Mckenna Grace
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 small roles, she starred as a child prodigy in Gifted (2017), a breakthrough for which she received a nomination for 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, and 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mckenna Grace, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2026 · The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as Maysilee Donner
- 2026 · Scream 7 as
- 2025 · Five Nights at Freddy's 2 as Lisa
- 2025 · Anniversary as Birdie
- 2025 · Regretting You as Clara Grant
- 2024 · Batman: Caped Crusader as Natalia / Nocturna (voice)
- 2024 · Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Phoebe Spengler
- 2023 · PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie as Skye (voice)
- 2021 · Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Phoebe
- 2021 · Spirit Untamed as Abigail Stone (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Musical Guest
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Annabelle Comes Home as Judy Warren
- 2019 · Captain Marvel as Young Carol (13 Years Old)
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Self - Clue Giver
- 2018 · Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as Young Sabrina Spellman
- 2018 · The Haunting of Hill House as Young Theodora
- 2018 · Ready Player One as Elementary Kid
- 2017 · Young Sheldon as Paige Swanson
- 2017 · The Handmaid's Tale as Esther Keyes
- 2017 · Gifted as Mary Adler
- 2016 · Designated Survivor as Penny Kirkman
- 2016 · Mr. Church as Izzy
- 2016 · Independence Day: Resurgence as Daisy
- 2016 · The Angry Birds Movie as Ella Bird (voice)
- 2016 · Fuller House as Rose Harbenberger
- 2015 · K.C. Undercover as Quinn
- 2014 · Clarence as Tinia (voice)
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · Dog with a Blog as Jules
- 2012 · Gravity Falls as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2011 · Once Upon a Time as Young Emma Swan
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Young Abby Fisher
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- Future · 99 Days as Molly
- 2026 · PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie as Skye (voice)
- 2025 · New Year's Rev as
- 2025 · What We Hide as Spider
- 2025 · Slanted as
- 2023 · Crater as Addison
- 2022 · A Friend of the Family as Jan Broberg
- 2022 · The Bad Seed Returns as Emma Grossman
- 2022 · Spirit & Friends as Abigail (voice)
- 2021 · Just Beyond as Veronica
- 2021 · Malignant as Young Madison
- 2020 · Blackbear: Queen of Broken Hearts as Girl
- 2020 · Scoob! as Young Daphne (voice)
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as The Grandson
- 2019 · Troop Zero as Christmas Flint
- 2018 · The Bad Seed as Emma
- 2018 · Lucky Penny as Paige
- 2017 · I, Tonya as Tonya (8-12 Yrs)
- 2017 · Amityville: The Awakening as Juliet Walker
- 2017 · How to Be a Latin Lover as Arden
- 2016 · Teachers as Avery
- 2015 · Frankenstein as Molly
- 2015 · Genie in a Bikini as Teresa
- 2015 · Babysitter's Black Book as Cindy
- 2015 · Russell Madness as Lena
- 2015 · The Pearl Whale as
- 2014 · Suburban Gothic as Zelda
- 2013 · Instant Mom as Sam
- 2013 · Goodbye World as Hannah
- 2013 · R as Riley (Young)
- Future · Kiss of Death as
- 2012 · Crash & Bernstein as Jasmine Bernstein
- Future · Everything I Never Did as Jenna Reid
- Future · Straight Lies as
- Future · The Nowhere Game as Carin