Makenzie Vega

Makenzie Vega
Born Makenzie Jade Vega
(1994-02-10) February 10, 1994
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1999–present

Makenzie Jade Vega (born February 10, 1994[1]) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Grace Florrick on The Good Wife.

Life and career

Makenzie Vega's father is Colombian[2][3] and her mother, Gina Rue, is an American former model.[4][5] She is the younger sister of actress Alexa Vega.[6]

At the age of five, Vega played one of the children of Teddie Cochran (Geena Davis) in The Geena Davis Show.[6] In 2000, she was cast as Annie, the Campbells' precocious daughter in The Family Man.[7] The following year, Vega was seen again playing Chloe in Made which starred Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Famke Janssen.[6] In 2004, she played Diana Gordon, daughter of Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) and Alison Gordon (Monica Potter) in the horror film Saw.[3][8] Her next movie was Sin City,[3] in which she played young Nancy Callahan, alongside Bruce Willis. Vega then appeared in Just My Luck as Katy, starring Lindsay Lohan and McFly, and also in the summer blockbuster X-Men: The Last Stand[3] as the Prison Truck Little Girl, which was one of the forms that the shapeshifter Mystique took in the film.

Vega played Grace Florrick, the daughter of Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies), in the CBS drama The Good Wife; she was a regular cast member through six of the show's seven seasons, and was recurring cast member in the seventh and final season, with Grace providing critical plot elements to the series' finale.[9] In 2015, Vega was cast in the lead role in the thriller film Fender Bender, which is set to premiere on the Chiller channel in June 2016.[10]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Film Role Notes
2000 Family Man, TheThe Family Man Annie Campbell
2001 Made Chloe
2004 Saw Diana Gordon
2004 Chestnut: Hero Of Central Park Sal
2005 Sin City Young Nancy Callahan
2006 Just My Luck Katy Hardin
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Prison Truck Little Girl
2007 In the Land of Women Paige Hardwicke
2016 Fender Bender Hilary
Television roles
Year Film Role Notes
1999 Dr. Quinn: Revolutions Maria Television film
2000–01 Geena Davis Show, TheThe Geena Davis Show Eliza Ryan Main role
2006 Justice Mary Nicks Episodes: "Wrongful Death", "Crucified" (uncredited)
2007 Ghost Whisperer Becca Cahill Episode: "All Ghosts Lead to Grandview"
2009 ER Vera Episode: "I Feel Good"
2009–16 Good Wife, TheThe Good Wife Grace Florrick Main role (seasons 1–6); recurring role (season 7)
2014 The Assault Sam Gleason Television film

References

  1. "Makenzie Vega". TV Guide. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  2. Gerardo Reyes (September 7, 2009). "Ex-spy has price on head, ache in heart". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2011-03-08. Alexa Vega 21 is his oldest daughter with former Miami model Gina Rue With about 40 films in her career Alexa is mostly known for her role in the Spy Kids ...
  3. 1 2 3 4 Amaris Castillo (November 7, 2011). "Introducing Makenzie Vega from 'The Good Wife'". Latina. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  4. "RE: Questions for Miss Alexa Vega". alexa-vega.com. Retrieved August 20, 2006. My father's side is Colombian (Bogota)... and I don't know why they said my mom was Italian. lol... She's not. My family and I were trying to figure out what my mom was, but we can only go back to 5 generations and they were all from Florida. haha. so .. Floridian? ahhah... my moms last name is French though.
  5. "Alexa Vega Biography". Film Reference.
  6. 1 2 3 Cynthia Loggia (May 23, 2000). "Alexa and Makenzie Vega". Variety. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  7. Joe Leydon (December 10, 2000). "Review: 'The Family Man'". Variety. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  8. "It's Evening in America". Vanity Fair. May 2012. Page 158.
  9. Kate Stanhope (May 9, 2016). "'The Good Wife': What's Next for the Cast". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-05-16. Makenzie Vega (Grace): A series regular for six of the show's seven seasons, the younger (fictional) Florrick child still played an important role in the finale...
  10. Clark Collis (November 4, 2015). "The Good Wife actress Makenzie Vega joins cast of horror-thriller Fender Bender". Variety. Retrieved 2016-05-16.

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