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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.
Mckenna Grace
Ali
for Ali in The Karate Kid (Modern Grit Remake)
Suggested by kaueoliveira
his remake strips away the 80s gloss for a grounded, coming-of-age drama set in the gray, fading industrial landscape of Detroit (or a similar Rust Belt city). Danny, a fatherless teenager dealing with anger issues and poverty, moves with his overworked mother to a new city looking for a fresh start, only to find himself targeted by a gang of wealthy, MMA-trained bullies led by Johnny. These bullies belong to "Strike First," a high-end, brutal MMA gym run by the sadistic war veteran Kreese, who teaches that mercy is a weakness to be stomped out. Danny finds an unlikely protector in the building's maintenance man, Mr. Miyagi. In this version, Miyagi isn't just a "wise old master"; he is a secluded, perhaps alcoholic, veteran (of Vietnam or a fictional conflict) suffering from PTSD, who swore off fighting years ago. The training montage is less about waxing cars and more about manual labor, breath control, and finding balance in a chaotic world. The climax isn't a point-fighting tournament, but a full-contact regional championship where Danny fights not for a trophy, but to prove that composure and defense are stronger than blind aggression.
