Mckenna Grace
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Gender: Female
Place of Birth: Grapevine, Texas, USA
Biography:
Born in Grapevine, Texas on June 25, 2006, McKenna Grace Burge began her acting journey at a young age of five. Her talent and passion for the craft led her family to relocate to Los Angeles, California, where she continued honing her skills. McKenna's early career included notable roles as Jasmine Bernstein in Disney XD's sitcom Crash & Bernstein (2012-2014) and Faith Newman in the soap opera The Young and the Restless (2013-2015).
After a few minor roles, McKenna landed her breakthrough role as a child prodigy in the 2017 film Gifted, earning her the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer. The young actress then went on to appear in various films such as I, Tonya (2017), Troop Zero (2019), and Captain Marvel (2019). Her versatility was also showcased through her appearances in several horror projects including The Bad Seed (2018), The Haunting of Hill House (2018), and Annabelle Comes Home (2019).
In 2021-2022, McKenna played the abused teenager Esther Keyes in The Handmaid's Tale, earning her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - a first for a child actor in this category. She continued to impress with her roles in supernatural comedy films Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), playing Phoebe Spengler, receiving critical acclaim and a Critics' Choice Super Award nomination.
In 2022, McKenna took on multiple roles as writer, executive producer, and star in The Bad Seed Returns, as well as portraying Jan Broberg in A Friend of the Family. Additionally, she signed with Photo Finish Records in 2020 and released her debut single, "Haunted House," for the Ghostbusters: Afterlife soundtrack. In 2023, McKenna released two extended plays, Bittersweet 16 and Autumn Leaves, exploring pop rock and folk sounds respectively.
Throughout her impressive career, McKenna Grace has demonstrated an incredible talent and dedication to her craft. Her achievements at such a young age are truly remarkable and we can only expect great things from this rising star in the future.
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