Sydney Mikayla facts for kids

Sydney Mikayla Shepherd (born February 1, 2003), known as Sydney Mikayla, is an American actress. She is famous for playing Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas in a 2014 movie. For this role, she won an award. From 2019 to 2022, Sydney was on the TV show General Hospital as Trina Robinson. She also uses her voice for the character Wolf in the Netflix cartoon series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts.

About Sydney's Early Life and School

Sydney Mikayla Shepherd was born on February 1, 2003. Her parents are Sonya and Derek Shepherd. Sonya is also an actress who has worked in theater, TV, and movies.

Even though her mom was an actress, Sonya did not push Sydney into acting. She supported Sydney's choice to become an actress. When Sydney was 5, her mom signed her up for acting classes. She also started dancing at Debbie Allen's Dance Academy.

Before she got the role on General Hospital, Sydney went to a public high school for performing arts. In 2019, she started learning at home. This helped her work on her acting schedule. Sydney is an only child, but she has a dog named Champ.

Sydney was accepted into 14 different colleges! She chose to go to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She started college in the fall of 2021.

Sydney's Acting Career

Sydney's first acting jobs were small parts. She appeared in an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba!, her favorite childhood show. She also had a role in the TV show Days of Our Lives.

In 2011, Sydney got her first official role in a TV movie called Little in Common. After that, she appeared in many TV shows. These included Parenthood, Hawthorne, and Community.

In 2013, Sydney was chosen to play a young Gabby Douglas. This was for a TV movie about the famous gymnast. Sydney won a Young Artist Award in 2014 for her amazing performance.

After the success of The Gabby Douglas Story, Sydney continued acting. She appeared in shows like Instant Mom, Teachers, and Fuller House. Sydney shared that it was sometimes hard to get roles because she was tall for her age.

In late 2018, Sydney joined the cast of General Hospital. She played the character Trina Robinson. A few months later, in February 2019, she was offered a contract to be a regular on the show.

In October 2021, it was announced that Sydney would appear less often on the show. This was so she could focus on college. The show agreed to work around her school schedule. On March 4, 2022, it was shared that Sydney would leave the role on March 17. She decided to focus on school full-time.

Sydney has also done a lot of voice acting. She has voiced characters in cartoon shows like The Loud House and We Bare Bears. In 2018, she voiced the main character Wolf in the Netflix series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts.

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

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Awards and Nominations