Mckenna Grace

Mckenna Grace, born June 25, 2006, is an American actress and singer. Originally from Grapevine, Texas, she started her professional acting career at the ripe age of five and relocated to Los Angeles, California. Some of 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). She received her breakthrough by playing the lead in the movie Gifted (2017), a performance that earned her a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer. She also gained recognition by starring in popular films like I, Tonya (2017), Troop Zero (2019), and Captain Marvel (2019). Her ability extends to horror films, making appearances in films such as The Bad Seed (2018) and Annabelle Comes Home (2019). Her role as the abused teenager Esther Keyes in The Handmaid's Tale (2021–2022) got her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

Grace commenced her musical career by signing with Photo Finish Records in 2020. She released her debut single, "Haunted House", in 2021 as part of the Ghostbusters: Afterlife soundtrack. Her musical range includes pop rock and folk, paving the way for two extended plays, Bittersweet 16 and Autumn Leaves, in 2023. Not limited to acting and singing, Grace wrote, executive produced, and starred in The Bad Seed Returns and portrayed Jan Broberg in A Friend of the Family in 2022.