# Grace Van Dien

Grace Van Dien (born October 15, 1996) is an American actress and social media personality. She is known for playing Brooke Osmond in the Netflix teen drama series Greenhouse Academy (2017) and Katie Campbell in NBC drama series The Village (2019). She also portrayed Sharon Tate in the Mary Harron-directed film Charlie Says (2018) and Chrissy Cunningham in Stranger Things (2022).

## Early life

Grace Van Dien was born on October 15, 1996, in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of actors Casper Van Dien and Carrie Mitchum, and the great-granddaughter of Hollywood Golden Age star Robert Mitchum. She is also the great-grandniece to John Mitchum. Van Dien has one older brother, a half brother, and two half-sisters. On her father's side, Van Dien has Dutch, Swedish, French, and English ancestry.

## Career

In 2005, Van Dien appeared with her family in the reality series, I Married a Princess, which aired on the Lifetime Television channel in the United States. Van Dien played several small roles in her father's films throughout her childhood. Prior to formally beginning her acting career, Van Dien intended to become a writer, before discovering a passion for acting while filming Sleeping Beauty (2014). Between 2015 and 2017, she appeared in numerous television films, independent films and had guest starring roles in the television series Code Black and White Famous.
Van Dien's first major television role was as Brooke Osmond in the Netflix teen drama series Greenhouse Academy, a role she played in the series' first two seasons (2017–2019). In 2018, she starred as Sharon Tate in the biographical film Charlie Says, which had its world premiere at the 75th Venice International Film Festival. In 2019, Van Dien was cast in the starring role of Katie Campbell in the NBC drama series The Village, which was cancelled after one season.
In May 2022, Van Dien guest starred in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things, playing Chrissy Cunningham, a popular but troubled cheerleader at Hawkins High School.
In September 2023, she signed with WME.

### Twitch streaming

In 2021, Van Dien began streaming on live streaming service Twitch, reaching over 200,000 followers within three months of starting her channel. Van Dien, who streams chat sessions and Valorant gameplay, has said that streaming provides her with the opportunity to control her own voice. She signed with United Talent Agency for representation in August 2022. In May 2023, Van Dien joined gaming organization FaZe Clan as a content creator. Though, she quietly left the organization a month later after a dispute with co-founder Nordan Shat, also known as "FaZe Rain". Since September 2023, WME represents her in all areas.

## Filmography

Key :
| † | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Sleeping Beauty | Princess Dawn | |
| 2015 | San Andreas Quake | Ali | |
| 2015 | Fire Twister | Girlfriend | |
| 2016 | Leap | Tara Holloway | |
| 2016 | Storage Locker 181 | Grace | |
| 2016 | Bad Twin | Olivia/Quinn | |
| 2016 | Patient Seven | Patient Five (Jessa) | |
| 2017 | Awaken the Shadowman | Samantha | |
| 2018 | Charlie Says | Sharon Tate | |
| 2020 | Riding Faith | Grace | |
| 2020 | Lady Driver | Ellie Lansing | |
| 2020 | The Binge | Lena | |
| 2022 | V for Vengeance | Scarlett | |
| 2022 | What Comes Around | Anna | Originally titled Roost |
| 2024 | Somnium | Dakota | Originally titled Alaska |
| 2024 | The Fix | Ella McPhee | |
| 2025 | Redux Redux † | | |
| TBA | Ahh! Roach! † | Bree Johnson | Post-production |
| TBA | Silver Star † | Franny | Post-production |
| TBA | Killing Of A Nation † | TBA | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | I Married a Princess | Herself | Reality television series |
| 2010 | The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation | Randy's Daughter | Television film; credited as Caroline Grace Van Dien |
| 2015 | Code Black | Friend One | Episode: "Pre-Existing Conditions" |
| 2016 | Max | Ruby | Unsold television pilot |
| 2016 | The Bad Twin | Olivia / Quinn | Television film |
| 2017 | Escaping Dad | Amy | Television film |
| 2017 | White Famous | Ryann | Episodes: "Woo", "Duality" |
| 2017–2019 | Greenhouse Academy | Brooke Osmond | Main role (seasons 1–2) |
| 2019 | The Village | Katie Campbell | Main role |
| 2019 | What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage | Tori | Episode: "Havenbrook" |
| 2019 | The Rookie | Olivia | Episode: "Tough Love" |
| 2021 | Immoral Compass | Tally | Episode: "Part 4: Parenthood" |
| 2022 | Stranger Things | Chrissy Cunningham | Episode: "Chapter One: The Hellfire Club" |

### Other projects

* "Cool People in LA" (2019) music video by Bret James, directed by Bianca Poletti
* "Monsters And Muses"(2020) short film where she plays Persephone, directed by herself
* "Julius Caesar Live" (2022) live performance by Acting for a Cause where she played Calphurnia, directed and produced by Brando Crawford
* "BlackBoxTV Presents: Scream Park" (2022) video game, where she plays Kelly Q, written and directed by Tony E. Valenzuela
* "QTC's Murder Mystery" (2023) live show where she played the Cheshire Cat, produced by QTCinderella