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Violet Elizabeth McGraw is an American child actress. She began acting at the age of five, with her debut credited role being a recurring role in the 2016 television series ''
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'' as Nina, and her first feature film being in 2018's ''
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''. In 2019 she was nominated for an OFTA Television Award for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Limited Series for ''
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''. She is also known for her role as Cady in the 2022 horror film ''
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''.


Career

Violet McGraw started acting at a young age. In 2016, McGraw made her acting debut in ''Reckless Juliets'' (2017) as Aria Morgan and the television series ''
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'' as Nina (2018). She was most known for roles of Alice in 2019's '' Jett'', her cameo scene as a child in a shopping cart in 2018's blockbuster, directed by Steve Spielberg, ''
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''. In 2018 she had her first major role as young Nell Crain, younger version of Victoria Pedretti's character, in Mike Flanagan's
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series, ''
The Haunting of Hill House ''The Haunting of Hill House'' is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. A finalist for the National Book Award and considered one of the best literary ghost stories published during the 20th century, it has been mad ...
''. She had been announced as part of the cast in September 2017, and the cast was nominated for the OFTA Television Award for Best Ensemble in 2019. McGraw then went on to star in Drama film ''
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'' (2019) as Evie Teague with supporting roles in '' Doctor Sleep'' (2019) as Violet and '' Bennett's War'' (2019). Based on her experiences in ''The Haunting of Hill House'' and ''Doctor Sleep'', McGraw was able to give advice to her older sister Madeleine when the latter starred in the horror film, ''
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''. McGraw made her
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debut in 2021's '' Black Widow'' as a young
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, with the adult version played by
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. In 2021, she also starred in '' Separation'' (2021) as Jenny Vahn. She starred with fellow child star Amie Donald as one of the lead characters in the
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technological horror film ''
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'', for
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, released in January 2023. ''
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'' noted that Donald and co-star McGraw "ended up becoming fast friends by the end of filming".


Personal life

Violet McGraw is youngest of four children. Her older siblings are all also actors: Jack McGraw of ''
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'', Aidan McGraw of ''
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'', and Madeleine McGraw, who portrays Gwen in ''
The Black Phone ''The Black Phone'' is a 2021 American coming-of-age supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who both produced with Jason Blum. It is an adaptation of the 2004 short story of the ...
''.


Filmography


Film


Television


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGraw, Violet American film actresses Living people American television actresses American child actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from California Year of birth missing (living people)