Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 25, 2006
Place of Birth:
Grapevine, Texas, USA
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Mckenna Grace
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 minor roles, she starred as a child prodigy in Gifted (2017), a breakthrough for which she received 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, 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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Batman: Caped Crusader | Natalia / Nocturna (voice) |
| 2022 | Spirit & Friends | Abigail (voice) |
| 2022 | A Friend of the Family | Jan Broberg |
| 2021 | Just Beyond | Veronica |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | The Grandson |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Musical Guest |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer | Self |
| 2018 | The Haunting of Hill House | Young Theodora |
| 2018 | Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Young Sabrina Spellman |
| 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | Esther Keyes |
| 2017 | Young Sheldon | Paige Swanson |
| 2016 | Designated Survivor | Penny Kirkman |
| 2016 | Fuller House | Rose Harbenberger |
| 2015 | K.C. Undercover | Quinn |
| 2014 | Clarence | Tinia (voice) |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self |
| 2012 | Crash & Bernstein | Jasmine Bernstein |
| 2012 | Gravity Falls | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2012 | Dog with a Blog | Jules |
| 2011 | Once Upon a Time | Young Emma Swan |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Young Abby Fisher |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest |