Born 09/21/1983
With bright blond hair, glowing skin and bikini-perfect proportions, Maggie Grace is just the girl many men would like to get lost on a desert island with, so it came as no surprise that she was cast into stardom as the spoiled, pouty castaway Shannon Rutherford on ABCs hit drama Lost (2004- ) after just two years of acting professionally.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, on September 21, 1983, Grace started acting in her late teens, beginning in 2002. The Midwesterner quickly developed an enviable resume, appearing in two USA TV movies, as the real-life murder victim Martha Moxley at the center of a mystery involving a member of the Kennedy clan in Murder in Greenwich (USA 2002), and opposite Tom Selleck in 12 Mile Road USA (2003). She played Hope Wilde in pilot of Foxs Septuplets (2002) and made independent films Shop Club (2002) and Creature Unknown (2003).
Grace has also made appearances on a variety of hit shows. In 2003 alone, she had recurring appearances on Foxs Oliver Beene and guest spots on ABCs Miracles, CBS CSI Miami, on Rob Lowes short-lived vehicle, The Lyons Den. In 2004 Grace also appeared on episodes of the network dramas Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Like Family" and Cold Case before joining the ensemble of the breakout hit drama Lost teaming with Ian Sommerhalder as one of a pair of step-siblings who shared a troubling personal history even before becoming stranded on the mysterious island.
