Mika Boorem
Biography
Mika Boorem is an American actress who started as a child performer and later moved into directing. Born in Tucson, Arizona, she acted in local theater before moving to Los Angeles. After early television guest spots on Touched by an Angel and Ally McBeal, she earned critical acclaim for The Education of Little Tree (1997) and a Young Artist Award nomination. She then appeared in Jack Frost (1998) and Mighty Joe Young (1998), and had a lead in Hearts in Atlantis (2001) with Anton Yelchin and Anthony Hopkins. She also appeared in The Patriot (2000), Along Came a Spider (2001), Blue Crush (2002), and Sleepover (2004). She was a recurring guest star on Dawson's Creek from 2002 to 2003, which brought a Teen Choice Award nomination, and later took a central role in John Carpenter's The Ward (2010). Boorem made her feature directing debut with Hollywood.Con (2021).
39years old
Turns 40 on August 18in 281 days
- Born Tucson
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Mika Sue Boorem
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 18 years1998 to 2016
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Behind the camera
Mika Boorem's first time directing a feature film came with Hollywood.Con in 2021. The action-adventure comedy, set in Guatemala, featured Tom Arnold, Paige Howard, Devin Ratray, Brian Krause and Cody Kasch, plus Boorem.
Behind the camera
Boorem directed the short film Love Thy Neighbor in 2015. At the Hang Onto Your Shorts film festival in New Jersey, the movie won her a Best Director award.
First role
Boorem's first televised role came in 1996 as a guest on Touched by an Angel, after she appeared as herself in a 1995 direct-to-video Disney Sing-Along Songs release called Beach Party at Walt Disney World.
Mika Boorem movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Anton Yelchin's page
Will Rothhaar's page
Box office
What Mika Boorem's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$512 million
11 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 11 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$215M42.1% of the total
- 2$105M20.6% of the total
- 3$52M10.1% of the total
- 4$36M7.0% of the total
- 5$35M6.8% of the total
- 6$28M5.4% of the total
- 7$24M4.7% of the total
- 8$10M2.0% of the total
$7.1 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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