Mckenna Grace

Mckenna Grace (born June 25, 2006) is an American actress. She began acting professionally at the age of six, with 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). She is best known for her roles as Penny Kirkman in the series Designated Survivor, Rose Harbenberger in the comedy series Fuller House (2016–2020), Mary Adler in the Marc Webb drama film Gifted (2017), young Theodora Crain in the Netflix supernatural horror series The Haunting of Hill House (2018), and Christmas Flint in the movie Troop Zero (2019).

Mckenna Grace
Grace in September 2017
Born (2006-06-25) June 25, 2006
Grapevine, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Early life

Grace was born in Grapevine, Texas, on June 25, 2006.[1] She has 1/8th Mexican ancestry.[2]

Career

In 2013, Grace made her acting debut, playing Sydney in the television pilot Joe, Joe & Jane.[3] Later she recurred on the Disney XD series Crash & Bernstein.[4] She had a recurring role, as Faith Newman, on The Young and the Restless between 2013 and 2015.[5] In 2015, she had a recurring role on the CBS series CSI: Cyber.[5] 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.[6] Other early film roles include the drama film Mr. Church (2016), and the comedy film How to Be a Latin Lover (2017).[7]

In 2017, Grace played a lead role in the Marc Webb drama film Gifted, starring alongside Chris Evans.[8] She gained recognition for her performance in the role, being nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.

Grace's career has mostly consisted of portraying the "young version" of older characters.[9] She learned ice-skating[10] 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.[11]

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.[12] Also that year, she appeared in the Marvel Studios film Captain Marvel as a younger version of the titular character.[13]

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.[14]

Personal life

Grace is a vegetarian and has directed her affection for animals towards work with Farm Sanctuary and PETA, including appearing in a campaign reminding people not to leave their dogs in hot cars.[15][16][17]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2012 R Young Riley Short film
2013 Goodbye World Hannah Palmer [18][19]
Suburban Gothic Zelda [20]
2015 Russell Madness Lena [21][22]
Frankenstein Molly [23]
The Pearl Whale Granddaughter Short film
2016 Mr. Church Isabel “Izzy” Brooks [24][25][26][27]
The Angry Birds Movie Ella Bird (voice)
Independence Day: Resurgence Daisy Blackwell [28]
2017 Gifted Mary Adler [29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
How to Be a Latin Lover Arden [36][37]
Amityville: The Awakening Juliet Walker [38][39][40]
I, Tonya Young Tonya Harding [41][42][43][44][45][46]
2018 Ready Player One Elementary School Kid [47]
The Bad Seed Emma Grossman [48][49]
2019 Captain Marvel Young Carol Danvers (13 Years Old) [50]
Troop Zero Christmas Flint [51][52]
Annabelle Comes Home Judy Warren [53][54][55]
2020 Scoob! Young Daphne Blake (voice) [56][57][58]
2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife Phoebe Post-production [59][60][61]
Malignant Post-production [62][63]

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2012–2014 Crash & Bernstein Jasmine Bernstein 15 episodes
2013 The Goodwin Games Even Younger Chloe Episode: "Hamletta" [64]
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 [65]
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" [66]
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 [67]
2015 Dog with a Blog Jules Episode: "You're Not My Sister Anymore"
2015 Pickle and Peanut Cindy / Sugarbee (voice) 2 episodes [68]
2015 Babysitter's Black Book Cindy Television film [69]
2015 CSI: Cyber Michelle Mundo 3 episodes
2015–2017 Once Upon a Time Young Emma Swan 4 episodes [70]
2016 Teachers Avery Episode: "Drunk Kiss"
2016–2018 Elena of Avalor Bella (voice) 2 episodes [71]
2016 Bizaardvark Didi Episode: "Pretty-Con" [72]
2016 Marvel's Most Wanted Zoe Abel Unaired pilot [73]
2016–2017 The Lion Guard Kambuni (voice) 2 episodes [74]
2016–2020 Fuller House Rose Harbenberger 8 episodes [75]
2016–2019 Designated Survivor Penny Kirkman 21 episodes [76][77]
2017–2019 Mickey and the Roadster Racers Bitsy Beagleberg (voice) 5 episodes [78]
2018 The Haunting of Hill House Young Theodora Crain 7 episodes [79][80][81]
2018 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Young Sabrina Spellman Episode: "A Midwinter's Tale" [82][83]
2018–2020 Young Sheldon Paige 4 episodes [84]
2021 The Handmaid's Tale Mrs. Keyes Recurring [85][75]

Music videos
Year Title Artist Notes Ref(s)
2020 "Queen of Broken Hearts" Blackbear Lead [86][87]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Work Result Ref(s)
2017 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer Gifted (2017 film) Nominated [88]
Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Youth Performance Nominated [89]
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Won [90]
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth Won [91]
Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Young Actress Nominated [92]
21st Hollywood Film Awards for Hollywood Ensemble Award I, Tonya Won [93]
2019 Online Film & Television Association for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Limited Series The Haunting of Hill House (TV series) Nominated
2020 Hollywood Critics Association for next generation of Hollywood N/A Won [94]

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