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Miya Cech

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Marshmallow (2025)
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American actress, Miya Cech was raised in Northern California with her 3 siblings. Print modeling as a toddler led to an interest in television and film and she landed her first guest star role at age 8 playing Young Kono Kalakaua (Actress Grace Park's character) on the hit CBS series, Hawaii Five-0. In 2018, she starred alongside Amandla Stenberg and Harris Dickinson as fan favorite, "Zu" in Fox's "The Darkest Minds", a film adaptation of the #1 New York Times Best Selling book series of the same title, written by Alexandra Bracken. Since then, Miya has had recurring roles on hit shows such as "American Horror Story" and "American Housewife", where she played Ali Wong's Doris' precocious youngest daughter, Marigold. In 2019, she starred in two of Netflix's most popular original films, as Young Sasha in "Always Be My Maybe" and as "Zhen Zhen" in "Rim of the World", directed by McG. In addition, Miya has led several popular kids/teens series, as Akiko Yamato in Nickelodeon's re-imagined "Are You Afraid of the Dark" in 2019 and in Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment's "The Astronauts" in 2020 as the lead character, Samy Sawyer-Wei. An Asian American adoptee, Miya is very passionate about representation and telling authentic stories through her work. She also enjoys art, cooking and gardening in her free time.
BornMarch 4, 2007
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    Known for

    Skylan Brooks, Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, and Miya Cech in The Darkest Minds (2018)
    The Darkest Minds
    5.7
    • Zu
    • 2018
    Benjamin Flores Jr., Jack Gore, Miya Cech, and Alessio Scalzotto in Rim of the World (2019)
    Rim of the World
    5.3
    • ZhenZhen
    • 2019
    Randall Park and Ali Wong in Always Be My Maybe (2019)
    Always Be My Maybe
    6.7
    • 12 Year Old Sasha
    • 2019
    Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Samantha Lorraine, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, and Dylan Hoffman in You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)
    You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
    5.9
    • Kym Chang Cohen
    • 2023

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    • Avatar: The Last Airbender
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2024



    • Marshmallow (2025)
      Marshmallow
      5.8
      • May
      • 2025
    • Brittany Ishibashi, Rena Sofer, Marquita Terry, and Kate French in Vespertine (2025)
      Vespertine
      Short
      • Teen V
      • 2025
    • Tim Allen in The Santa Clauses (2022)
      The Santa Clauses
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Doc Martin
      • 2022–2023
    • Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Samantha Lorraine, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, and Dylan Hoffman in You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)
      You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
      5.9
      • Kym Chang Cohen
      • 2023
    • American Girl: Corinne Tan (2023)
      American Girl: Corinne Tan
      7.2
      • Corinne Tan
      • 2023
    • Ken Jeong, Jae Suh Park, Jean Shim, Emerson Min, and Miya Cech in A Great Divide (2023)
      A Great Divide
      5.7
      • Ellie Licht
      • 2023
    • Steven Yeun and Ali Wong in Beef (2023)
      Beef
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Teenage Amy
      • 2023
    • Young Rock (2021)
      Young Rock
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Bad Cindy
      • 2023
    • Surfside Girls (2022)
      Surfside Girls
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Jade
      • 2022
    • Dana Lee, Ally Maki, Hayden Szeto, and Peter S. Kim in Dealing with Dad (2022)
      Dealing with Dad
      6.2
      • Young Margaret
      • 2022
    • Marvelous and the Black Hole (2021)
      Marvelous and the Black Hole
      6.2
      • Sammy
      • 2021
    • Keith L. Williams, Miya Cech, Bryce Gheisar, Ben Daon, and Kayden Grace Swan in The Astronauts (2020)
      The Astronauts
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Samantha 'Samy' Sawyer-Wei
      • 2020–2021
    • Conor Sherry, Chance Hurstfield, Dior Goodjohn, Luca Padovan, Camila Issa, and Telci Huynh in Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019)
      Are You Afraid of the Dark?
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Akiko Yamato
      • 2019
    • ¡Viva la Revolución! (2019)
      ¡Viva la Revolución!
      7.2
      Short
      • Doll
      • 2019
    • Randall Park and Ali Wong in Always Be My Maybe (2019)
      Always Be My Maybe
      6.7
      • 12 Year Old Sasha
      • 2019

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      • 4′ 11″ (1.50 m)
    • Born
      • March 4, 2007
      • Tokyo, Japan
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