Biography
McKenna Grace's face is familiar to the movie and viewer. In his young years, she can boast a rather extensive filmography, which is not surprising, because the girl is removed from 6 years. Successfully debuting in children's films, McKenna was organically fit into adult cinema, playing in such paintings as "Independence Day: Revival" and "Mr. Church". And after the main role in the film "Gifted" young Grace is not called anything else as a small actress of big roles.Childhood and youth
Mackenna Grace was born on June 25, 2006 in Grapevina, Texas. It is known that the parents of the girl are not related to the world of cinema. Therefore, nothing foreshadowed McCenne early acting glory, if the providence did not intervene: on the 5th birthday, grandmother gave granddaughter with a tape with a collection of films with Shirley Temple.
The girl, as enchanted, spent several days before the screen, and then stated: "I want it too." She began to play the theater, using dolls and their favorite dogs instead of the audience. Seeing this, parents gave daughter to children's acting courses.
Teachers, having started classes with a child, only splashed their hands and stated to amazed mom and dad:
"She makes things that cannot be taught."
According to teachers of teachers, parents appealed to the acting agency, and after a week McKenna was filmed in the first advertising for YMCA. And soon the girl was invited to the first role in the series. Maccary mother moved to Los Angeles, and other households moved there soon.
Films
The girl made his debut in the adolescent series "Crash and Bernstein" on the TV channel "Disney". The main character of Sitkom is 12-year-old Vaiyat Bernstein. He has 3 sisters, and the boy really wants his brother, so creates a speaking doll Krush. And now his life is full of cheerful adventures. Grace played the younger sister Vaiyat, Jasmine, and 2 seasons pleased with her game of small spectators.
During the filming in Krash and Bernstein, McCenne starred in several TV projects ("Gudwin Games", "System Mom"), and also made his debut in Big Cinema, playing in the postpocalyptic drama Danis Hennels "Farewell, World" and the comedian thriller "Suburban Gothic".
From 2013 to 2015, McCenne fastened his success on the small screen role in the long-playing series "Young and daring", which successfully goes to TV since 1973. Baby heroine - Faith Newman - lasted on the screen 50 episodes. In 2014, McCenne starred in another religious TV series - "C.s.i: the crime scene."
The performance of a little Grace can only be envied: in 2015, she managed to play at once in 13 projects. Among the brightest superpopular series "Vampire Diaries" with Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley Starring (Actress played young Caroline in 2 episodes).
Also, the actress made his debut in the horror genre - the film Bernard Rose Frankenstein. McCenna appeared in the form of Molly - Girls, with which the main character of Adam, Monster, created by Viktor Frankenstein and his wife, is trying to make friends.
From 2015 to 2017, young Grace appears on the shooting area of the series "Once in a fairy tale", which successfully walked 7 seasons on the ABC channel. The film's plot unfolds in the fabulous and real worlds: McCenna played young Emma Swan, a savior of enchanted Prince and Snow White, and perfectly coped with his task, completely immersed in the atmosphere of his favorite fairy tales.
By 10 years old McCenna became so popular that it was invited to be invited not only in children's, but also adult films. And in them the actress is no less organic than on the playground with their peers. So, in 2016, the girl starred in the touching drama Bruce Beresford "Mr. Church", in which he could touch Eddie Murphy, who played the main role.
In the same year, McCenna's role brings her international success: she removed from Rolanda Emmerich, who took the girl to the blockbuster "Independence Day: Revival" - the continuation of its cult fantastic militant. The film gathered a global box with a small $ 400 million, and actors brought good dividends in the form of fees and glory.
However, most of all Macken S Grace became famous after participating in the Drama "Gifted". This is her first main role in adult cinema, and the girl brilliantly coped with a difficult task. The heroine Grace is an unusually gifted teenager Mary Adler, who lives with Uncle Frank (Chris Evans). But when his mother learns that her granddaughter is a mathematical genius, in the life of Mary, everything changes not for the better.
The film was positively marked with critics, and Chris Evans and McCenna Grace were nominated for the Teen Choice Awards and Critics' Choice Movie Awards premiums, respectively. The same year was marked by several more works by Grace - the main roles in Horror "Horror Amityville: Awakening" and the film-biographies "Tonya against all" about the life of the scandalous American figure skater Tony Harding. The action also unfolds in the past, showing a tony in childhood (Macken Grace).
Not every young actor can boast the role of the child of the president. But in Grace filmography, this is already there - from 2016 to 2018 McKenna plays Penny Kirkman - the daughter of the head of the White House in the political drama "successor". Her on-screen father played the famous safer Sutherland.
In 2018, McCenne is mainly devoted to working on a small screen. She appeared in the episode of the series "Cutting the adventures of Sabrina", the main role in which Kesen Shipip is performed - the girls are very similar that all the viewers noticed. Also Grace began to star in the TV project "Ghosts at home on a hill". In the same year, the first major negative role in the "Poor Seed" thriller appears in the career of the actress.
She played Emma - High School Teenager, which is experiencing the early death of the mother. Father (Rob Lowe) How can the daughter consoles, but soon notes that it is somehow otherwise involved in mysterious deaths occurring at her school. At first, the student drowned, who won the medal about which she so dreamed, then the teacher and ex-nanny died. David with horror acknowledges that his daughter is a cold-blooded killer.
Mackenna Grace now
Now McKenna Grace is filmed in two TV shows. In one of them, the Sitkom "more complete house" - she began to play back in 2016. Another project - "Childhood of Sheldon" - started in 2018. He is the prequest of the cult series "The Theory of the Big Bang" and tells about the childhood of one of his main characters, Physics Sheldon Cooper. In Sitkom, Grace is a repetitive role (Page).
In 2019, 3 films are expected immediately with the participation of a young actress - "Captain Marvel", "Troop Zero" and "Untitled Annabelle Film".
In the free from the shooting time, the artist loves to spend time, like all the children - read, travel, play with your pets. By the way, she adores animals, very actively fighting for their rights and is a vegetarian.
The young star has its own "instagram", in which the fans in her photo can observe how it grows (now its height is 145 cm) and their favorite changes.
Filmography
- 2012 - "Crash and Bernstein"
- 2013 - "Farewell, World"
- 2013 - "Young and daring"
- 2015 - "Vampire Diaries"
- 2015 - "Once in a fairy tale"
- 2016 - "Mr. Church"
- 2016 - "Independence Day: Revival"
- 2017 - "Gifted"
- 2017 - "The Horror of Amityville: Awakening"
- 2017 - "Tonya against all"
- 2018 - "Childhood Sheldon"
- 2018 - "Cutting the Sabrina Adventures"
- 2018 - "Bad Seed"