Quick Facts
Born:
2006-06-25
Birthplace:
Grapevine, Texas, USA
Credits:
85 Total Roles
Mckenna Grace
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Biography
Mckenna Grace (born June 25, 2006) is an American actress and singer. Born in Grapevine, Texas, she began acting professionally at age five and relocated to Los Angeles, California, as a child. Her earliest roles included 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). After several small roles, she starred as a child prodigy in Gifted (2017), a breakthrough for which she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.
Grace subsequently appeared in the films I, Tonya (2017), Troop Zero (2019), and Captain Marvel (2019). During this time, she appeared in several horror projects, including The Bad Seed (2018), The Haunting of Hill House (2018), and Annabelle Comes Home (2019). For playing the abused teenager Esther Keyes in The Handmaid's Tale (2021–2022), Grace was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, making her the first child recognized for a guest acting Emmy. She appeared in the supernatural comedy films Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) as Phoebe Spengler, receiving critical praise and a Critics' Choice Super Award nomination. In 2022, Grace wrote, executive produced, and starred in The Bad Seed Returns, and portrayed Jan Broberg in A Friend of the Family.
After signing with Photo Finish Records in 2020, Grace released her debut single, "Haunted House", in 2021, as part of the Ghostbusters: Afterlife soundtrack. She released two extended plays in 2023: Bittersweet 16 and Autumn Leaves, which explored pop rock and folk sounds, respectively.
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Grace subsequently appeared in the films I, Tonya (2017), Troop Zero (2019), and Captain Marvel (2019). During this time, she appeared in several horror projects, including The Bad Seed (2018), The Haunting of Hill House (2018), and Annabelle Comes Home (2019). For playing the abused teenager Esther Keyes in The Handmaid's Tale (2021–2022), Grace was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, making her the first child recognized for a guest acting Emmy. She appeared in the supernatural comedy films Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) as Phoebe Spengler, receiving critical praise and a Critics' Choice Super Award nomination. In 2022, Grace wrote, executive produced, and starred in The Bad Seed Returns, and portrayed Jan Broberg in A Friend of the Family.
After signing with Photo Finish Records in 2020, Grace released her debut single, "Haunted House", in 2021, as part of the Ghostbusters: Afterlife soundtrack. She released two extended plays in 2023: Bittersweet 16 and Autumn Leaves, which explored pop rock and folk sounds, respectively.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Mckenna Grace, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Ready Player One
Elementary Kid
Captain Marvel
Young Carol (13 Years Old)
The Vampire Diaries
Young Caroline
Independence Day: Resurgence
Daisy
I, Tonya
Tonya (8-12 Yrs)
Gifted
Mary Adler
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Phoebe
The Angry Birds Movie
Ella Bird (voice)
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping MOVIE | Maysilee Donner |
| 2026 | PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie MOVIE | Skye (voice) |
| 2026 | Slanted MOVIE | Jo Hunt |
| 2026 | Scream 7 MOVIE | Hannah Thurman |
| 2025 | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 MOVIE | Lisa |
| 2025 | Anniversary MOVIE | Birdie Taylor |
| 2025 | Regretting You MOVIE | Clara Grant |
| 2025 | New Year's Rev MOVIE | Self |
| 2025 | What We Hide MOVIE | Spider |
| 2024 | Batman: Caped Crusader TV | Natalia / Nocturna (voice) |