Sunday, November 18, 2007

MAGGIE GRACE BIOGRAPHY

Date of Birth
21 September 1983, Columbus, Ohio, USA


Birth Name
Margaret Grace Denig


Nickname
Miss America


Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)


Mini Biography
Maggie Grace was born on September 21, 1983, in Columbus, Ohio. She got her start in films in 2002 with Murder in Greenwich (2002) (TV) and Shop Club (2002). In 2003, at the age of 20, she played a creepy, Goth-influenced estranged daughter of Wendy Crewson and Tom Selleck in the drama Twelve Mile Road (2003) (TV), but her big break didn't come until one year later, playing the beautiful Shannon Rutherford on the hit ABC island-survival drama "Lost" (2004). She also stars with "Smallville" (2001) cover boy Tom Welling in the horror film The Fog (2005).

IMDb Mini Biography By: TPiRKid4986


Trivia
She grew up in Worthington, Ohio.

Named #27 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

She and her "Lost" (2004) co-star Emilie de Ravin both guest-starred in "CSI: Miami" (2002), but not in the same episode.

Named #44 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)

Was considered for the role of Kitty Pryde in - X-Men: The Last Stand

Has a cat named Roo, which she found on the set of Lost.

Made guest appearances in two Lost spoof videos, for Monday Night Football and Nobody's Watching.

Still has the same car she bought when she was 18.

Has kept a journal since she was 12 years old.



Personal Quotes
"I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off."

High heels can be sexy. But before you leave the house, make sure you can walk in them. I've made that mistake!"



Where Are They Now
(June 2006) Currently filming: The Girls' Guide to Hunting & Fishing




MAGGIE GRACE BIOGRAPHY

Margaret Grace Denig (born September 21, 1983) in Columbus, Ohio is a American actress, who lives in Los Angeles.
Maggie Grace launched her acting career in 2002, starring in Murder in Greenwich and Shop Club. In 2003, Grace played the Goth-influenced, estranged daughter of Tom Selleck and Wendy Crewson in the drama 12 Mile Road. Grace’s big break though came when she landed the role of the self-centered Shannon Rutherford in the critically-acclaimed TV series Lost.

With bright blond hair, glowing skin and bikini-perfect proportions, Maggie Grace is just the girl many men would like to get lost on a desert island with, so it came as no surprise that she was cast into stardom as the spoiled, pouty castaway Shannon Rutherford on ABC’s hit drama “Lost” (2004- ) after just two years of acting professionally.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, on September 21, 1983, Grace started acting in her late teens, beginning in 2002. The Midwesterner quickly developed an enviable resume, appearing in two USA TV movies, as the real-life murder victim Martha Moxley at the center of a mystery involving a member of the Kennedy clan in “Murder in Greenwich” (USA 2002), and opposite Tom Selleck in “12 Mile Road USA” (2003). She played Hope Wilde in pilot of Fox’s “Septuplets” (2002) and made independent films “Shop Club” (2002) and “Creature Unknown” (2003).

Grace has also made appearances on a variety of hit shows. In 2003 alone, she had recurring appearances on Fox’s “Oliver Beene” and guest spots on ABC’s “Miracles,” CBS’ “CSI Miami,” on Rob Lowe’s short-lived vehicle, “The Lyon’s Den.” In 2004 Grace also appeared on episodes of the network dramas “Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit,” “Like Family" and “Cold Case” before joining the ensemble of the breakout hit drama “Lost” teaming with Ian Sommerhalder as one of a pair of step-siblings who shared a troubling personal history even before becoming stranded on the mysterious island. On the feature film side, she also made a foray into horror with a leading role in the murky 2005 remake of the John Carpenter classic "The Fog." As her stock in Hollywood rose, audiences were surprised when her character was abruptly killed off shortly into "Lost's" second season

Biography

Early life
Grace was born in Worthington, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, the eldest of three children. She took to acting at an early age, performing in several local theatre productions, among them Jewish Community Center's Gallery Players' 2000 production of The Crucible.[1] The director of that play, John S. Kuhn, said of Grace "Even at that young age she brought a lot to her work."[1]

At 16, Grace left Ohio with her mother, Valinn, for Los Angeles. Things were tough for a while and the young actress frequently found herself struggling to pay her rent.[2] In 2001 she landed the titular role in the Sony Pictures web-serial Rachel's Room, which took the form of a teenager's video journal. In all, she appeared in 56 short videos dialoguing teen angst and her conflict with her mother and school teachers.


Career
Over the following years Maggie, under her stage name Maggie Grace, had guest appearances on several television shows, including CSI: Miami, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Oliver Beene, and portrayed Martha Moxley in the television movie Murder In Greenwich. In 2003, she played the Goth-influenced, estranged daughter of Tom Selleck and Wendy Crewson in the drama 12 Mile Road.

It was in 2004 that Grace landed her big break when she won the role of the affluent, lazy and self-centered Shannon Rutherford on J. J. Abrams' television pilot Lost. When Lost was picked up for a full season by ABC Grace relocated to Oahu, Hawaii where the show is filmed.

During the hiatus between the first and second seasons of Lost, Grace starred in the remake of the John Carpenter horror film, The Fog, alongside Tom Welling and Selma Blair. The film was nearly universally-panned[3] upon its release that fall. She returned to Oahu for Lost's second season, where she filmed the first six episodes, before moving back to Los Angeles.

Maggie was widely rumored to have won the role of Shadowcat in X-Men: The Last Stand [4], but the role eventually went to Ellen Page. Maggie later revealed that she had never been contacted about the role and was surprised to read she was up for the part in question.[5]

After a break in 2006, Grace returned to both small and big screens in 2007. She returned to Oahu and Lost to film a guest spot in a season three episode, and she co-starred in two movies: Suburban Girl, alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin, and The Jane Austen Book Club.

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