Isabela Moner, born July 10, 2001, is an American actress and singer. The artist, better known on the screen as Isabela Merced, plays the character of CJ Martin in Nickelodeon's youth series 100 Things to Do Before High School, while in the world of cinema she plays Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Instant Family (2018) and She played the roles of Izabella, Lizzy and Isabel in projects such as Sicario 2: Soldado (2018).
In 2019, she reached a large audience with the movie Dora and the Lost City of Gold, in which she played the character of Dora; She also provided the voice of Kate in Nickelodeon's animated series Dora and Friends in the City between 2014 and 2017.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Merced is the daughter of Katherine, born in Lima, Peru, and Patrick Moner, born in Louisiana. The artist, whose native language is Spanish, said that he had difficulty with English when he started primary school and that he saw himself more as a Peruvian person. Merced, who was accepted to university at the age of 15, started performing in local theater groups at the age of 6 and was inspired by the films of Shirley Temple and Judy Garland.
The young talent, who performed "Evita" in Spanish with Ricky Martin at the age of ten, released her album Stopping Time from Broadway Records in September 2015.
After her first leading role in the Nickelodeon series as CJ Martin, Merced's career continued with the roles of Lori Collins in 2015's Splitting Adam and Sadie in 2016's Legends of the Hidden Temple. The movie Transformers: The Last Knight, which she started shooting in May 2016, was released in June 2017, and in August of the same year, she voiced the character of Heather in the animated movie Fฤฑndฤฑk ฤฐลi 2.
In 2018, she played the daughter of a drug cartel in the movie Sicario 2: Soldado and wrote and sang the song "I'll Stay" while playing the adopted child Lizzy in Instant Family. In 2019, she took the lead role in the live action adaptation with the character of Dora, and in the same year, she took part in the productions "Aลk Baharฤฑ Beklemez" and Netflix's Tatlฤฑ Kฤฑzฤฑ (Sweet Girl).
The artist, who announced that she changed her stage name to Isabela Merced on Instagram on October 14, 2019, explained that this change was not an official name change, but had a deeper meaning; His first single, "Papi", was released on October 25.
Isabela Yolanda Moner, stage name Isabela Merced, was born on July 10, 2001 in Cleveland, Ohio. Merced, who grew up in a bilingual environment as the daughter of a Peruvian mother and an American father, has shown a great interest in both acting and music from an early age. Merced, who started to display his stage talent at an early age, made an impressive start to his professional career by taking part in the Broadway musical Evita when he was only 10 years old.
He became widely known for his leading role as CJ Martin in the TV series 100 Things to Do Before High School (2014-2016), which aired on Nickelodeon. This series helped her gain popularity among young viewers and attract the attention of Hollywood. Merced, who stepped into the world of cinema after his success in television, had the opportunity to prove his talent in projects of different genres in a short time.
One of the first important steps in her cinema career was the role of Izabella in the movie Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), directed by Michael Bay. Then, he showed his dramatic side with his tense performance in the movie Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), and he showed that he successfully struck the balance between comedy and drama with his role in the movie Instant Family (2018).
She strengthened her leading talent by portraying the iconic cartoon character Dora in the movie Dora and the Lost City of Gold, which was released in 2019, and received widespread praise. In the same year, he also starred in the Netflix movie Aลk Baharฤฑ Beklemez (Let It Snow).
In 2019, she decided to change her stage name from Isabela Moner to Isabela Merced in memory of her deceased Peruvian grandmother. Merced, who continued her career without slowing down after this period, appeared in films such as the action-thriller Sweet Girl (2021), in which she shared the leading role with Jason Momoa, and Rosaline (2022), which brings a modern interpretation to Shakespeare's classic work.
In 2024, she played the character of Anya Corazon in Sony's Madame Web movie, which is included in the Spider-Man Universe.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 38 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) โ Self - Guest
- The Last of Us (2023) โ Dina
- Peacemaker (2022) โ Hawkgirl
- Superman (2025) โ Hawkgirl
- Rock, Paper, Scissors (2024) โ The Susan (voice)
- Alien: Romulus (2024) โ Kay
- Migration of Ducks (2023) โ Kim (voice)
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) โ Izabella
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) โ Isabel Reyes
- Madame Web (2024) โ Anya Corazรณn
- Quick Family (2018) โ Elizabeth โLizzyโ Viara
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
