Grace Van Patten

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Grace Van Patten
Born
Grace Van Patten

c. 1996/1997 (age 24–25)
New York City, U.S.
EducationFiorello H. LaGuardia High School
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present
Parent(s)
RelativesDick Van Patten (uncle)
Joyce Van Patten (aunt)
Vincent Van Patten (cousin)
Talia Balsam (cousin)

Grace Van Patten (born c.  1996/1997)[1] is an American actress. She has appeared in two films distributed by Netflix: Tramps (2016) and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017); and in Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers (2021), an 8-episode series. She is the daughter of director Timothy Van Patten and niece of actor Dick Van Patten.

Early life[]

Van Patten grew up in Tribeca, New York City, and attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. She is the eldest of three daughters[2] of director and producer Timothy Van Patten and former model Wendy Rossmeyer Van Patten.[3] Grace Van Patten was a self-described "tomboy"[2] and played volleyball and basketball.[4] She owned a mini chopper at a young age; her grandfather, Bruce Rossmeyer, had owned several Harley-Davidson dealerships that are now run by her mother.[3][5] She is the niece of comic actor Dick Van Patten,[6] and she lives with her family in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.[7] Her half-cousin is actress Talia Balsam, who is the daughter of Joyce Van Patten.

Career[]

At the age of 8, Van Patten's first role was on the crime drama television series The Sopranos, for which her father directed. He got her the audition, and she portrayed Ally, the daughter of gangster Eugene Pontecorvo.[3] She was in a 2014 episode of another series directed by her father, Boardwalk Empire.[8] She deferred admission to the University of Southern California, instead choosing to audition in New York City and take community college classes in psychology and philosophy. She postponed the courses, however, when she got a job during the school year. She met her manager, Emily Gerson Saines, through LaGuardia classmate and actor Ansel Elgort.[4]

Van Patten played Ellie in her first feature film, the Netflix romantic comedy Tramps,[4] which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] She had a small part in crime drama Stealing Cars and starred in the 2017 horror thriller Central Park.[8][9] In the comedy-drama film The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), Van Patten portrayed Eliza, a Bard College film student and the daughter of Adam Sandler's character, Danny. In the film, directed by Noah Baumbach and screened at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, Eliza makes sexually explicit shorts starring herself.[3]

In her theater debut, Van Patten performed in The New Group's Off-Broadway play The Whirligig by Hamish Linklater alongside Zosia Mamet at the Pershing Square Signature Center.[3][4][10] Van Patten acted in the 2017 romantic comedy The Wilde Wedding with Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Patrick Stewart, and Minnie Driver.[4] Principal photography of Dolly Wells' Good Posture, starring Van Patten and Emily Mortimer, finished in Brooklyn in late December 2017.[11]

She appeared in David Robert Mitchell's crime noir Under the Silver Lake with Mamet, Riley Keough, and Andrew Garfield.[9][12] Van Patten was named one of Variety magazine's "10 Actors to Watch" in 2017.[8] In the fall of 2018, she appeared as Joan of Arc opposite Glenn Close in The Public Theater's production of Mother of the Maid.[13] She will also star opposite Jovan Adepo in Kerem Sanga's drama The Violent Heart.[14]

Acting credits[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref.
2015 Stealing Cars Maggie Wyatt Bradley Kaplan [15]
2016 Tramps Ellie Adam Leon [5]
2017 Central Park Leyla Justin Reinsilber [12]
2017 The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) Eliza Meyerowitz Noah Baumbach Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Ensemble [3]
[16]
2017 The Wilde Wedding Mackenzie Darling Damian Harris [17]
2018 Under the Silver Lake Balloon Girl David Robert Mitchell [9]
2019 Good Posture Lilian Dolly Wells [11]
2020 The Violent Heart Cassie Kerem Sanga [14]
2021 Mayday Ana Karen Cinorre [18]

Television[]

Year Title Role Channel Notes Ref.
2006 The Sopranos Ally Pontecorvo HBO 2 episodes: "Members Only" and "Join the Club"
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jodie Lanier NBC Episode: "October Surprise"
2014 Boardwalk Empire Ruth Lindsay HBO Episode: "Cuanto"
2018 Maniac Olivia Meadows Netflix
2021 Nine Perfect Strangers Zoe Hulu Miniseries

Stage[]

Year Production Theater Role Notes Ref.
2017 The Whirligig Pershing Square Signature Center Julie May 21 – June 18 [19]

References[]

  1. ^ Farber, Lindsay (April 22, 2017). "30 Things You Should Know About Grace Van Patten". BuzzFeed. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Morris, Alex; et al. (November 3, 2017). "The Hot List 2017: The People and Trends We're Talking About the Most". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Cusumano, Katherine (October 13, 2017). "Meet Grace Van Patten, 20-Year-Old Star of The Meyerowitz Stories and the Next Great Indie Film Discovery". W. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e Brown, Emma (May 11, 2017). "Discovery: Grace Van Patten". Interview. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Powers, John (April 21, 2017). "Get Ready to See a Lot More of Grace Van Patten". Vogue. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Smith, Krista (October 2017). "Grace Van Patten Is a Real New York City Kid". Vanity Fair. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  7. ^ Nordstrom, Leigh (April 17, 2017). "Growing Up Grace Van Patten". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  8. ^ a b c Saval, Malina (October 4, 2017). "10 Actors to Watch: Grace Van Patten Stars in 'The Meyerowitz Stories'". Variety. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  9. ^ a b c Spellberg, Claire (October 25, 2017). "Who Is Grace Van Patten? Here's Everything You Need To Know About The Scene-Stealing Daughter in 'The Meyerowitz Stories'". Decider. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  10. ^ "Hollywood's Freshmen Class: 6 Young Actresses You Should Know This Fall". Paper. September 14, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  11. ^ a b Grater, Tom (December 22, 2017). "Emily Mortimer, Grace Van Patten wrap US comedy-drama 'Good Posture'". ScreenDaily. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  12. ^ a b N'Duka, Amanda (August 14, 2017). "Actress Grace Van Patten Inks With WME". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
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  14. ^ a b Fleming, Mike Jr. (December 6, 2017). "'Meyerowitz's Grace Van Patten & 'Fences' Jovan Adepo Set For 'The Violent Heart'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  15. ^ McNary, Dave (November 19, 2013). "Long-stalled 'Stealing Cars' Draws Emory Cohen, Mike Epps, Felicity Huffman". Variety. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  16. ^ Barbuto, Dana (December 10, 2017). "'Phantom Thread' earns top prize from Boston film critics group". The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  17. ^ Louie, Philip (September 14, 2017). "Glenn Close, Peter Facinelli, Grace Van Patten, & Damian Harris dish about 'The Wilde Wedding' on-set fun". AOL. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  18. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (November 12, 2019). "Juliette Lewis, Grace Van Patten, Mia Goth Star In 'Mayday' Movie From Karen Cinorre". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  19. ^ Brantley, Ben (May 21, 2017). "Review: 'The Whirligig' Is a Feast for Actors, by a Knowing Chef". The New York Times. Retrieved December 9, 2017.

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