Isabela Yolanda Moner (born July 10, 2001 in Cleveland, Ohio), known professionally as Isabela Merced post-2019, is an American actor and singer of Peruvian descent.
She got her start with Nickelodeon, playing CJ Martin in 100 Things to Do Before High School, and went on to star in a number of television, and later, feature films.
Filmography: note
Film
- Splitting Adam (2015) as Lori Collins
- Legends of the Hidden Temple (2016) as Sadie
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) as Izabella
- The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017) as Heather (voice)
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) as Isabel Reyes
- Instant Family (2018) as Lizzy
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) as Dora Marquez
- Let It Snow (2019) as Julie Reyes
- Spirit Untamed (2021) as Fortuna "Lucky" Prescott (voice)
- Sweet Girl (2021)
- Father of the Bride (2022) as Cora Herrera
- Rosaline (2022) as Juliet Capulet
- Migration (2023) as Kim
- Madame Web as Anya Corazon
- Alien: Romulus (2024)
- Superman (2025) as Hawkgirl
Television
- Growing Up Fisher (2014) as Jenny
- 100 Things to Do Before High School (2014-2016) as CJ Martin
- Dora and Friends: Into the City! (2014-2017) as Kate (voice)
- Maya and the Three (2021) as Widow Queen (voice)
- The Last of Us (2023) as Dina
- Rock, Paper, Scissors (2024) as The Susan
Video Games
- Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover (2017) as Master Ava (voice)
Discography:
- Stopping Time (2015)
- the better half of me (EP) (2020)
Merced and her works provide examples of:
- The Cast Show Off: She gets to show off her singing chops during the Dance Party Ending of The Lost City Of Gold, and with the song “I'll Stay“ heard during the Credits Montage (with periodic clips of her singing while recording it) of Instant Family.
- The Danza: Izabella in The Last Knight and Isabel in Sicario. Lizzy in Instant Family can count as well, but it's a Downplayed Trope.
- Stage Name: Downplayed. After having gone by her full legal name professionally since starting out as a child actor, she changed her professional surname from Moner to Merced in 2019, in honor of her maternal grandmother (whom she had never met).
