Mckenna Grace
Mckenna Grace (born June 25, 2006) is an American actress and singer. 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). In 2018 and 2019, "The Hollywood Reporter" named her one of the top 30 stars under age 18. She is known for her roles as Mary Adler in the 2017 film "Gifted" and Phoebe Spengler in the 2021 film "". She released her first song in 2021 titled “Haunted House ”. Following this release she began her music career. Career. Acting. In 2013, Grace made her acting debut, playing Sydney in the television pilot "Joe, Joe & Jane". Later she recurred on the Disney XD series "Crash & Bernstein". She had a recurring role, as Faith Newman, on "The Young and the Restless" between 2013 and 2015. In 2015, she had a recurring role on the CBS series "". Grace played the role of Daisy in the science fiction thriller ""; the film, directed by Roland Emmerich, was released on June 24, 2016. Other early film roles include the drama film "Mr. Church" (2016), and  the comedy film "How to Be a Latin Lover" (2017). In 2017, Grace played a lead role in the Marc Webb drama film "Gifted" as child prodigy Mary Adler, starring alongside Chris Evans. She gained recognition for her performance in the role, being nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer. She learned to ice skate to portray the younger version of Tonya Harding in the biopic "I, Tonya", describing it as the "most challenging role" she'd ever undertaken. Grace also played the significant role of Juliet in the horror film "" along with Bella Thorne; Franck  Khalfoun directed the film. Grace starred as Emma Grossman in the 2018 horror drama film "The Bad Seed". Grace has frequently appeared in "Young Sheldon" since 2018 as Paige Swanson, a child prodigy and a rival to Sheldon Cooper. Grace starred as Judy Warren, daughter of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, in the 2019 horror film "Annabelle Comes Home". Also that year, she appeared in the Marvel Studios film "Captain Marvel" as a younger version of the titular character. Grace appeared as the younger version of Sabrina Spellman on the second season of Netflix's "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina . She voiced the younger Daphne Blake in the 2020 animated film Scoob!", and is set to reprise the role in the follow-up "Scoob!: Holiday Haunt", which is set for release in late 2022 on HBO Max. In 2021, Grace played Phoebe in "", plus the role of Esther Keyes in the fourth season of the televised serial of Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" and earned a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series at the 73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. In August, she joined Thomasin McKenzie and Olivia Wilde in Searchlight Pictures' feature "Perfect". Music . In 2020, Grace signed with Photo Finish Records, and in November 2021 she released her debut single "Haunted House" alongside an accompanying music video. While not originally written for "," the song was eventually added to the film's soundtrack and used for the closing credits. When asked, Grace explained that the song was written during a rough period of her life in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that one "could take it as a breakup song, but it could also be about a friend or a family member or any kind of relationship that’s ended." In February , 2022 Grace released her follow up single “do all my friends hate me?” along with a music video. On April 7,2022 she announced her third single “You Ruined Nirvana” the single is expected to be released on 4/21. 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.