Maggie Grace is an American actress. She can be seen in the upcoming thriller Taken 2, out October 5th, and in the final installment of the Twilight series, out November 16th.
Maggie Grace was born in Worthington, Ohio on September 21, 1983. She dropped out of high school at 16 to move to Los Angeles with her mother. Within a week of relocating to California, she acquired and agent and enrolled in acting classes. Her breakout role was on 2002's television movie Murder in Greenwich, based on the true story of 15-year-old Martha Moxley's murder. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her portrayal of Martha. Grace went on to portray minor roles on television shows such as CSI: Miami, Cold Case and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit before landing the role of Shannon Rutherford on the critically acclaimed ABC drama Lost. After leaving the show in its second season, Grace appeared in several films, including The Fog (2005), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Taken (2008) and Knight and Day (2010). She has recently been cast in the sixth season of Showtime's dramedy Californiacation as well as the upcoming Fox drama The Following.