• Mikayla Sofia Abdalla (born 13 May 2000) is an American actress who rose to fame playing Mckeyla McAlister in the Netflix STEM series Project Mc² (2015–2017), a show aimed at promoting science education among young girls.
  • Starting her acting career at age eight on Barney & Friends, she balanced an 11-hour daily set schedule with high school, later earning a philosophy degree from UCLA after a difficult career slump in her late teens.
  • She returned to prominence with roles in the Hulu comedy Sex Appeal (2022) and the coming-of-age film Snack Shack (2024), before achieving her biggest breakthrough in 2026.
  • In 2026, she starred as Allie Hayes in the Amazon Prime series Off Campus, which drew 36 million viewers in its first 12 days (the third-highest launch in Prime Video history) and was quickly renewed for a second season.
  • A first-generation American of Bulgarian, Lebanese, Greek, Italian, and German descent, Abdalla grew up competing in ballroom dancing and equestrian sports, and is now engaged to her Sex Appeal co-star Jake Short.