Mika Sue Boorem (born August 18, 1987) is an American actress and filmmaker. She began her career as a child actress, appearing on television in small guest roles on
Touched by an Angel and
Ally McBeal, before earning critical acclaim for her performance in The Education of Little Tree (1997). After being cast in supporting roles in
Jack Frost and
Mighty Joe Young (both 1998), Boorem had a lead role in the drama
Hearts in Atlantis (2001), opposite Anton Yelchin and Anthony Hopkins, which garnered her further critical acclaim. Boorem also had prominent supporting roles in the war drama
The Patriot (2000) and the thriller
Along Came a Spider (2001). She went on to star in numerous teen films in the early-to-mid 2000s, ...
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