American actress Makenzie Vega is best known for playing Grace Florrick, one of the major characters in the CBS courtroom drama “The Good Wife,” which she did for seven seasons from 2009 to 2016. She began acting at a very young age, following in the footsteps of her older sister, actress Alexa Vega, who is most known for her lead part in the “Spy Kids” series. She had a major role in the television series “The Geena Davis Show” and appeared in movies including “The Family Man,” “Made,” “Sin City,” and “X-Men: The Last Stand” in her early acting career. Her performance in “The Family Man” earned her the “Young Artist Award” for “Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Age Ten or Under” in 2001. She has been nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Young Artist Awards for her work in “The Good Wife.” In the horror-thriller “Fender Bender,” which debuted on the Chiller channel in June 2016, she played the title role of Hilary. She most recently appeared in the 2017 television movies “Pretty Little Dead Girl” and “Tomboy.”
Career of Makenzie Vega
Makenzie Vega made her acting debut at the age of five in the 1999 television film “Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie.” She was chosen to play Teddie Cochran’s youngest child in “The Geena Davis Show” in 2000. The next year, she made her acting debut in “The Family Man,” as Annie, the precocious daughter of the Campbells. She then received the role of Chloe in the 2001 crime-comedy movie “Made,” which also starred Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, and Famke Janssen. She portrayed Diana Gordon in the horror movie “Saw” and starred in the touching family drama “Chestnut: Hero of Central Park” in 2004.
She co-starred with Bruce Willis in the 2005 neo-noir crime anthology movie “Sin City” as young Nancy Callahan. Her subsequent film appearances were the romantic comedy “Just My Luck,” in which she co-starred with Chris Pine and Lindsay Lohan, and the popular superhero movie “X-Men: The Last Stand,” in which she played Prison Truck Little Girl, one of the character Mystique’s many alter selves.
She then appeared as a guest star in several television programs, such as “ER,” “Ghost Whisperer,” and “Justice,” as well as in the 2007 romantic comedy-drama movie “In the Land of Women.” Her biggest break came in 2009 when she was given the role of Grace Florrick in the CBS drama “The Good Wife,” the daughter of Alicia Florrick (played by Julianna Margulies).
Life in general
Makenzie Baruch Vega, a former photographer, and Gina Rue, a former Miami model, welcomed Jade Vega into the world on February 10, 1994, in Los Angeles, California. She has some Colombian ancestry from her father. Both of her parents have remarried and are no longer living together. She has six siblings, including half-brothers Jet James and Cruz Hudson Rue, half-sisters Greylin James and Margaux Vega, and older sisters Alexa Vega and Krizia Vega. Additionally, the actresses are Margaux, Krizia, and Alexa. Until June 2012, she attended the exclusive Catholic all-girls Dominican Academy.
Relationships of Makenzie Vega
Makenzie Vega had a relationship with American actor and singer Logan Henderson, who was a bandmate in the Big Time Rush band with her sister Alexa’s husband Carlos Pena. When they were first spotted together shopping at a nearby market in Studio City, California, in October 2014, the two allegedly began dating. Following that, they started showing up together at other award ceremonies and gatherings, such as the 2015 Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscars Viewing Party in Los Angeles. They could be seen supporting Alexa and Carlos PenaVega from the audience in September 2015 as they competed against one another on “Dancing with the Stars.” After it was revealed that she wouldn’t be a regular cast member of “The Good Wife’s” last season the following month, speculations of their impending nuptials began to circulate. They were still too young to get married, according to sources close to them, who denied the allegations. In July of the following year, they split up.
She announced her marriage to Australian fashion model Blair Norfolk at a secret ceremony on a beach over the “Super Bowl” weekend, just after turning 23 in February 2017. While her husband posted another picture of them displaying their wedding rings, she shared his picture on Instagram with the message, “This is My Husband.” She and her husband altered their Instagram surname to “Vega Norfolk” after taking a hint from their older sister Alexa, who after getting married legally used the surname “PenaVega.”
Estimated net worth
Makenzie Vega has an estimated net worth of $6 million. She is an American actress. In February 1994, Makenzie Jade Vega was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the actress Alexa Vega’s younger sister. In 1999’s TV movie Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie, Makenzie made her debut. Her feature film debut was in The Family Man from 2000. She played Eliza Ryan on The Geena Davis Show from 2000 to 2001. The films Made, Saw, Chestnut: Hero of Central Park, Sin City, Just My Luck, and X-Men: The Last Stand all featured her as a lead. She appeared in the 2006 television show Justice on a regular basis, and she also participated in the 2007 film In the Land of Women. In the late 2000s, Vega made appearances on the shows ER and Ghost Whisperer. Since 2009, her most well-known performance was as Grace Florrick in the television series The Good Wife. She appeared in the 2014 movie Code Academy, and she will next be seen in the film The Case Against Sam. For her work in The Family Man, she was honored with a Young Artist Award in 2001 for Best Performance by a Young Actress Age 10 or Under in a Feature Film. In addition to the three Young Artist Awards, Vega has been nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards.