Paris Berelc (born December 29, 1998) is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles as Skylar Storm in the
Disney XD
Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution units of The Walt Disney Company. The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven years ...
series ''
Mighty Med
''Mighty Med'' is an American television series created by Jim Bernstein and Andy Schwartz and produced by It's a Laugh Productions for Disney XD. It stars Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, Paris Berelc, Devan Leos, and Augie Isaac. The series ai ...
'' and ''
Lab Rats: Elite Force'', and Alexa Mendoza in the
Netflix
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sitcom ''
Alexa & Katie
''Alexa & Katie'' is an American sitcom created by Heather Wordham as a Netflix original series. Matthew Carlson serves as showrunner. The series stars Paris Berelc and Isabel May as Alexa and Katie, a high schooler suffering from cancer and h ...
.''
Life and career
Berelc was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is of half
Filipino descent. She was discovered by
Ford Models
Ford Models, originally the Ford Modeling Agency, is an American international modeling agency based in New York City. It was established in 1946 by Eileen Ford and her husband Gerard W. Ford.
Company
Ford Models was started in 1946 by Eileen ...
at the age of nine, and was featured in ads from
Kohl's
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, Boston Store,
Sears
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, and
K-mart
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The company was inco ...
. She appeared on the cover of
American Girl
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magazine for their November/December Issue in 2009. In 2010, at the age of 12, Berelc took her first acting classes at the Acting Studio Chicago. Two years after, Berelc's parents decided to take her to
Los Angeles
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to try acting professionally. She began her professional acting career in 2013, at the age of 14.
Beginning in 2013, Berelc starred as Skylar Storm on the
Disney XD
Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution units of The Walt Disney Company. The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven years ...
action sitcom ''
Mighty Med
''Mighty Med'' is an American television series created by Jim Bernstein and Andy Schwartz and produced by It's a Laugh Productions for Disney XD. It stars Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, Paris Berelc, Devan Leos, and Augie Isaac. The series ai ...
''. In 2015, Berelc portrayed Molly in the
Disney Channel Original Movie
Many television films have been produced for Disney Channel, an American family-oriented basic cable channel and former premium television channel since its launch on April 18, 1983. Until October 1997, films were released under the banner nam ...
, ''
Invisible Sister
''Invisible Sister'' is a 2015 Disney Channel Original Movie, based on the book ''My Invisible Sister'' by Beatrice Colin and Sara Pinto. The film is directed by Paul Hoen, and stars Rowan Blanchard and Paris Berelc. It focuses on a student who ...
'', which premiered in October.
The same year, ''Mighty Med'' ended its run, but Berelc continued to play Skylar Storm on its
spinoff series ''
Lab Rats: Elite Force'', which premiered on March 2, 2016.
In April 2017, Berelc was cast in the co-lead role of Alexa in ''
Alexa & Katie
''Alexa & Katie'' is an American sitcom created by Heather Wordham as a Netflix original series. Matthew Carlson serves as showrunner. The series stars Paris Berelc and Isabel May as Alexa and Katie, a high schooler suffering from cancer and h ...
'', a
multi-camera
The multiple-camera setup, multiple-camera mode of production, multi-camera or simply multicam is a method of filmmaking and video production. Several cameras—either film or professional video cameras—are employed on the set and simultaneous ...
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
sitcom, which premiered March 23, 2018.
In 2019, she starred in the
Netflix original film
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''
Tall Girl
''Tall Girl'' is a 2019 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Nzingha Stewart, from a screenplay by Sam Wolfson. The film stars Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck, Sabrina Carpenter, Paris Berelc, Luke Eisner, Clara Wilsey, Anjelika Washingt ...
'' as Liz.
In 2020, she appeared as Megan in the Netflix original film ''
Hubie Halloween
''Hubie Halloween'' is a 2020 American mystery horror comedy film directed by Steven Brill, co-written by Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler, who also stars in the title role, and co-starring an ensemble supporting cast consisting of Kevin James, J ...
''.
Filmography
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
21st-century American actresses
American child actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
American child models
American female models
American models of Filipino descent