Sydney Mikayla

Sydney Mikayla Shepherd (born February 1, 2003), known professionally as Sydney Mikayla, is an American actress. In 2014, Mikayla portrayed Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas in the Lifetime biopic for which she won a Young Artist Award. From 2019 to 2022, Mikayla was a cast member in the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital, in the role of Trina Robinson. She also voices the role of Wolf in the Netflix animated series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts.

Early life and education Sydney Mikayla Shepherd was born on February 1, 2003, the daughter of Sonya Shepherd and Derek Shepherd. There, she studied under veteran actress Wendy Raquel Robinson. Mikayla also began dancing at Debbie Allen's Dance Academy. Before she booked General Hospital, Mikayla attended a public performing arts high school. Mikayla would win the Young Artist Award for her portrayal of Douglas in 2014. She was offered a contract with the series a few months after her debut in February 2019. On March 4, 2022, Soap Opera Digest announced she would vacate the role on March 17 and the character had been recast. Executive producer Frank Valentini and Mikayla informed the magazine of the actress' decision to focus on school full-time.

Mikayla has also found success as a voice actor with having voiced characters in episodes of the animated series, The Loud House and We Bare Bears.

In 2024, she voiced Andy, the protagonist of Invincible Fight Girl.

Filmography + Television and film roles Year Title Role Notes 2011 Parenthood Theater Kid #4 Episode: "Opening Night" Hawthorne Young Christina Episode: "Price of Admission" Community Children's Choir Member Episode: "Regional Holiday Music" Little in Common Nicole Burleson Television film 2012 Hot in Cleveland Little Girl Episode: "I'm with the Band" A Beautiful Soul Daughter Film 2013 Whitney Maggie Episode: "Space Invaders" 2014 The Gabby Douglas Story Gabby Television film Instant Mom Girl Episode: "Popular Mechanics" 2015 Criminal Minds Maggie Crewsick Episode: "Pariahville" Boys in Blue Zoe Television film 2016 Teachers Josie Episode: "Pilot" Game Shakers Shelby Episode: "Revenge @ Tech Fest" The Loud House Joy Recurring role; 2 episodes School of Rock Olive Recurring role; 7 episodes 2018 Speechless Track Team Member Episode: "D-I-- DIMEO A-C-- ACADEMY" We Bare Bears Kit Episode: "Baby Bears Can't Jump" Fuller House Ashlyn Episode: "Ghosted" 2019–2022 General Hospital Trina Robinson Regular role 2019 Craig of the Creek Maya Recurring role; 13 episodes 2020 Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Wolf Main role 2021 The Barbarian and the Troll Olivia Episode: "Brendar the Barbarian" 2022 Transformers: EarthSpark Robby Malto Main role 2023 Dew Drop Diaries Phoebe Rose Main role Hailey's On It! Lucy Recurring role Fright Krewe Soleil Main role 2024 Invincible Fight Girl Andy Smith Main role 2016 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in Live Theater Pino, A Pinocchio Story 2017 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV commercial – Young Actor/Actress Best Buy Best Performance in a TV series – Guest Starring Teen Actress Game Shakers 2021 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series General Hospital 2022 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series