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Makenzie Vega Born Makenzie Jade Vega
February 10, 1994
Los Angeles, California, United StatesOccupation Actress Years active 1999–present Makenzie Jade Vega (born February 10, 1994) is an American teen actress.
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Personal life
Vega was born in Los Angeles, California to a Colombian father and an American mother.[1] She is the younger sister of actress Alexa Vega. Vega currently lives in New York with her mother Gina Rue (a model),[2] and three siblings. Vega attends a private all-girls Catholic school, on the Upper East Side.
Career
At the age of five, Vega appeared regularly as the smallest child of Teddie Cochran (Geena Davis) in The Geena Davis Show. In 2000, she was cast as Annie, the Campbells’ precocious daughter[3] in The Family Man. The following year, Vega was seen again playing Chloe in Made which starred Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Famke Janssen. In 2004, she played Diana Gordon, daughter of Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) and Alison Gordon (Monica Potter) in the horror film Saw. Her next movie was Sin City, in which she played young Nancy Callahan, alongside Bruce Willis. Vega then appeared in Just My Luck, starring Lindsay Lohan, and also in the summer blockbuster X-Men: The Last Stand as the Prison Truck Little Girl, where she was one of the forms that the shapeshifter Mystique took, as an unsuccessful ploy to fool the guards into letting her go. Currently, she plays Grace, the daughter of Alicia Florrick, portrayed by Julianna Margulies, in the CBS drama The Good Wife.
Filmography
Year Film Role 1999 Dr. Quinn: Revolutions Maria 2000 The Family Man Annie Campbell 2000–01 The Geena Davis Show Eliza Ryan 2001 Made Chloe 2004 Saw Diana Gordon 2004 Chestnut: Hero Of Central Park Sal 2005 Sin City young Nancy Callahan 2006 Just My Luck Katy Hardin 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Prison Truck Little Girl 2006 Justice Mary Nicks 2007 In the Land of Women Paige Hardwicke 2007 Ghost Whisperer Becca Cahill (Guest) 2009 ER Vera (Guest) 2009–present The Good Wife Grace (Main Cast) References
- ^ Alexa Vega (2005-05-11). "Alexa Forever Forums". RE: Questions for Miss Alexa Vega. http://www.foreveralexaonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=307&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=307#6548. Retrieved 2006-08-20. "My father's side is Colombian (bogota)... and I don't know why they said my mom was Italian. She's not. My family and I were trying to figure out what my mom was, but we can only go back to 5 generations and they were all from Florida. haha. so .. Floridian? ahhah... my moms last name is French though"[dead link]
- ^ Alexa Vega Biography (1988-)
- ^ "Annie's not much of a violin player, but she tries real hard. She's a little precocious, but that's only because she says what's on her mind." imdb quotes
External links
Categories:- American child actors
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Actors from Los Angeles, California
- American people of Colombian descent
- Hispanic and Latino American actors
- 1994 births
- Living people
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