Libe Barer

Her film work includes roles in the horror films I See You (2019) and Slapface (2021), the indie drama Disfluency (2021), the romantic comedy Beautiful Disaster (2023), and its sequel Beautiful Wedding (2024). In animation, Barer has voiced numerous characters including Sage in Disney's Star Darlings (2015-2016), Violet Sabrewing in DuckTales (2019-2021), Jen in Rugrats (2021-2023), and Casey Calderón in Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023-2025). For her performance in the latter, Barer was nominated for the Imagen Award for Best Voice-Over Actor. Her younger sister is actress Ariela Barer.

• Name — Libe Barer • Birth Name — Libe Alexandra Barer • Born — 19 December 1991 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Relatives — Ariela Barer (sister) • Occupation — Actress • Alma Mater — Los Angeles County High School for the Arts • Education — University of California, Los Angeles (B.A.) • Years Active — 2007–present

Barer was born on December 19, 1991 in Los Angeles, California to Mexican-born Jewish parents. Her father is a pianist and classical composer, while her mother is a visual artist and writer who previously worked for a comedy radio program in Mexico. Her younger sister is actress and filmmaker Ariela Barer. Barer attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she received a Moondance Film Festival Award for her student screenplay On Top of the World. She later matriculated to the University of California, Los Angeles, earning a B.A. from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Barer began her career as a child actor in 2007, appearing as a guest star on the Nickelodeon sitcom Unfabulous. Later that year she played the recurring role of Tareen on season one of iCarly, also on Nickelodeon. In 2010, she appeared as Fatima Vences in the pilot episode of the ABC legal drama The Whole Truth. In 2014 she had guest role as teen patient Monica McKeever on season 11 of the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. She later appeared in a recurring role on seasons 5 and 6 of the NBC family drama series Parenthood as the teenage daughter of Tina Holmes character.

In addition to her work on screen, Barer is also a prolific voice actress. From 2015-2016 she voiced Sage in the Disney animated series Star Darlings. From 2019 to 2021 she voiced the recurring character Violet Sabrewing on the reboot of the Disney animated series Ducktales. From 2021-2023 she voiced the recurring character of Jen Z in the reboot of the Nickelodeon animated series Rugrats. From 2023-2025 Barer voiced the character Casey Calderón on the Marvel animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, which aired on Disney+. For her work on the series Barer was nominated for the Imagen Award for Best Voice-Over Actor. Since 2024 Barer has voiced the character Seven in the English dub of the anime series Beastars on Netflix.

Barer lives in New York City. She identifies as Latina and Jewish.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. • 2007 — Unfabulous — Marie — Episode: "The New Best Friend" • 2007–2008 — iCarly — Tareen — 2 episodes • 2010 — The Whole Truth — Fatima Vences — Episode: "Pilot" • 2014 — Grey's Anatomy — Monica McKeever — Episode: "I Must Have Lost It On My Wind" • 2014–2015 — Parenthood — Kiara — 5 episodes • 2015–2019 — Sneaky Pete — Carly Bowman — Main role, 30 episodes • 2015–2016 — Star Darlings — Sage (voice) — Main role, 13 episodes • 2016 — Colony — Pia — 3 episodes • 2016–2019 — Those Who Can't — Beth — 6 episodes • 2019–2021 — DuckTales — Violet Sabrewing (voice) — 8 episodes • 2021–2023 — Rugrats — Jen (voice) — 2 episodes • 2023–2025 — Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — Casey Calderón (voice) — Main role, 40 episodes • 2024–present — Beastars — Seven (voice) — 2 episodes • 2025 — Wildemount Wildlings — Jessep Nimblethorp — 3 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Playwright — Venue — Ref. • 2019 — Here I Lie — Maris — Courtney Baron — 59E59 Theaters, Off-Broadway • 2025 — The American Dream — Corina — Juan Ramirez Jr. — Urban Stages, Off-Broadway

Libe Barer is recorded at birth as Libe Alexandra Barer. Recorded as actress and film director.

In 2015 Barer was cast as a series regular on the Amazon Prime Video original series Sneaky Pete. The series received critical acclaim and ran for three seasons, concluding its run in 2019. In 2016 Barer had a recurring arc as high-school student Pia on season one of the USA science fiction series Colony. That same year, she began portraying teacher Beth on the truTV sitcom Those Who Can't, which ran for three seasons until 2019. Later that year Barer made her feature film debut opposite Helen Hunt and Jon Tenney in the horror films I See You. The film premiered at the SXSW Film Festival to generally positive reviews from critics. In 2021 Barer starred in the independent feature film Disfluency, a coming-of-age drama about sexual assault. The film was well received on the festival circuit with Barer winning Best Actress prizes at the Newport Beach Film Festival and Film Club's The Lost Weekend. Additionally, she was nominated in the Best Actress category by the Indiana Film Journalists Association. Clint Worthington, in a review for RogerEbert.com noted "Barer’s a beautifully brittle nerve effortlessly captures the anxiety that comes from not just facing the trauma of what’s happened to you, but questioning whether it even happened the way you remember." Later that same year Barer starred in the horror film Slapface. The film premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival where it won the Audience Award and received distribution through Shudder. Slapface received critical praise and currently holds a score 91% "Fresh" on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. In 2022 Barer was a featured vocalist in Baz Luhrmann's music biopic Elvis. The following year she co-starred as America Mason in Roger Kumble's romantic-comedy Beautiful Disaster, based on the Jamie McGuire novel of the same name. She would later reprise her role in the 2024 sequel Beautiful Wedding.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. • 2019 — I See You — Mindy • 2019 — The Lost Weekend — Penelope — Short film • 2021 — Disfluency — Jane • Slapface — Anna • 2022 — Elvis — Singer • 2023 — Among the Beasts — Lola • Beautiful Disaster — America Mason • 2024 — Beautiful Wedding