Laine MacNeil

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Laine MacNeil
Born (1996-10-28) October 28, 1996 (age 27)
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
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Laine MacNeil (born October 28, 1996 [1] [2] ) is a Canadian actress. MacNeil made her motion picture debut at the age of 13, and is best known for her role as Patty Farrell in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid feature film franchise, which earned her five Young Artist Award nominations, including a win as Best Young Supporting Actress in a Feature Film.

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Life and career

MacNeil was born on October 28, 1996, in Surrey, British Columbia. She attended Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School. [3] Her brother Donnie is also an actor. [4] MacNeil began her acting career at a young age and appeared in her first significant film production in a non-negligible marginal role. In Mr. Troop Mom with all-rounder George Lopez in 2009, MacNeil had the role of the Kayla. The following year, MacNeil had her international breakthrough when she was cast in the role months before as "Patty Farrell" in the first film adaptation of the successful book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid .

For her performance in the film, MacNeil was awarded and honored several times. She has received many awards in the Young Artist Awards 2011 nominated for a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress" on August 3, 2012. In addition, it was with the cast of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, consisting of Peyton List, Karan Brar, Robert Capron, Grayson Russell, Zachary Gordon, and Devon Bostick at the same ceremony with a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast".

In 2011, MacNeil followed for numerous other appearances, including among other things a guest appearance on the short-lived Canadian police series Shattered . They also took over in 2011 published the second part of the film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules , again in the role of "Patty Farrell" and was also still in a guest role in the series R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series . After these engagements, MacNeil was in the following year again represented at the Young Artist Awards. She received the award of the Young Artist Awards 2012 a nomination in the category "Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 14-16" for her performance in Shattered and was additionally a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress" for their involvement in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.

In 2012, MacNeil had a guest role on RL Stine's The Haunting Hour and made an appearance in an episode of Falling Skies . In 2012, she played a supporting role in Norman Buckley's directorial debut film The Pregnancy Project and returned to Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days , where MacNeil was nominated to the Young Artist Awards 2013 in the categories of "Best Performance in a TV series - Guest Starring Young Actress 14–16" for her performance in American television series "Falling Skies" and "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress" for her performance as Patty Farrell in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days and part of the "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast" where the cast won.

In 2013, MacNeil appeared on Canadian-American horror film Horns starring Daniel Radcliffe, where she played the role of young Glenna. That same year, MacNeil appeared on three episodes of the American crime drama The Killing and again on an episode of R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series[ citation needed ]

In 2014, MacNeil appeared on several TV series such as Almost Human , Motive , and Strange Empire . She also appeared on two TV films, The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story and Damaged. MacNeil was nominated that same year to the 35th Young Artist Awards in the category of "Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 17-21" for her appearance in R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour and in the category of "Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress 17-21" for her recurring role in The Killing. MacNeil also worked for a few months as a Fright Night Performer at the Pacific National Exhibition.

MacNeil was nominated on 2015 for the 36th Young Artist Awards in the category of "Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 17-21" and the Joey Awards in the category of "Best Actress in a TV Drama Guest Starring Role Age 14-18 Years" for her work on Strange Empire. Outside of acting, MacNeil started to work that same year as a fitness coach in The Dailey Method where she continues to work as of 2020.

Between 2016 and 2017, MacNeil had a recurring role on You Me Her's first two seasons as Ava Matherfield, Lori's teenage daughter. In 2016, she appeared on On the Farm and The X-Files . In 2017, MacNeil was nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards in the category of "Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series" for her work on You Me Her.[ citation needed ] That same year, MacNeil appeared on the American movie The Edge of Seventeen , starring Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick and Haley Lu Richardson, playing a TCBY girl.[ citation needed ] Furthermore, she worked between 2016 and 2017 as a Belayer in Coastal Climbing Centre.

In 2018, MacNeil appeared on Episode 4 of Lee Fraser's podcast Monological. [5]

In 2019, MacNeil appeared on Episode 2, "Noise, Noise, Noise" of the American television series Deadly Class , portraying the role of Rory's daughter.[ citation needed ]

In 2020, MacNeil had a supporting role in the American science fiction comedy film Spontaneous , starring Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer, Hayley Law, Piper Perabo, Rob Huebel and Yvonne Orji, playing the role of Jenna Dalton. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Patty Farrell
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2012 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2013 Horns Glenna Shepherd (age 13)
2016 Unclaimed GirlAKA, On the Farm
2016 The Edge of Seventeen TCBY Girl
2020 Spontaneous Jenna Dalton

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Mr. Troop Mom KaylaTV film
2011 Shattered Mia Simms"Key with No Lock"
2011 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series Kayla"Catching Cold"
2012The Pregnancy ProjectPaytonTV film
2012 Falling Skies Teresa"Worlds Apart"
2013 The Killing Angie Gower"Eminent Domain", "Try"
2013 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series Tracey"Séance"
2014 Almost Human Emily Wilson"Disrupt"
2014 Motive Marlisse Grauer"The Made Me a Criminal"
2014 The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story Teenage Girl #1TV film
2014DamagedMaceyTV film
2014 Strange Empire Martha"How Far Is Heaven"
2015 R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls Andrea PaytonTV film
2015 The Hollow JillTV film
2016 The X-Files Girl"Babylon"
2016–2017 You Me Her AvaRecurring role
2019 Deadly Class Rory's Daughter"Noise, Noise, Noise"

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2011 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress Diary of a Wimpy Kid Nominated [7]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Won
2012 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Won [8]
Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 14-16 Shattered Nominated
2013 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Nominated [9]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Won
Best Performance in a TV series - Guest Starring Young Actress 14–16 Falling Skies Nominated
2014 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 17-21 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Nominated [10]
Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress 17-21 The Killing Nominated
2015 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 17-21 Strange Empire Nominated [11]
Joey AwardsBest Actress in a TV Drama Guest Starring Role Age 14-18 YearsNominated [12]
2017 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series You Me Her Nominated [13]
2021 Leo Awards Best Performance in a Youth or Children's Program or SeriesAn Introvert's Guide To High SchoolNominated [14]

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