Makenzie Jade Vega Norfolk (born February 10, 1994), known professionally as Makenzie Vega, is an American actress. She is known for her role as Grace Florrick on ''

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in ''

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''.

Life and career

Vega was born in

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. Her father, Baruch Vega, is a Colombian fashion photographer who was an informant for the

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Film Reference. She is the younger sister of actress

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. At the age of five, Vega played one of the children of Teddie Cochran (

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) in ''

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''. In 2000, she was cast as Annie, the Campbells' precocious daughter in ''

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''. The following year, Vega was seen again playing Chloe in ''

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'' which starred

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and

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. In 2004, she played Diana Gordon, daughter of Dr. Lawrence Gordon (

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) and Alison Gordon (

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) in the horror film ''

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'', in which she played young

, alongside

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. Vega then appeared in '' Just My Luck'' as Katy, starring

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and

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, and also in the summer blockbuster '' X-Men: The Last Stand'' as the Prison Truck Little Girl, which was one of the forms that the

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Mystique took in the film. Vega played Grace Florrick, the daughter of

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(

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), in the CBS drama ''

''; 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. In 2015, Vega was cast in the lead role in the thriller film '' Fender Bender'', which premiered on the Chiller channel in June 2016.

Personal life

Vega married Australian model Blair Norfolk on February 4, 2017 in a secret wedding which the couple announced publicly three weeks after.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vega, Makenzie 1994 births Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses Hispanic and Latino American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles American people of Colombian descent