Mackenzie Davis

Mackenzie Davis in July 2019

Mackenzie Davis (born April 1, 1987 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a Canadian actress . Among other things, she made her roles in The F-Word - No way just good friends! , Forever single? or from 2014 through her leading role as Cameron Howe in the US drama series Halt and Catch Fire, international fame.

life and career

Davis was born on April 1, 1987 in Vancouver, the largest city in the Canadian province of British Columbia, where she grew up and spent much of her school years before moving to Montreal . In the megacity, she began studying English at McGill University , which she completed after three years in 2010, in order to continue her dream of an acting career in New York City . In the US metropolis, she finally began training at the renowned drama school Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater , which she completed in May 2011 after almost two years in the Two-Year Certificate Professional Acting program, before doing her first Roles in film and television has been posted. On this occasion, she spent almost the entire next two years in Los Angeles . One of the reasons for this was that filmmaker Drake Doremus hired her in a supporting role for his film Breathe In , which had its official premiere in 2013; Doremus had only recently discovered them.

Mackenzie Davis at the premiere of The Martians - Save Mark Watney at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival

In 2012, the 1.78 m tall actress took on a smaller role in James Ponsoldt's Smashed and was seen in an episode of the short-lived US series I Just Want My Pants Back . Her real breakthrough in the film business, however, was not until the following year, when she played the supporting role of Nicole in The F-Word in addition to the already mentioned film Breathe In . , in the leading role of Sue in the thriller Bad Turn Worse , also known as We Gotta Get Out of This Place , in the supporting role of Sophia in Myles Sorensen's Plato’s Reality Machine or in the short film Moontown . For the portrayal of Nicole in The F-Word - Because of only good friends! She was nominated in the following year at the Canadian Screen Awards in the category "Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role", but could not stand up in this category against Sarah Gadon , who was almost exactly the same age , who won the prize for her work in Enemy won, prevail.

In 2014, in addition to a short film ( Emptied ), she also played a notable supporting role in Forever Single? to see. She also took on the lead role in the form of computer genius Cameron Howe in the US drama series Halt and Catch Fire, which runs over four seasons .

In the following year 2015 Mackenzie Davis was also able to participate in well-known productions, for example she was seen in the drama A Country Called Home or as NASA satellite specialist Mindy Park in the blockbuster The Martian - Rescues Mark Watney with Matt Damon in the lead role. She had other engagements this year in the short film Memory Box or in the role of Petra in Freaks of Nature , a horror comedy film, also known as Kitchen Sink . Another film that Davis is working on is currently in post-production and is expected to be released in 2016 under the title Always Shine . In October 2016, Netflix released the third season of the drama series Black Mirror , in which Mackenzie Davis starred in San Junipero (episode 4) alongside Gugu Mbatha-Raw . In the meanwhile sixth film in the Terminator series, Terminator: Dark Fate (November 2019), Mackenzie Davis plays one of the leading roles alongside the original cast of Terminator 2 - Judgment Day .

In late June 2020, Davis became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Nominations and Awards

nomination

2014: Canadian Screen Award in the category “Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role” for their involvement in The F-Word - No way just good friends!