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Mikaela Hoover

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Mikaela Hoover
Hoover at the Guardians of the Galaxy premiere in July 2014
Born (1984-07-12) July 12, 1984 (age 40)
Alma materLoyola Marymount University
OccupationActress
Years active2006-present
Known forHappy Endings
How I Met Your Mother

Mikaela Hoover (born July 12, 1984)[1][2] is an American actress.

Early life and education

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Mikaela is of Iranian, Italian and Spanish descent and was born and raised in Colbert, Washington.[3] 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.[3][4]

Career

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Hoover as Cat Grant on the set of Superman in June 2024

Hoover made her acting debut in 2007, in the movie Frank. She then went on to book a leading role in Sorority Forever. Shortly after, Hoover got a role in Humanzee after auditioning in front of James Gunn and following that she got offered the lead role in the James Gunn and Peter Safran Xbox show Sparky & Mikaela.

During 2010, Hoover began appearing in American productions with a guest role in How I Met Your Mother. She also got a role in the James Gunn movie Super.

In 2011, she had a recurring role in the television series Happy Endings as Jackie and in 2012, she appeared in the series Anger Management.

In 2013, Hoover had roles in the American television productions Two and a Half Men and The League, followed by a role in Saint George in 2014.

Hoover continued to work with James Gunn and in 2014 she played Nova Prime's Assistant in the Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy[5] and Raziya Memarian in The Belko Experiment.

In 2017, Hoover appeared in the television series 2 Broke Girls, The Guest Book and Lucifer.

In 2020, she booked several roles in DC's The Suicide Squad,[5] Lionsgate's Guest House and Netflix's Holidate.

In 2021, she had a role in the Netflix Movie Love Hard.

Hoover has been cast as Cat Grant in the upcoming DC Studios Superman film by James Gunn.[6]

Filmography

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Film & television
Year Film Role Notes
2006 SamHas7Friends Cami TV series
2007 Frank Heather
2008 Casanovas Actress #1 TV series (Episode: "Hollywood Heartburn")
Sorority Forever Madison Westerbrook Web series (33 episodes)
Sparky & Mikaela Mikaela TV series (Episode: "Pilot")
Humanzee! Margo TV series (Episode: "Pilot")
2009 PG Porn Julie TV short (Episode: "Helpful Bus")
Lost Dream Mackenzie
2010 Team Unicorn Jenna TV series (Episode: "G33K & G4M3R Girls")
Super Holly
How I Met Your Mother Stacey TV series (Episode: "Baby Talk")
2011 2 Man 3 Way Short
Happy Endings[4] Jackie TV series (2 episodes)
Fleshlightning Madison Short
2012 Anger Management Daytona TV series (2 episodes)
2013 Two and a Half Men Morgan TV series (Episode: "Big Episode: Someone Stole a Spoon")
The League Taco's Girl TV series (Episode: "Chalupa vs. The Cutlet")
2014 Back in the Day Tifficult
Saint George Chloe TV series (Episode: "Won't Get Fooled Again")
Cuz-Bros Karissa TV film
Guardians of the Galaxy Nova Prime's Assistant
2016 The Belko Experiment Raziya Memarian
2017 2 Broke Girls Jessica TV series (Episode: "And The Baby And Other Things")
Lucifer Ester TV series (Episode: "Chloe Does Lucifer")
The Guest Book Bethany TV series (Episode: "Story Three")
2018 Blacked Out Suzy Short film
Bubble Sunday Short film
2019 Airplane Mode Claire
2020 Holidate Annie
Guest House Taylor
2021 The Suicide Squad[5] Camila
Love Hard Chelsea
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Floor the Rabbit Voice
2025 Superman Cat Grant Post-production

References

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  1. ^ "Mikaela Hoover - CraveOnline Bio". CraveOnline. CRAVEONLINE MEDIA, LLC. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "Mikaela Hoover Biography and Filmography". Hollywood.com. February 3, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Mikaela Hoover | Bellus Magazine". Bellus Magazine. May 15, 2014. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Maximus (June 9, 2014). "Mikaela Hoover | Swagger Magazine". Swagger Magazine. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c Lammers, Tim (August 26, 2021). "The Suicide Squad's Mikaela Hoover Reveals What It Was Like Working With The Star-Studded Cast - Exclusive". Looper. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  6. ^ "Mikaela Hoover & Christopher MacDonald Join 'Superman'". Deadline. June 7, 2024.
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