Makenzie Vega
| Makenzie Vega | |
|---|---|
| Born | Makenzie Jade Vega February 10, 1994 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Makenzie Jade Vega (born February 10, 1994) is an American teen actress.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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) |
[edit] 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
