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| Born | Mackenzie Christine Foy (2000-11-10)November 10, 2000 (age 25) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress and model |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Mackenzie Christine Foy (born November 10, 2000)[1] is an American actress and model. Her breakout role was asRenesmee Cullen in the 2012 filmThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, which earned her aYoung Artist Award nomination forBest Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film.[2][3] She is also known for portraying Cindy Perron inThe Conjuring Universe and young Murph inInterstellar (2014), the latter earning her aSaturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor, among other awards nominations. She has also starred inThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) andBlack Beauty (2020).
Foy was born on November 10, 2000,[1] in Los Angeles, California, where she was raised.[4] Her father, a truck driver, and mother, a homemaker, had no connections to the film industry. Foy began modeling at age 3, and started acting at age 8.[5] She is a practitioner ofTaekwondo.[6]
Foy began modeling in print ads in 2004, working for Garnet Hill,Polo Ralph Lauren andGuess.[4][7][8] From there, she modeled for companies such asThe Walt Disney Company,Mattel andGap.[9]
Foy's acting career began when she was eight years old, when she guest-starred in television shows such as'Til Death,FlashForward andHawaii Five-0. In 2010, she was cast asRenesmee Cullen in the film adaptation ofStephenie Meyer's bookBreaking Dawn, the fourth and final novel in theTwilight saga series. The first movie,The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, in which Renesmee is shown only in a flash-forward, was released on November 18, 2011, while the second,The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, on November 16, 2012.
In February 2012, she joined the cast ofJames Wan's horror filmThe Conjuring.[10] Shooting on the film began in February 2012 in North Carolina,[11] and it was released in July 2013. In February, she was also in the last episode of the second season of the horror TV seriesR. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, in which she played Natalie, a girl who goes to live with her grandfather and discovers that a doll she was given, is alive and has bad intentions.[12]
On October 10, 2012, Foy joinedWagner on tour andWish You Well, the film adaptation ofDavid Baldacci's book, where she played the lead.[13] On November 17, 2012, Foy was in another episode ofR. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, playing Georgia Lomin.[14] In 2014, Foy appeared in Erica Dunton's movieBlack Eyed Dog.
Foy co-starred as the childhood version ofMatthew McConaughey's daughter inChristopher Nolan'sInterstellar. She provided the voice of Celestine in the English dub ofErnest & Celestine (2012), Violet inThe Boxcar Children (2014) and The Little Girl inThe Little Prince (2015). In July 2016, it was announced that Foy would play the lead role of Clara in the filmThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms.[15][16]
In May 2019 it was announced that Foy would co-star withKate Winslet in a new adaptation ofBlack Beauty, which was filmed in the fall of 2019 and was released in 2020.[17][18]
In December 2024, it was reported that Foy would appear alongsideSean Bean andOdeya Rush inThe Isolate Thief, directed by John Suits.[19]
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Renesmee Cullen | Cameo |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Renesmee Cullen | |
| 2013 | The Conjuring | Cindy Perron | |
| Wish You Well | Lou Cardinal | ||
| 2014 | Ernest & Celestine | Celestine (voice) | |
| The Boxcar Children | Violet (voice) | ||
| Black Eyed Dog | Daisy | ||
| Interstellar | Young Murphy "Murph" Cooper | ||
| 2015 | The Little Prince | The Little Girl (voice) | |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Clara Stahlbaum | |
| 2020 | Black Beauty | Jo Green | |
| 2025 | The Conjuring: Last Rites | Cindy Perron | Cameo |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 'Til Death | Little Girl | Episode: "No Complaints" |
| 2010 | FlashForward | Kate Erskine | Episode: "Blowback" |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Lily Wilson | Episode: "Ho'apono" |
| 2012 | R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series | Natalie / Georgia Lomin | Guest role; 2 episodes |
| 2014 | The Cookie Mobster | Sally | TV movie |
| 2015 | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Jenny O'Neill | TV movie |
| Association | Year[a] | Category | Work | Result | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Artist Award | 2013 | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Nominated | [3][20] |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Youth Performance | Interstellar | [21] | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | ||||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2014 | Best Young Performer | [22] | ||
| Saturn Award | 2015 | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Won | [23] | |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2015 | Choice Movie Actress – Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Nominated | [24] |
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