Maggie Grace Biography
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, Rovi
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