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Having only started acting professionally in 2000, Maggie Grace already has an enviable list of credits. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Grace made her television debut in 2002 as Martha Moxley in the telefilm Murder in Greenwich. She also starred in the telefilm 12 Mile Road, opposite Tom Selleck. In addition to a recurring role on Oliver Beene, she has guest-starred on Law & Order: SVU, Cold Case, Lyon's Den and CSI: Miami. Grace also had a starring role in the film The Fog.

She currently resides in Los Angeles.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Columbus, OH
BIRTHDATE September 21
(courtesy of ABC) Few performers experience a meteoric rise to fame on par with that of actress Maggie Grace. An Ohio native whose parents co-ran a jewelry business, Grace left her Columbus home amid complete obscurity, nurturing dreams of becoming an A-list actress, and within five years made that dream a reality, given her ability to test out of high school and graduate years ahead of time. With the blessing of her parents, Grace promptly moved to Los Angeles at age 16 and snagged an agent. Roles in low-medium-budgeted features and short-lived television series (FOX's Septuplets and Oliver Beene) followed, but it was her breakout turn in the blockbuster series Lost -- as the pampered, spoiled and bratty Shannon Rutherford -- that made her a superstar. From that launching pad, she transitioned to a number of features, including the supernatural horror opus The Fog (2005) (a remake of the 1980 John Carpenter film of the same name), director Robin Swicord's gentle romantic comedy The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), and a leading role as the abducted daughter of an ex-soldier (Liam Neeson) in the high-adrenaline thriller Taken (2008). Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

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