![]() In 2015, she appeared as Lori Collins in the Nickelodeon Original Movie Splitting Adam, and was cast as Sadie, one of the leading roles, in the 2016 Nickelodeon Original Movie Legends of the Hidden Temple. That same year, she began providing the voice of Kate, one of the main characters in the Dora the Explorer spinoff, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, a role she performed from 2014 to 2017. Merced's first starring performance was as CJ Martin, the lead role on the Nickelodeon television series 100 Things to Do Before High School, from 2014 to 2016. She released an album produced by Broadway Records in September 2015, entitled Stopping Time. Merced made her Broadway debut at age ten in a production of Evita, in which she sang in Spanish with Ricky Martin. Merced has said that she wanted to be an actress from a very young age, inspired by movies featuring Shirley Temple and Judy Garland and starting in local community theatre at age six. A local theatre director urged the family to relocate to New York City, which they did, to help her pursue a career on Broadway. Merced was a Judy Garland fan, so her parents, wanting to distract her from the loss, asked her if she wanted to audition for a local production of The Wizard of Oz. Merced began acting after her family's Cleveland home was destroyed by a fire. At age 15, she was accepted into college. ![]() Merced has stated that Spanish was her first language, and she struggled with English when she first started grade school, adding that she considers herself more Peruvian than American. She is the daughter of Katherine, who was born in Lima, Peru, and Patrick Moner, who was born in Louisiana. In film, she has played Izabella in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Lizzy in Instant Family (2018), Isabel in Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), the titular character in Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019), and Rachel Cooper in the Netflix film Sweet Girl (2021). She played the lead role of CJ Martin on the Nickelodeon television series 100 Things to Do Before High School (2014–2016) and voiced Kate in Nickelodeon's animated spinoff series Dora and Friends: Into the City! (2014–2017). ![]() Isabela Yolanda Moner (born J), known professionally as Isabela Merced since 2019, is an American actress and singer. ![]()
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