My Take
Isabela Merced is one of those rare performers who makes you feel like she was born doing this — and honestly, she kind of was. Growing up in Cleveland and landing a Nickelodeon lead at thirteen with 100 Things to Do Before High School, she built real chops long before most kids her age knew what they wanted to do with their lives. Then she turned around and held her own alongside Mark Wahlberg in Transformers: The Last Knight and delivered a quietly devastating supporting turn in Sicario: Day of the Soldado — two wildly different films, same steady presence. The name change to Merced in 2019 felt like a statement of ownership, and her run since then — Dora and the Lost City of Gold as a lead, Sweet Girl with Jason Momoa — keeps proving she's not coasting on early-career goodwill. She sings too, and it doesn't feel like a side hustle. I genuinely can't wait to see what she does with a meatier dramatic role now that she's in her twenties.
Overview
Isabela Yolanda Moner (born July 10, 2001), known professionally as Isabela Merced since 2019, is an American actress and singer. She played the lead role in the Nickelodeon television series 100 Things to Do Before High School (2014–2016), and went on to feature in the films Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Instant Family (2018), and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Isabela Merced
- Name (Japanese)
- イザベラ・モナー
- Reading
- いざべら・もなー
- Born
- July 10, 2001 (age 24)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Snake
- Origin
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / singer / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Dora and the Lost City of Gold | — | |
| Notable work | Sweet Girl | — |
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.