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Maggie Grace Denig 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 JCC's Gallery Players' 2000 production of The
Crucible. The director of that play, John S. Kuhn, said of Grace "Even at
that young age she brought a lot to her work."
At 16, Maggie 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. 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.
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, The Fog, alongside Tom
Welling and Selma Blair. The film was nearly universally-panned 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, 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.
After a break in 2006 Maggie 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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Taken (2008) .... Kim
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) .... Allegra
Suburban Girl (2007) .... Chloe
"Lost" .... Shannon Rutherford (33 episodes, 2004-2007)
- Exposé (2007) TV Episode .... Shannon Rutherford
- Collision (2005) TV Episode .... Shannon Rutherford
- The Other 48 Days (2005) TV Episode .... Shannon Rutherford
- Abandoned (2005) TV Episode .... Shannon Rutherford
- ...And Found (2005) TV Episode (credit only) .... Shannon
Rutherford
(28 more)
The Fog (2005) .... Elizabeth Williams
... aka Brouillard, Le (Canada: French title)
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Jessie Dawning (1 episode,
2004)
... aka Law & Order: SVU (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title)
- Obscene (2004) TV Episode .... Jessie Dawning
"Oliver Beene" .... Elke (8 episodes, 2004)
- Babysitting (2004) TV Episode .... Elke
- Catskills (2004) TV Episode .... Elke
- Superhero (2004) TV Episode .... Elke
- Oliver & the Otters (2004) TV Episode .... Elke
- Idol Chatter (2004) TV Episode .... Elke
(3 more)
Creature Unknown (2004) .... Amanda
... aka The Forest (UK: DVD title)
"Cold Case" .... Rene (1 episode, 2004)
- Volunteers (2004) TV Episode .... Rene
"Like Family" .... Mary (1 episode, 2004)
- My Two Moms (2004) TV Episode .... Mary
"Miracles" .... Hannah Cottrell (1 episode, 2003)
- Mother's Daughter (2003) TV Episode .... Hannah Cottrell
Twelve Mile Road (2003) (TV) .... Dulcie Landis
"The Lyon's Den" .... Haley Dugan (2 episodes)
- Beach House (????) TV Episode .... Haley Dugan
- Duty to Serve (????) TV Episode
"CSI: Miami" .... Amy Gorman (1 episode, 2003)
- Spring Break (2003) TV Episode .... Amy Gorman
Murder in Greenwich (2002) (TV) .... Martha Moxley
... aka Dominick Dunne Presents: Murder in Greenwich (USA: complete
title)
"Septuplets" (2002) TV Series .... Hope Wilde (unknown episodes)
Shop Club (2002)
Rachel's Room (2001) .... Rachel Reed |
