Violet McGraw

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Violet McGraw
Born
Violet Elizabeth McGraw

(2011-04-22) April 22, 2011 (age 13)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active2016–present
Relatives Madeleine McGraw (sister)

Violet Elizabeth McGraw [1] (born April 22, 2011 [2] [1] ) is an American child actress. She began acting at the age of five,[ citation needed ] with her debut credited role being a recurring role in the 2016 television series Love as Nina, and her first feature film being in 2018's Ready Player One . In 2019 she was nominated for an OFTA Television Award for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Limited Series for The Haunting of Hill House . She is also known for her role as Cady in the 2022 horror film M3GAN .

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Career

Violet McGraw started acting at a young age. In 2016, McGraw made her acting debut in Reckless Juliets (2017) as Aria Morgan and the television series Love as Nina (2018). She was most known for roles of Alice in 2019's Jett , and her cameo scene as a child in a shopping cart in 2018's blockbuster, directed by Steven Spielberg, Ready Player One . In 2018 she had her first major role as young Nell Crain, younger version of Victoria Pedretti's character, in Mike Flanagan's Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House . She had been announced as part of the cast in September 2017. [3] McGraw then went on to star in Drama film Our Friend (2019) as Evie Teague with supporting roles in Doctor Sleep (2019) as Violet and Bennett's War (2019). Based on her experiences in The Haunting of Hill House and Doctor Sleep, McGraw was able to give advice to her older sister Madeleine when the latter starred in the horror film The Black Phone . [4]

McGraw made her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in 2021's Black Widow as a young Yelena Belova, with the adult version played by Florence Pugh. [5] In 2021, she also starred in Separation (2021) as Jenny Vahn. She starred with fellow child star Amie Donald as one of the lead characters in the Universal Pictures technological horror film M3GAN , for Blumhouse, released in January 2023. [5] [6] [7] [8] The Hollywood Reporter noted that Donald and co-star McGraw "ended up becoming fast friends by the end of filming". [9] In May 2023, McGraw was cast in A Wonderful Way with Dragons. [10]

Personal life

Violet McGraw is the youngest of four children. Her older siblings are all also actors: Jack McGraw of The Good Dinosaur , Aidan McGraw of American Sniper , and Madeleine McGraw, who portrays Gwen in The Black Phone . [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Ready Player One Shopping Cart KidUncredited[ citation needed ]
2019 Bennett's War Rebecca
Our Friend Evie Teague
Doctor Sleep Violet
2021 Separation Jenny Vahn
Black Widow Young Yelena Belova
2022A Christmas MysteryViolet Pierce
I Believe in SantaElla
2022 M3GAN Cady
2024 The Life of Chuck Lily
The Curse of the NecklaceEllen Davis
2025 M3GAN 2.0 CadyPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 The Haunting of Hill House Young Eleanor "Nell" CraneMain role
2019 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bailey Shaw1 episode
Love Nina2 episodes
Jett AliceMain role

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