Mikaela Hoover

Mikaela Hoover (born July 12, 1984) is an American actress. She frequently collaborates with the director James Gunn, appearing in his films Super, Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), The Suicide Squad (2021), and Superman (2025). She voices and does the face capture for Tony Tony Chopper in the second season of Netflix's live-action One Piece adaptation.

Early life Mikaela was born to Frank and Nancy Hoover on July 12, 1984, in Colbert, Washington. Her father is of Italian and German descent and her mother is Iranian-American.

Career Hoover made her acting debut in 2007 with a role in the independent film Frank. She later booked a leading part in the web series Sorority Forever (2008). Around the same time, she auditioned for director James Gunn and appeared in his project Humanzee! (2008). This led to her being cast in the lead role of the Gunn and Peter Safran–produced Xbox series Sparky & Mikaela.

In 2010, Hoover began appearing in American television productions, including a guest role on How I Met Your Mother. That same year, she played a supporting role in Gunn's dark comedy film Super (2010). and in 2012 she appeared in an episode of Anger Management. In 2013, she guest-starred in Two and a Half Men and The League, followed by an appearance on Saint George in 2014. She later played Raziya Memarian in The Belko Experiment (2016), produced by Gunn. She returned to feature films with supporting appearances in The Suicide Squad (2021) and the comedy Guest House (2020). That same year, she was part of the main cast of the Netflix romantic comedy Holidate.

Hoover was later cast as Cat Grant in James Gunn's Superman for DC Studios.

In 2025, it was announced that she had joined the main cast for the second season of Netflix's series One Piece, providing the voice of Tony Tony Chopper. The season aired in 2026.

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