Famous American actress Maggie Grace, who played the role of Shannon in the movie "Lost," purposefully moved to his goal. Her career as a movie actress began when she was sixteen. Then she only occasionally appeared in commercials. Now Maggie Grace is a sought-after actress who works on the same set with world cinema stars. How did her career develop? What is Maggie Grace doing now? About this and much more - in the article.
Childhood
Margaret Grace Denig was born (this is the real name of the actress) on September 21, 1983 in a small town called Worthington in Ohio. Maggie's parents - Rick and Valinn Denig - had their own jewelry business, so their three children (Margaret was the second child) did not need anything. Maggie Grace attended a Christian school until the ninth grade, then moved to Thomas Worthington High School. There, the girl began to engage in a theatrical circle - she played in school plays.
When Maggie was sixteen, her parents divorced. The girl had to drop out of school and change her place of residence - she and her mother moved to Los Angeles. Her brother Ian and sister Marissa stayed with her father. Little has changed in their lives, and Maggie had to start all over again. Moreover, very often their mother was in a difficult financial situation - they rented a house, bought only the most necessary food products. The girl was not easy, but it was this test of fate that tempered her character, helped to determine the goal in life and gave her strength to achieve it.
Career
Upon arrival in Los Angeles, Maggie Grace, whose filmography now already has many interesting works, was just beginning to look for her door to the cinema. She immediately found an agent for herself and enrolled in the acting circle. At first, she was invited to shoot in commercials, but the girl did not disdain this work - she took on everything that fate provided her. Soon she was invited to a role in the youth film “Rachel’s Room”. The picture told of the affairs that took place in the bedroom of a young teenage girl.
Maggie's second notable work was the role in a film based on real events. “Murder in Greenwich” was the name of the picture in which the directors tried to reproduce the terrible event that happened - the murder of fifteen-year-old girl Martha Moxley. For her role in this film, Maggie Grace was nominated for the Young Actor Award.
Long-awaited success
Only a year after filming The Murder in Greenwich, Maggie got a prominent role in Twentieth Mile. Here, the actress brilliantly played the gloomy, strange daughter of Wendy Crewson and Tom Selleck.
And a year later, when Maggie celebrated her twentieth birthday, she gained real fame. The girl celebrated her birthday on the set of the film "Lost" in Hawaii. She got the role of the rich spoiled beauty Shannon Rutherford, who ended up on an uninhabited island along with other survivors of the plane crash.
Work in such a picture became a real success for the beginning actress and brought her fame and recognition. For a long time, Maggie could not get used to everyone's attention. Fans often turned to her as her heroine Shannon, which misled the girl, but then she got used to it.
In Hawaii, Maggie found herself a new hobby - surfing. The first wave hit the actress, the board hit her hard. Dozens of bruises and abrasions remained on her feet, but Maggie was not worried about this, since, in her opinion, acting in the jungle and staying safe and sound was simply impossible. The actress also dreams of jumping with a parachute and has not done so far just because the directors forbid to endanger life. Drive, adrenaline and speed - that's what attracts a young girl. That's the one she is - Maggie Grace!
Filmography: works of recent years
In 2006, the actress played in the movie "Girl from the suburbs." She was lucky to play on the same set with Alec Baldwin and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
In 2007, she participated in the filming of "Life by Jane Austen."
The year 2008 presented the audience with a new film work with the participation of Maggie. This is the hostage thriller, where she played with Liam Neeson.
Not so long ago, a modern adaptation of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll appeared on American television screens, in which Maggie Grace also played. In Twilight, the actress received the role of Irina. She also starred in the films Knight of the Day and Flight Lessons with Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise.
Personal life
For some time, the media disseminated information that Maggie Grace and Ian Somerhalder (a colleague on the set in Lost, who played the half-brother of the heroine Maggie) are dating. Young people strongly denied this fact.
Maggie is now free, she said. She thinks she's too busy for a relationship. The only man she devotes time to is the cat Ru, whom she and Ian found in the jungle during the filming of Lost.