She has worked in a number of English language dubs of Japanese anime shows including Shinobu in '' Ninja Nonsense'', Megumi Morisato in '' Ah! My Goddess'' and Lastelle in '' Nausica� ...

. In 2012, at age six, she participated in the play ''And a Child Shall Lead'', which is about the

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. Her brother, Brady Jenness, is also an actor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenness, Mia Sinclair 2005 births Living people People from Millburn, New Jersey American voice actresses American child actresses 21st-century American women