Global InformationList of Mckenna Grace performances information
Mckenna Grace is an American actress who has appeared in films, television series, video games, and narrative podcasts. A 2022 Yahoo! Entertainment article referred to her as "one of the most successful and prolific child actors of her generation", with over 70 credits by that point.[1] Having wanted to act since age four,[2] Grace secured her first part in a commercial at five years old.[3] She made her onscreen debut in Disney XD's sitcom Crash & Bernstein (2012–2014),[4][5] while she had her first film role in Goodbye World (2013). She subsequently appeared in several films and television shows, including The Young and the Restless (2013–2015), The Vampire Diaries (2015), Mr. Church (2016), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Designated Survivor (2016–2019), and Fuller House (2016–2020).
In 2017, Grace garnered global recognition for her role as an intellectually gifted seven-year-old in the drama film Gifted,[6][7] for which she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Young Performer.[8] She also appeared in the 2017 films How to Be a Latin Lover, Amityville: The Awakening, and I, Tonya. The following year, Grace portrayed a murderous girl in The Bad Seed, a psychic middle child in The Haunting of Hill House, the younger version of the titular character in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and a child prodigy in Young Sheldon. She played the lattermost role until 2023. Grace appeared in three films released in 2019. Her first was Captain Marvel, in which she portrayed a 13-year-old version of the titular character. She also led the comedy-drama Troop Zero and the supernatural horror Annabelle Comes Home. Grace subsequently had voice roles in Scoob! (2020) and Spirit Untamed (2021).
Grace portrayed an intelligent teenager who has been abused and raped in the Hulu dystopian show The Handmaid's Tale (2021–2022), and a rebellious first-year student in an episode of the Disney+ horror comedy Just Beyond (2021). For the former, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.[9] Grace starred in the Ghostbusters sequels Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024). In 2022, she wrote, executive produced, and starred in a sequel to The Bad Seed and portrayed Jan Broberg in Peacock's true crime miniseries A Friend of the Family. The following year, she appeared in the science fiction adventure film Crater (2023). Aside from acting, Grace has written and performed her own music, including 2 extended plays and 14 singles. She also directs and stars in her music videos.
- ^ Polowy, Kevin (October 7, 2022). "Why McKenna Grace Is 'Honored' to Play Younger Versions of Actress Like Margot Robbie, Brie Larson in Movies". Yahoo! Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 20, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
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Levinewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Topel, Fred (September 5, 2022). "Mckenna Grace: Bad Seed Character Still 'Totally Evil'". United Press International. Archived from the original on September 7, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ^ Sneider, Jeff (May 13, 2015). "Independence Day 2 Recruits Young and the Restless Actress Mckenna Grace (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ^ Roeper, Richard (April 5, 2017). "Young Math Whiz Gets a Lesson in Division in Gripping Gifted". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ Tilakarante, Wishka (February 22, 2023). "12 Child Actors Who Are Going to Be the Best in Hollywood One Day". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on June 20, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ^ Kilday, Gregg (December 6, 2017). "Critics' Choice Awards: The Shape of Water Leads with 14 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ Stewart, Matthew (August 31, 2022). "10 Youngest Emmy Nominees for Best Drama Guest Actress". GoldDerby. Archived from the original on January 17, 2023. Retrieved June 28, 2023.