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Grace – “Gifted” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – Pacific Theatres at The Grove – Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2017 – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: McKenna Grace Burge
Place of Birth: Grapevine, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 25, 2006
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, one eighth Mexican, distant French
Mckenna Grace is an American actress. Her roles include the films Goodbye World , Suburban Gothic , Frankenstein (2015), Mr. Church , The Angry Birds Movie , Independence Day: Resurgence , Gifted , How to Be a Latin Lover , I, Tonya ; Amityville: The Awakening , Troop Zero , Captain Marvel , Annabelle Comes Home , Scoob! , Spirit Untamed , Malignant , Ghostbusters: Afterlife , and its sequel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire ; Crater , Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie , What We Hide , Slanted , New Years Rev , Regretting You , Anniversary (2025), Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 , and Scream 7 ; the made-for-tv movies The Bad Seed (2018), and its sequel, The Bad Seed Returns , which she also co-wrote; and the series Crash & Bernstein , Instant Mom , The Young and the Restless , Clarence , The Vampire Diaries , Pickle and Peanut , CSI: Cyber , Once Upon a Time , The Lion Guard , Elena of Avalor , Designated Survivor , Fuller House , Mickey and the Roadster Racers , The Haunting of Hill House , Young Sheldon , The Handmaid’s Tale , Just Beyond , and A Friend of the Family .
Mckenna is the daughter of Crystal Grace, a medical sales representative, and Ross Burge, an orthopedic surgeon. She was partly raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
McKenna’s paternal grandfather is John Wesley Burge (the son of David Roland Burge and Hattie Theo Gray). David was born in Louisiana, the son of John Wesley Burge and Artie Cohron. Hattie was born in Magnolia, Arkansas, the daughter of Arlis Lavern Gray and Dollie/Dolly Bammah Elmore.
McKenna’s paternal grandmother is Teri M. Blackwood (the daughter of Donald Ray Blackwood and Marilynn Dawn Clark). Donald was born in Arkansas, the son of Jesse B. Blackwood and Margaret Elizabeth Ross. Marilynn was born in Arkansas, the daughter of William Laumbattus Clark and Glenna Fae Brooks.
McKenna’s maternal grandfather is Darrell Duane McQuinn/Sulak (the son of Marcus Wayne McQuinn and Brenda Patricia Gregory). Darrell was born in North Carolina. Marcus was born in Texas, the son of Glenn Rose McQuinn and Ida Virginia Winn. Brenda is the daughter of Toney/Tony Gregory and Nettie McCloud. Brenda was born in Texas, the daughter of Tony Gregory and Jenettie Lee “Nettie” McCloud.
McKenna’s maternal grandmother is Elvira Jeanette Monks (the daughter of Frederick Morton “Fred” Monks and Maria/Mary Gomez). Frederick was born in New York, the son of John W. Monks and Ethel Jeanette Halliday. McKenna’s great-grandmother Maria was born in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico, the daughter of Ambrosio Gomez and Elvira.
Sources: https://mobile.twitter.com
Genealogy of Mckenna Grace – https://gw.geneanet.org
Obituary of McKenna’s maternal great-grandmother, Maria/Mary (Gomez) Monks – https://www.dignitymemorial.com