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Mckenna Grace
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Grace at the premiere of I, Tonya at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival
Born (2006-06-25) June 25, 2006 (age 17)
Grapevine, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Mckenna Grace (born June 25, 2006)[1] is an American teen actress. She began acting professionally at the age of 6, her earliest roles including Jasmine Bernstein in the Disney XD sitcom Crash & Bernstein (2012–2014) and Faith Newman in the soap opera The Young and the Restless (2013–2015).Template:Fact

Grace is known for her role as Penny Kirkman in the ABC/Netflix show Designated Survivor. She is also known for portraying Rose Harbenberger in the Netflix comedy series Fuller House (2016–2020), Mary Adler in the Marc Webb drama film Gifted (2017) and young Theodora Crain in the Netflix supernatural horror series The Haunting of Hill House (2018).Template:Fact She starred as Christmas Flint in the movie Troop Zero.

Life and work[]

Grace was born in Grapevine, Texas. One of her great-grandmothers was Mexican.[2] She is a vegetarian and has directed her affection for animals towards work with Farm Sanctuary and PETA, including appearing in a campaign asking people not to leave their dogs in hot cars.[3][4][5]

In 2013, Grace made her acting debut, playing Sydney in the television pilot Joe, Joe & Jane.[6] Later she recurred on the Disney XD series Crash & Bernstein.[7] She had a recurring role, as Faith Newman, on The Young and the Restless between 2013 and 2015.[8] In 2015, she had a recurring role on the CBS series CSI: Cyber.[8] Grace played the role of Daisy in the science fiction thriller Independence Day: Resurgence; the film, directed by Roland Emmerich, was released on June 24, 2016.[9] Other early film roles include the drama film Mr. Church (2016), and the comedy film How to Be a Latin Lover (2017).[10]

In 2017, Grace played a lead role in the Marc Webb drama film Gifted, starring alongside Chris Evans.[11] She gained recognition for her performance in the role, being nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.Template:Fact

Grace's career has mostly consisted of portraying the "young version" of older characters.[12] She learned ice-skating[13] to portray the younger version of Tonya Harding in the biopic I, Tonya and also played the significant role of Juliet in the horror film Amityville: The Awakening along with Bella Thorne; Franck Khalfoun directed the film.[14]

Grace starred as Emma Grossman in the horror drama film The Bad Seed (2018)

Grace starred as Judy Warren, daughter of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, in the 2019 horror film Annabelle Comes Home.[15] Also that year, she appeared in the Marvel Studios film Captain Marvel as a younger version of the titular character.Template:Fact

On November 28, 2018, Deadline Hollywood reported that Grace would appear as the younger version of Sabrina Spellman on the second season of Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.[16]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2012 R Young Riley Short film
2013 Goodbye World Hannah Palmer
2013 Suburban Gothic Zelda
2015 Russell Madness Lena
2015 Frankenstein Molly
2015 The Pearl Whale Granddaughter Short film
2016 Mr. Church Isabel “Izzy” Brooks
2016 The Angry Birds Movie Ella Bird (voice)
2016 Independence Day: Resurgence Daisy Blackwell
2017 Gifted Mary Adler
2017 How to Be a Latin Lover Arden
2017 Amityville: The Awakening Juliet Walker
2017 I, Tonya Young Tonya Harding
2018 Ready Player One Elementary School Kid
2018 The Bad Seed Emma Grossman
2019 Captain Marvel Young Carol Danvers (13 Years Old)
2019 Troop Zero Christmas Flint
2019 Annabelle Comes Home Judy Warren
2020 Scoob![17] Young Daphne Blake (voice)
2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife Phoebe Spengler Post-production
TBA Malignant Post-production

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2012–2014 Crash & Bernstein Jasmine Bernstein 15 episodes
2013 The Goodwin Games Even Younger Chloe Episode: "Hamletta"
2013 Joe, Joe & Jane Sydney Unsold pilot
2013–2014 Instant Mom Sam 2 episodes
2013–2015 The Young and the Restless Faith Newman 50 episodes
2014 Clarence Tinia (voice) Episode: "Patients"
2014 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Young Abby Fisher Episode: "Dead Woods"
2014 Clementine Lucy Television film
2014 Love Is Relative Casey Television film
2014 Gravity Falls Additional Voices Episode: "Sock Opera"
2015 K.C. Undercover Quinn Episode: "Give Me A 'K'! Give Me A 'C'!"
2015 The Vampire Diaries Young Caroline Forbes 2 episodes
2015 Genie in a Bikini Teresa Television film
2015 Dog with a Blog Jules Episode: "You're Not My Sister Anymore"
2015 Pickle and Peanut Cindy / Sugarbee (voice) 2 episodes
2015 Babysitter's Black Book Cindy Television film
2015 CSI: Cyber Michelle Mundo 3 episodes
2015–2017 Once Upon a Time Young Emma Swan 4 episodes
2016 Teachers Avery Episode: "Drunk Kiss"
2016–2018 Elena of Avalor Bella (voice) 2 episodes
2016 Bizaardvark Didi Episode: "Pretty-Con"
2016 Marvel's Most Wanted Zoe Abel Unaired pilot[18]
2016–2017 The Lion Guard Kambuni (voice) 2 episodes
2016–2020 Fuller House Rose Harbenberger 8 episodes
2016–2019 Designated Survivor Penny Kirkman 21 episodes
2017–2019 Mickey and the Roadster Racers Bitsy Beagleberg (voice) 5 episodes
2018 The Bad Seed Emma Grossman Television film
2018 The Haunting of Hill House Young Theodora Crain 7 episodes
2018 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Young Sabrina Spellman Episode: "A Midwinter's Tale"
2018–2020 Young Sheldon Paige 4 episodes

Music videos[]

Year Title Artist Notes
2020 "Queen of Broken Hearts" Blackbear Lead

Accolades[]

Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
2017 Women Film Critics Circle Best Young Actress Gifted Nominated Template:CN
2017 Hollywood Film Awards Ensemble of the Year I, Tonya Won Template:CN
2018 Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Youth Performer Gifted Nominated Template:CN
2018 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Performer Gifted Nominated Template:CN

References[]

  1. Osmanski, Stephanie (June 25, 2015). "10 TV Shows You Had No Idea Mckenna Grace Was In". M Magazine. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  2. "Mckenna Grace on Instagram: "‪Happy Cinco de Mayo 🇲🇽We try to keep this page mostly business related, but wanted to post this picture of Mckenna and her great great…"". Instagram.
  3. "Mckenna for PETAKids," MckennaGrace.com, accessed November 16, 2017.
  4. "Make This Thanksgiving Memorable," Farm Sanctuary, accessed November 16, 2017.
  5. "Mckenna Grace: A Gift to Animals". PETAkids.com. Retrieved on 2017-11-16 from https://www.petakids.com/spotlight/mckenna-grace-gift-animals/.
  6. Goldberg, Lesley (January 18, 2013). "TV Pilots 2013: The Complete Guide to What Lives, Dies and Still Has a Pulse". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  7. "HBD: 10 TV Shows You Had No Idea Mckenna Grace Was In," M Magazine, June 25, 2015.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Lewis, Errol (December 4, 2014). "Mckenna Grace Returning To 'Y&R' As Faith Newman". SoapOperaNetwork.com. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  9. Sneider, Jeff (May 13, 2015). "'Independence Day 2' Recruits 'Young and the Restless' Actress Mckenna Grace (Exclusive)". TheWrap.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  10. Busch, Anita (September 8, 2015). "Octavia Spencer & 9-Year-Old Mckenna Grace Join Marc Webb's 'Gifted'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  11. "'Gifted' Unites Chris Evans with a New Young Leading Lady," Associated Press, April 3, 2017.
  12. "Meet Mckenna Grace, She's the "Young" Version of Your Favorite Actress". E Online. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  13. "ABOUT MCKENNA". Mckennagrace.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  14. "'Amityville' Haunts Daughter (Exclusive)". Bloody-Disgusting.com. April 3, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  15. "Mckenna Grace to star in 'Annabelle 3'". The Hindu. Los Angeles. PTI. October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  16. {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-mckenna-grace-alexis-denisof-jedidiah-goodacre-netflix-1202510075/%7Ctitle=‘Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina’: Mckenna Grace To Guest Star, Alexis Denisof & Jedidiah Goodacre Set For Recurring Roles|last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray|date=December 28, 2018|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=2018-11-29}
  17. 'Captain Marvel', 'Young Sheldon' Stars Join Animated Scooby-Doo Movie (Exclusive) The Hollywood Reporter, May 13, 2019
  18. "Marvel's Most Wanted". MckennaGrace.com. May 3, 2016. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.

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