Grace VanderWaal

Biography

Grace VanderWaal is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Born in Lenexa, she started out sharing her own songs and covers on YouTube and playing at open mic events close to her home in Suffern, New York. In 2016 she won the eleventh season of America's Got Talent, singing her own material. That December she released her debut EP, Perfectly Imperfect, the year's best selling EP. Her first album, Just the Beginning (2017), reached number 22 on the Billboard 200. She made her acting debut in the Disney+ film Stargirl (2020) as the title character, then reprised the role in Hollywood Stargirl (2022). She appeared in Megalopolis (2024), writing two songs for it. Her second album, Childstar, came out in April 2025. Her awards include Radio Disney Music Awards, a Teen Choice Award, Billboard's Women in Music Rising Star Award, and an MTV Europe Music Award.

22years old

Turns 23 on January 15in 95 days

Born January 15, 2004Lenexa
Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Grace Avery VanderWaal (birth name)

Movie Career

Films: 4
Career span: 4 years2020 to 2024

Every film, newest first

2024MegalopolisIMDb rating 4.6
2022Hollywood StargirlIMDb rating 5.8
2020Christmas in ViennaIMDb rating 6.4
2020StargirlIMDb rating 6.2

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Did you know?!

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VanderWaal was the youngest Signature Series artist ever for Fender and the company's first collaboration with a ukulele player, with the instrument line released in 2018.
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VanderWaal was the youngest finalist in the history of the International Acoustic Music Awards, competing in the Best Female Artist category in 2017.
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VanderWaal's audition video, shown on AGT, has been viewed over 100 million times. It also came in at No. 5 among YouTube's trending videos of 2016.