Grace Van Dien

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Grace Van Dien
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Van Dien in 2022
Born (1996-10-15) October 15, 1996 (age 28)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationsActress, social media personality
Years active2005, 2010–present
Parents
Relatives Christopher Mitchum (grandfather)
Robert Mitchum
(great-grandfather)

Grace Van Dien (born October 15, 1996 [1] [2] ) is an American actress and social media personality. She is known for playing Brooke Osmond in the Netflix teen drama series Greenhouse Academy (2017) and Katie Campbell in NBC drama series The Village (2019). She also portrayed Sharon Tate in the Mary Harron-directed film Charlie Says (2018) and Chrissy Cunningham in Stranger Things (2022).

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Early life

Grace Van Dien was born on October 15, 1996, in Los Angeles, California. [3] [4] She is the daughter of actors Casper Van Dien and Carrie Mitchum, and the great-granddaughter of Hollywood Golden Age star Robert Mitchum. [5] Van Dien has one older brother, an half brother, and two half-sisters. [6] On her father's side, Van Dien has Dutch, Swedish, French, and English ancestry. [7]

Career

In 2005, Van Dien appeared with her family in the reality series, I Married a Princess , which aired on the Lifetime Television channel in the United States. [8] Van Dien played several small roles in her father's films throughout her childhood. Prior to formally beginning her acting career, Van Dien intended to become a writer, before discovering a passion for acting while filming Sleeping Beauty (2014). [9] Between 2015 and 2017, she appeared in numerous television films, independent films and had guest starring roles in the television series Code Black and White Famous . [4]

Van Dien's first major television role was as Brooke Osmond in the Netflix teen drama series Greenhouse Academy , a role she played in the series' first two seasons (2017–2019). [10] [11] [12] In 2018, she starred as Sharon Tate in the biographical film Charlie Says , which had its world premiere at the 75th Venice International Film Festival. In 2019, Van Dien was cast in the starring role of Katie Campbell in the NBC drama series The Village , which was cancelled after one season. [2] [13] [14]

In May 2022, Van Dien guest starred in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things , playing Chrissy Cunningham, a popular but troubled cheerleader at Hawkins High School. [15] [16]

In September 2023, she signed with WME. [17]

Twitch streaming

In 2021, Van Dien began streaming on live streaming service Twitch, reaching over 200,000 followers within three months of starting her channel. [18] Van Dien, who streams chat sessions and Valorant gameplay, has said that streaming provides her with the opportunity to control her own voice. [16] She signed with United Talent Agency for representation in August 2022. [19] In May 2023, Van Dien joined gaming organization FaZe Clan as a content creator. Though, she quietly left the organization a month later after a dispute with co-founder Nordan Shat, also known as "FaZe Rain". [20] Since September 2023, WME represents her in all areas. [17]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRefs.
2014Sleeping BeautyPrincess Dawn
2015San Andreas QuakeAli
Fire TwisterGirlfriend
2016LeapTara Holloway
Storage Locker 181Grace
Bad TwinOlivia/Quinn
Patient Seven Patient Five (Jessa)
2017Awaken the ShadowmanSamantha
2018 Charlie Says Sharon Tate
2020Riding FaithGrace
Lady DriverEllie Lansing
The Binge Lena
2022V for VengeanceScarlett
What Comes Around AnnaOriginally titled Roost
2024SomniumDakotaOriginally titled Alaska
The Fix Ella McPhee
TBAAhh! Roach!†Bree JohnsonPost-production [21]
Silver Star†FrannyPost-production [22]
Killing Of A Nation†TBA [23]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 I Married a Princess HerselfReality television series
2010 The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation Randy's DaughterTelevision film; credited as Caroline Grace Van Dien
2015 Code Black Friend OneEpisode: "Pre-Existing Conditions"
2016MaxRubyUnsold television pilot [24]
The Bad TwinOlivia / QuinnTelevision film
2017Escaping DadAmyTelevision film
White Famous RyannEpisodes: "Woo", "Duality"
2017–2019 Greenhouse Academy Brooke OsmondMain role (seasons 1–2)
2019 The Village Katie CampbellMain role
What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage ToriEpisode: "Havenbrook"
The Rookie OliviaEpisode: "Tough Love"
2021 Immoral Compass TallyEpisode: "Part 4: Parenthood"
2022 Stranger Things Chrissy CunninghamEpisode: "Chapter One: The Hellfire Club"

Other projects

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