Mackenzie Foy
Mackenzie Christine Foy (born November 10, 2000) is an American model and actress. She is best known for her role as Renesmee Cullen in the 2012 film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, which earned her a Young Artist Award nomination as Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film, and as Murphy in the 2014 space epic Interstellar, for which she received critical acclaim and several awards and nominations.
Early life
Mackenzie Foy was born on November 10, 2000 to Steven and Karrie Foy, a truck driver and a part-time worker. She was born and raised in Los Angeles with her older brother Bayley. Foy began modeling at age 3, and started acting at age 9.
Career
Foy began modeling in print ads in 2004, working for Garnet Hill, Polo Ralph Lauren and Guess. From there, she modeled for companies such as The Walt Disney Company, Mattel, and Gap.
Foy's acting career began when she was nine years old, when she guest-starred in television shows such as 'Til Death, FlashForward and Hawaii Five-0. In 2010 she was cast as Renesmee Cullen in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's book Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final novel in the Twilight 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.
