She started as a child actor at age five, who popped up in Young Sheldon, Captain Marvel and I, Tonya.
And this actress also starred in two films in the Ghostbusters franchise, Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024).
Now she has put on a dazzling display at the 2026 Academy Awards.
Mckenna Grace, 19, resembled a princess in a baby pink gown with a long train as she joined in on the best-dressed star parade.
She added a silk scarf as a shawl around her arms and painted her nails the same pale pink.
The Regretting You star styled her honey-blonde tresses in a polished updo, with her eyelash-grazing curtain bangs swept to the side.
She was dripping in diamonds as she paired her glamorous gown with a dazzling statement necklace, a massive sparkler of a ring and dainty earrings.
Mckenna Grace exuded elegance in a pink, princess-like gown on the Oscars 2026 red carpet on Sunday
She was dazzling in the baby pink outfit paired with sparkling diamond jewelry
For makeup, she also went for a glittering, pink look to go with her look.
She was radiant, with champagne-gold eyeshadow highlighting her eyes, paired with peachy-pink blush and a bright pop of color on her lips.
She arrived with her Regretting You co-star and boyfriend, Mason Thames, but the couple posed separately on the red carpet.
Some of her recent projects also include Scream 7, and the actress also recently revealed on social media that she would be starring in the upcoming The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping movie.
She is known for her roles in Gifted and The Handmaid’s Tale.
Back in 2021, she received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series and also earned a Critics’ Choice Award nod in 2018.
The 98th Academy Awards are celebrating the best films of 2025, with the glitzy ceremony taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Paired with her stunning, satin dress, she wore a silk scarf as a shawl on her arms and also painted her nails in the same color for a monochromatic pink look
She arrived on the Oscars red carpet for Hollywood’s biggest night with dramatic, floor-sweeping train trailing behind her
The Regretting You star styled her honey blonde tresses in a polished updo with her eyelash-grazing curtain bangs swept to the side
Conan O’Brien, 62, is returning to host the show for a second consecutive year after taking over the role from Jimmy Kimmel.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leads the pack with a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most for any film in Academy Awards history.
The horror flick is one of the ten films up for Best Picture alongside Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams.
Sinners star Michael B. Jordan faces a stacked Best Actor category, competing against fellow nominees Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent).
Set in 1930s Mississippi, Sinners follows twin brothers (both played by Jordan) who return to their hometown only to face a supernatural evil.
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Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leads the pack with a record-breaking 16 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another landed in second place with 13 nominations, including Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Supporting Actor nods for Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, as well as a Supporting Actress nomination for Teyana Taylor
Marty Supreme, directed by Josh Safdie, netted nine Oscar nods, with leading man Timothee Chalamet up for Best Actor and the movie nominated for Best Picture
The Best Actor race is currently a dead heat. While Chalamet dominated the early season with wins at the Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Awards, the momentum shifted after Jordan won at the Actor Awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards.
Adding to the tension, the ceremony arrives on the heels of Chalamet’s controversial comments about how ‘no one cares’ about ballet or opera, which sparked a wave of backlash from the arts community.
Based on the life of professional ping-pong player Marty Reisman, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme stars Chalamet as a table tennis prodigy in 1950s New York whose ambition to become world champion jeopardizes his personal relationships.
Irish star Jessie Buckley is the frontrunner in the Best Actress category for her work in Hamnet. She faces a star-studded field including Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I would Kick You), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), and Emma Stone (Bugonia).
Helmed by 2021’s Best Director winner Chloe Zhao, Hamnet dives into the reimagined story of William Shakespeare’s home life and how the death of his 11-year-old son provided the emotional blueprint for his masterpiece, Hamlet.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another earned 13 nominations.
Along with a Best Director nod, the film also nabbed a Best Actor mention for DiCaprio, and Supporting Actor nods for Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn.
The black comedy action-thriller follows a washed-up ex-revolutionary (DiCaprio) who is forced to come out from hiding to rescue his daughter, after she is targeted by his former nemesis, a corrupt military officer (Penn).
Irish star Jessie Buckley is the frontrunner in the Best Actress category for her work in Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet, which is also up for Best Picture
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia earned a Best Actress nod for Emma Stone
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein secured nine nominations. Leading the film’s acting honors is Jacob Elordi, who earned a Best Supporting Actor nod for his portrayal of the Creature
Aside from Penn and del Toro, the Best Supporting Actor category includes Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo (Sinners) and Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value).
Paul Mescal (Hamnet), Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly), and Jesse Plemons (Bugonia) were the most notable snubs from the category.
Frankenstein and Sentimental Value both earned nine nominations at this year’s ceremony.
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a lavish reimagining of Mary Shelley’s classic, focusing on a heart-wrenching tale of a father’s rejection and a creature’s quest for love.
Meanwhile, Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value follows two sisters forced to reconcile with their estranged filmmaker father.
Nominees for Best Supporting Actress include Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value), Amy Madigan (Weapons), Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) and Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another).
She had been nominated last year for her work in the first film of the musical franchise.
Conan O’Brien, 62, took to the stage tonight, returning to host the show for a second consecutive year after taking over the role from Jimmy Kimmel
Wicked: For Good was completely shut out of nominations. This came despite an acclaimed leading performance by Cynthia Erivo, as well as new songs written for the film, including No Place Like Home and The Girl In The Bubble.
Gwyneth Paltrow was also left off the list in the category for her work in Marty Supreme.
There was a new award announced this year for Best Casting as the inaugural field includes: Nina Gold – Hamnet, Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme, Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another, Gabriel Domingues – The Secret Agent, and Francine Maisler – Sinners.
The ceremony kicks off at 7pm ET/ 4pm PT, airing live on ABC and streaming live on Hulu. It will also be streaming via Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV and FuboTV.
