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Mckenna Grace Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
2006-06-25

Birthplace:
Grapevine, Texas, USA

Credits:
85 Total Roles

Mckenna Grace

Acting

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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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Known For

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)

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