Mackenzie Brooke Smith

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Mackenzie Brooke Smith (born February 6, 2001 in Florida ) is an American actress and former child actress who is also used as a model in print and television commercials. She gained international fame primarily through the role of Savannah Weaver , which she played in seven episodes of the second season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles from 2008 to 2009 . In various film and television productions, she is only mentioned under her short name Mackenzie Smith .

life and career

Mackenzie Brooke Smith was born in Florida on February 6, 2001, and was booked for her first appearance in a Texas commercial at the age of four . When she received offers from agents from New York City and Los Angeles at the age of five, her family decided to move with her to California , where Mackenzie Brooke was regularly booked for various engagements. After moving to Los Angeles in 2006, she was not only used here in various print media or in television commercials, but also soon received her first appearances in films and television series. She was first seen in 2007 at the side of Taryn Southern in the short film Hott 4 Hill , a viral video made famous by YouTube that is supposed to parody Obama girl Amber Lee Ettinger . In the same year she had an appearance in Jon Turteltaub's The Legacy of the Secret Book , where she was seen in a small, unimportant role. That year, Smith was actually slated to play the young Hope Emrys in Jerry Alden Deal's debut feature, Dreams Awake ; Smith declined this offer because she refused to have her hair dyed brown.

In 2008 she had her first appearance in a TV series when she was in an episode of matrimony ... saw. Further appearances in 2008 were in the short film Pubert , as well as in the feature film My Sweetheart, Our Family and I with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn . Furthermore, she was brought into the cast of the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles that year , where she took over the part of Savannah Weaver , daughter of Catherine Weaver (played by Shirley Manson ). In this role she was seen in a total of seven different episodes of the second and last season until 2009 and was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the category "Best recurring actress in a television series" at the 2009 Young Artist Awards In this category, however, not to prevail against Erin Sanders , who received the award for her engagement in the soap opera Shadow of Passion .

Smith's engagements increased in 2009, and this year she appeared in three different short films with The Passenger , Turn Around and Dinner . She was also featured in an episode of Pushing Daisies and in the Road to the Altar web series . She was also first seen in an episode of The Fresh Beat Band in 2009 , in which she played a younger version of Marina ( Shayna Rose ); In 2011 she slipped into this role again for two episodes. Also in 2009 she slipped into the role of Rachel Miller , a friend of Juanita Solis ( Madison De La Garza ), in Desperate Housewives . After playing this role again in 2010, she took part in the award-winning series for a third time in 2012 as the ten-year-old version of Bree Van de Kamp ( Marcia Cross ). In 2010 there were also appearances in one episode each of the sitcom 100 Questions , which was discontinued after six episodes had been broadcast, and the television series Criminal Minds ; she was also used as Gwen Anderson in Gabriel Cowan's horror film Growth and had her first appearance as Megan in the US sitcom The Middle , in which she appeared again in the following two years.

Other major appearances in 2011 included the role of Ava in God Bless America , as Pigtails in Kurt Kuennes Shuffle or as Ella in Diane Namm's short film Finding Hope . Amelie Dörr gave her the German voice in the German-language dubbed version of God Bless America . Also in an episode of the short-lived CBS sitcom Mad Love, Smith, who was a member of a USAIGC gymnastics club when she was a child , also appeared in 2011. After a guest appearance as Rhoda Hellberg in the eighth episode of the fourth season of the award-winning US teen sitcom Victorious (2012), Mackenzie Brooke Smith made an appearance in Grave Secrets , the pilot episode of the horror fantasy series Deadtime Stories, in 2013 . Smith was also involved in 2014 in Riz Story's music drama A Winter Rose , starring Kimberly Whalen , where she mimed a younger version of Whalen's Winter Rose . In 2015, after appearing in the film adaptation of the novel The Family Fang , when she played a younger version of Annie Fang played by Nicole Kidman , she was also seen in the lead role of Theodora in the short film of the same name and also took on the recurring character of Martha St. Reynolds in the series 100 Things to High School , aired by Nickelodeon since 2015 , in which it has been used in three different episodes to date.

In addition to her career as an actress, she has already appeared in various advertising productions for COX , AT&T , Anna's Linens , QuikTrip , HomeGoods , INTUNIV®, McDonald’s / Littlest Pet Shop (together with Isabella Acres ), Walmart , Old Navy , Capri-Sun , Toyota , Miracle -Gro , Monnalisa Chic or Barilla , where she conducted a dialogue in German, among other things, as well as numerous other internationally known companies and brands in action. While she is represented as an actress by Adam Griffin of KLWGN Entertainment , which also includes various other well-known up-and-coming actors, she belongs to the Abrams Artists Agency in the theater sector . In the advertising sector she is represented by the JLA Talent Agency , while in the modeling sector the company Zuri Model and Talent in North Hollywood is active in this position.

Filmography

Film appearances (also short appearances)

  • 2007: Hott 4 Hill (short film)
  • 2007: The Legacy of the Secret Book (National Treasure: Book of Secrets)
  • 2008: Puberty (short film)
  • 2008: My darling, our family and I (Four Christmases)
  • 2009: The Passenger (short film)
  • 2009: Turn Around (short film)
  • 2009: Dinner (short film)
  • 2010: Growth
  • 2011: God Bless America
  • 2011: Shuffle
  • 2011: Finding Hope (short film)
  • 2014: A Winter Rose
  • 2015: The Family Fang
  • 2015: Theodora (short film)

Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)

nomination

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 30th Annual Young Artist Awards ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English), accessed on November 11, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Mackenzie Brooke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Mackenzie (short name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and model
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 2001
PLACE OF BIRTH Florida , United States