Age, Biography, and Wiki
Mckenna Grace began her acting career at the age of five, with her early 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) . Her breakthrough role came when she played the child prodigy Mary Adler in the 2017 film Gifted, earning her a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer . She has also appeared in films like I, Tonya (2017), Captain Marvel (2019), and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), where she played Phoebe Spengler . Her performances in horror films have earned her the nickname "scream queen" .
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| Date of Birth | 25 June 2006 |
| Age | 19 Years |
| Birth Place | Grapevine, Texas, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Mckenna Grace stands at approximately 5 feet (1.54 meters) tall, with varying reports listing her height as either 5 feet 0¾ inches or 4 feet 11 inches . There is no widely available information on her weight.
Grace appeared in three films released in 2019. The first of these was a comedy-drama titled Troop Zero, which features Grace as a misfit girl who wants to send messages to space and enters a nationwide competition alongside a group of Birdie Scouts. For Troop Zero, she cut her hair asymmetrically, with one side near her shoulder and the other by her chin. Grace also tried not to wash her hair or maintain herself too well since she wanted to appear crazy like her character. Critics were generally favorable in their reviews of the film and lauded the cast. Variety described her as a "magnetic young performer", while The A.V. Club found her approach to her character "refreshingly non-intuitive", noting her portrayal of the feelings of loss through excitement rather than misery. Grace next portrayed a 13-year-old version of the eponymous character in the superhero film Captain Marvel. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $1.1 billion and ranking among the highest-grossing films of all time.
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Dating & Relationship Status
As of the latest information, Mckenna Grace is single .
Grace first expressed interest in acting at age four, after she received a collection of DVD films starring Shirley Temple from her great-grandmother. Grace's acting teacher, who was Morgan Fairchild's sister, advised that she should sign with an agent. Grace secured her first part in a commercial at the age of five. Her agent later recommended traveling to Los Angeles to see if she might land roles in films and television shows. After Grace secured parts in Crash & Bernstein (2012–2014) and Goodbye World (2013), her family moved to the city, with her father having a residency in Ventura.
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, filming for The Handmaid's Tale halted. Grace and her father decided to write a follow-up to The Bad Seed, knowing that Lifetime wanted to air a sequel. He wrote the general structure of the film while she gave feedback, primarily on the dialogue. According to Lifetime's executive vice president Tanya Lopez, the network was "blown away" by Grace's concept for the sequel. Grace, who reprised her role as Emma, found acting her own script to be a unique experience: "It wasn't my interpretation of someone else's writing or character ... It was me being able to act out the scenes as I had envisioned them." The film, titled The Bad Seed Returns, premiered on Lifetime on September 5, 2022. It was the first project produced by Grace's company, Beautiful Ghosts Productions, with her also serving as executive producer. In the same month, Grace reprised her role as Esther in the fifth season of The Handmaid's Tale. Den of Geek favorably compared her screams in the season's sixth episode to those of Linda Blair in The Exorcist (1973), stating they "distilled seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale protest [against misogyny] into one primal outburst".
Grace reprised her role as Phoebe in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which was released in March 2024. In preparation, Grace analyzed Harold Ramis's performance as Egon Spengler, which she described as her "biggest inspiration". The New York Observer critic Emily Zemler wrote that she "is very compelling and should have been allowed to properly lead the film". Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter said Frozen Empire indicates that she could become "the [Ghostbusters] franchise's MVP". Grace later starred as Spider in the drama film Spider & Jessie (2025), in which two sisters hide their mother's body after a fatal overdose. She also appeared in Amy Wang's Slanted (2025), a satirical drama.
Grace signed with Photo Finish Records in 2020 and released her debut single, "Haunted House", alongside a music video in November 2021. She co-wrote the song alongside Lily Kincade, with Nathaniel Motte as producer. 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". NPR wrote that the song "has some surprising twists and turns and spells out the beginnings of an exciting new career for Mckenna Grace". While not originally written for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the song was eventually added to the film's soundtrack and used for the closing credits.
Grace stated in 2022 that she prefers to maintain a more private personal life to ensure she "can have a childhood and figure [herself] out as a teenager"; her mother described their home life as "extremely normal". Grace said she separates herself from her characters by spending time with her family and dog. She is active on the social networking services Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. As of 2021, Grace's mother managed accounts on the former two and approved Grace's posts on TikTok. According to Variety, Grace's carefully monitored social media had an additional layer of self-protection since it lacked the "everyday, confessional transparency" that was the standard for her generation. Grace has stated that, as a young female in the film industry, there will inevitably be "very disturbing and gross" remarks directed towards her. She is a vegetarian. Grace was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 12. While filming Ghostbusters: Afterlife, she wore a back brace to correct her spine, but found it uncomfortable and "ended up not wearing it as much as [she] should have" due to her shooting schedule, she was only able to wear it for the night instead of the intended 22 hours a day. After her spinal curvature surpassed 45 degrees, she was required to have surgery to prevent it from impacting her lungs. In October 2022, she underwent spinal surgery, which reduced the curvature to six degrees.
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Net Worth
Mckenna Grace's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million, primarily from her acting and singing career .
Recent Career Highlights
In 2021, Mckenna Grace launched her singing career with the release of her single "Haunted House" after signing with Photo Finish Records in 2020 . She also appeared in The Handmaid's Tale (2021–2022), earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series . In 2022, she wrote, executive produced, and starred in The Bad Seed Returns and portrayed Jan Broberg in A Friend of the Family .
In March 2022, Grace joined the cast of Peacock's true crime miniseries A Friend of the Family as Jan Broberg —who was kidnapped twice and sexually abused by a family friend as a child —sharing the role with Hendrix Yancey. While filming, Grace tried to spend as much time with Yancey as she could and copied her mannerisms and smile. Grace also worked alongside Broberg, who produced the show; the two discussed subtle gestures to show stress, such as nail biting. Grace described the role as "really emotionally and sometimes physically exhausting"; she had to push herself to new limits, and blend three versions of Broberg (her own, Yancey's, and the real-life Broberg). A Friend of the Family premiered on October 6, 2022, to positive critical reviews; Common Sense Media argued that "Grace does a terrific job conveying the mixture of vulnerability and growing dread her character is experiencing".
Social Network
While Mckenna Grace is active on social media platforms, there is no specific information available about her official social media handles. However, she is likely to have a presence on platforms like Instagram and Twitter, where many celebrities engage with their fans.
Grace made her acting debut in Disney XD's Crash & Bernstein, recurring as Jasmine Bernstein. She reprised her role in the show's second season, playing the role until 2014. During this time, she made a guest appearance on the Fox sitcom The Goodwin Games. In 2013, she made her film debut in Goodbye World, a comedy-drama that disappointed critics. Between 2013 and 2015, she had a recurring role as Faith Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. In 2015, Grace portrayed young Caroline Forbes in The Vampire Diaries. TVLine included her appearance in a list of the best flashback castings on television: "It's one thing to look like the younger version of a character, but Grace even cried like Caroline". Grace appeared in three films released in 2016—Mr. Church, The Angry Birds Movie, and Independence Day: Resurgence —all of which received negative reviews.
In September 2015, Grace joined the cast of the drama film Gifted (2017), which tells the story of Mary Adler (Grace), an intellectually gifted seven-year-old. She was selected for her "childlike charm yet old-soul maturity" and chemistry with co-star Chris Evans. She prepared for her role by watching several films about child prodigies, including I Am Sam (2001) and In America (2002). Grace used songwriting to help remember the complex mathematical problems that Mary solves in the film. It became her breakthrough role. Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times found her to be "an irresistible force", praising her scenes with Evans as "sensational". For her performance, Grace received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.
Commenting on Grace's performance in Gifted, Bill Goodykoontz of USA Today described her as "the rare child actor who doesn't seem like she's trying to hit emotional marks". Marc Webb, who directed Grace in Gifted, praised her comedic timing, which he described as "a different kind of sophistication that is very deep and very pure and really sincere". Grace stated that when acting in more dramatic and intense scenes, she "tricks" herself into feeling emotions, and "then you have to figure out how to disassociate it from your real emotions". She described acting intense feelings, such as fury and hatred, as "just something that happens" and a mix of research and intuition. To connect to characters and give them more depth, Grace composes music and creates playlists that she listens to while on set. Of her role choices, Grace commented that she aims to act in projects in which she can tell "important stories" that have genuine meaning to her.
Grace released her second and third singles, "Do All My Friends Hate Me?" and "You Ruined Nirvana", in 2022. On November 18, 2022, she released "Self Dysmorphia", which was inspired by her struggles with scoliosis. On putting out the single, Grace said: "it's a little bit weird to put these deeply personal thoughts and struggles out into the world. But, hopefully, ... people who are going through the same thing will feel less alone." She also performed the song on The Today Show in December 2022. Preceded by the songs "Post Party Trauma", "Ugly Crier", and "Checkered Vans", Grace's debut extended play (EP), titled Bittersweet 16, was released on March 3, 2023. She wanted to write a full-length album, but Photo Finish suggested she begin with an EP. Later that year, she recorded the single "Bark to the Beat" for the PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie soundtrack. Grace's second EP, Autumn Leaves, was released on October 13, 2023. According to Billboard, its single "Catch Me" showcases her skills in storytelling and "woozy, richly textured pop" music. Grace has since released the songs "Natalie", "Gentleman", and "Swim Team", and performed at the music festival Lollapalooza.
Bittersweet 16 has a pop rock and pop-punk sound, with its songs discussing themes of heartache, body image, and social anxiety. Autumn Leaves, on the other hand, explores the folk genre and focuses on the subject of young heartbreak. Grace has called her own sound "kind of pop-ish" but does not want to "say [she is] a certain music genre and sound cringy". According to MTV News, her songs prefer "theatricality without bombast to tell her story". She considers songwriting her "therapy" and uses it as a way to express all of her emotions, both positive and negative.
Education
There is no detailed information readily available about Mckenna Grace's formal education. Given her early start in acting, it is possible that she may have homeschooled or balanced education with her career.
She is the only child of Ross Burge, an orthopedic surgeon, and Crystal Grace, a medical sales representative. As a young child, she lived in Dallas-Fort Worth. She trained in cheerleading, gymnastics, tap, and ballet. She participated in beauty pageants, where she was crowned "Tiny Miss Texas". Grace has never attended a regular school; she has been homeschooled and had on-set tutors. In 2017, Grace stated she was attending a creative writing workshop with other homeschooled students once a week. She took a college course on media aesthetics in 2021, in which she had to repeatedly write about The Handmaid's Tale without mentioning her own work on the show.
