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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.
In Scream 8, Ghostface has become more than a masked killer. Using the tools of the digital age—AI, deepfakes, social media, and the omnipresence of online surveillance—he manipulates society itself. Old Ghostface voices, sampled from his past murders, are used to torment Sidney, her daughter Tatum along with Sam, Tara, and others. Their devices, smart homes, cars, and general privacy infiltrated and used against them With the evolution of AI technology, Ghostface has tapped into society’s fear and frustration, exploiting the ever-growing divide between public obedience and digital rebellion. By framing his attacks as a “call to wake up” against corruption, corporate greed, and invasive technology, he convinces some people that his actions are justified—encouraging protests, vigilantism, and illegal acts, all while broadcasting them online to spread fear and chaos. Those who follow him believe they are part of a righteous movement, even as the body count rises. Sidney must gather everyone she trusts as they fight one last time in the final showdown against the mastermind of all the Ghostfaces. But who is the killer this time?
