Mika Boorem

Born: August 18 1987
Where: Tucson, Arizona, USA

Her breakthrough performance came as Mel Gibson's daughter in The Patriot.

She was nominated for the Hollywood Reporter's Young Star Award after roles in Jack Frost and The Education of Little Tree.

TV credits include Ally McBeal and numerous episodes of Touched by an Angel.

Early film appearances include A Memory in My Heart and Mighty Joe Young, when she played a young Charlize Theron.

Notable parts followed opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis and as a young Drew Barrymore in Riding in Cars With Boys.

She also played the wayward sister of Kate Bosworth in the amiable surf movie Blue Crush.

Upcoming projects include Carolina, with Julia Stiles and Shirley MacLaine.